- Chengdu No.7 High School
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Chengdu No.7 High School
成都市第七中学
Location Chengdu, 
ChinaInformation Type Public Established 1905 Website http://www.cdqz.net/ Chengdu No.7 High School (Chinese: 成都七中; pinyin: Chéngdu Qizhong) is located at Moziqiao, Chengdu. Chengdu No.7 High School was established in 1905. It is one of the first key high schools designated by the Sichuan Government. It is considered as one of the best three high schools in Sichuan. The other two schools are Shishi Middle School and Chengdu Shude High School. Chengdu No.7 High school is well-known across the country for its high quality education and good academic performance.[1] It is one of the four "National Model High schools" in China. In 1986, it was one of the few schools in Sichuan that were elected to be the key high schools in China.[2]
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History
A brief history of the school follows:[3]
1905 Chengdu Advanced Elementary School
1906 Chengdu County Middle School (four-year middle school)
1924 Chengdu County Middle School (three-year middle school)
1931 Chengdu County High School
1950 Incorporated with Chengdu County Women's High School
1952 Chengdu No.7 High School
Academic achievement
The achievement of students in the National College Entrance Examinations and Middle School Entrance Examinations have been the first place in Chengdu and Sichuan for many years. The college admission rate of the school's senior class has remained at around 99%. About 80% of the graduates enroll in key universities in the nation for higher education. The number of students who have won prizes in various contests held by the State, Sichuan Province, and Chengdu City remains high at around 400 each year. In the past five years, 32 students have participated in the finals of National Contests in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computing. Seven students have joined the national Olympic training teams in different disciplines. Among them, Zhang Yin and Wang Xiaochuan have won the gold medals in the 37th International Math and the 8th International Information Science Olympic Contests, respectively. Yang Jun won the championship of the American National Math Contest in 1992.
Famous alumni
Foreign Exchange Program
Chengdu No.7 High School has an exchanging program with Jenks Public Schools, IGS Bonn Beuel and Brockenhurst College since 2003.
References
- ^ A Brief Introduction to Chengdu No.7 Middle School - Stanford University
- ^ ChengDu NO.7 Middle School - Douban (Chinese)
- ^ cdqz.net (Chinese)
- ^ Chen Jiayong biography
- ^ Li Mengyuan biography Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science (Chinese)
Categories:- Education in Chengdu
- High schools in the People's Republic of China
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