ChangzhouSenior High School was founded on November 15, 1907. It is located in the downtown of Changzhou, which is a city with 2500 years of history. It is adjacent to the picturesque local attractions Hongmei Park and Tianning Temple. In a 2016 ranking of Chinese high schools that send students to study in American universities, Changzhou Senior High School ranked number 49 in mainland China in terms of the number of students entering top American universities.
History
The predecessor of Changzhou Senior High School was Changzhou Institution founded in 756. It was transformed to Changzhou Secondary School in 1907. The school had endured the wars and the disorder of the society during the first few decades in the 20th century. With several changes in the school names and systems, the school has evolved to Changzhou Senior High School as it is now. More than 400 thousands students graduated over more than 100 years since founded. Amongst them many have become celebrities and influenced tremendously in various fields in the nation.
Liu Tianhua : musician. Jiangsu Jiangyin people, 1909-1911 study in the school. 1915-1922 taught in school. A former Peking University, Professor at such schools.
Ch'ien Mu : a Chinese historian, educator, philosopher and Confucian considered one of the greatest historians and philosophers in 20th-century China.
Ling Chun-sheng, the national scientists, Academia Sinica. Jiangsu Wu Jin people. School graduation in 1919. Served as the first Director in Ethnic Studies at the Academia Sinica.
Lu Shuxiang : linguist. Jiangsu Danyang City people. School graduation in 1922. A former researcher at the Institute, Chinese Academy of Languages, the Director. His major works include "Chinese grammar slightly" and so on.
Zhou Youguang : spoken and written language scientist. Jiangsu Province Changzhou people. Graduated in 1923.
Tao Lu Jia : high-ranking Communist Party. Jiangsu Liyang people. The thirties in the school reading. Served as first secretary of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee.
Wu Rukang : Chinese Academy of Sciences. Anthropologist. Jiangsu Province Changzhou people. Graduate school in 1935. Of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute, Deputy Director.
Hou Yunde : Chinese Academy of Engineering. Virologist. Jiangsu Province Changzhou people. Graduate school in 1948. China Preventive Medicine research scientist.
Others
Tang Jun : Jiangsu Changzhou people. Served as Microsoft Company CEO. Graduate school in 1980.
