Type Public Enrollment 1554,500 Phone +86 10 6251 3962 Founded 3 April 1950 | Established April 3rd, 1950 Campus Urban, 24.7 acres Number of students 1,554,500 Colors White, Red | |
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Motto Virtue, Erudition, Creativity and Pragmatism
崇德、博学、创新、求实 Principal Jason Lu (刘彭芝), Xiaoning Zhai(翟晓宁) Address 37号 Zhongguancun St, Haidian Qu, China, 100000 | ||
The High School Affiliated to Renmin University Of China (simplified Chinese: 中国人民大学附属中学; traditional Chinese: 中國人民大學附屬中學; Pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Dàxué Fùshŭ Zhōngxué), colloquially Rendafuzhong abbreviated to RDFZ (Chinese: 人大附中), is the affiliated high school of Renmin University of China, and is one of the most prestigious high schools in Beijing. It is the sister school of Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, Phillips Academy in Massachusetts, Buckingham Browne & Nichols in Massachusetts, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Illinois, and Punahou Academy in Honolulu. RDFZ is situated in Haidian District of Beijing, and also in the Zhongguancun Science and Technology Zone. It is among one of the beacon high schools accredited by Beijing Municipal Government. In a 2016 ranking of Chinese high schools that send students to study in American universities, RDFZ ranked number 5 in mainland China in terms of the number of students entering top American universities. The school is also a member of the G20 Schools Group.
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History
In the 1950s, due to the specific political and cultural backgrounds at that time, the government felt the need to establish middle school for blue-collar workers and farmers to increase their labor skills. Thus, the school, originally named Beijing Experimental Fast Track Middle School for Workers and Farmers, was founded directly by the Ministry of Education in January 1950. After only three months of preparation, the school welcomed its first group of students on April 3, 1950. Since it has the duty to experiment, discover and establish the paradigm of education for blue-collar workers and farmers, the word Experimental was placed in the name of the school.
The matriculation ceremony was somewhat grand, the then minister of the Ministry of Education, Ma Xulun attended the event with his deputies of which one delivered a speech during the ceremony. The number one state newspaper - "People's Daily" also reported the event.
In 1952, the school was renamed to Workers and Farmers' Fast Track Middle School Affiliated to Renmin University of China due to the change of its direct governing body. The school stopped admitting blue-collar workers and farmers from 1955 and started teaching normal high school classes.
A short change of governing body occurred in July 1956. The school was transferred to Beijing Education Bureau but later transferred back to Renmin University in April 1958 when the school was renamed to Workers and Farmers' High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China which meant that the school had become a proper high school. The phrase Workers and Farmers was retained because of the fact that there were still worker and farmer students in the school.
The school started admitting 9th grade from 1960. Which means that the school had transferred itself from a senior high only High School to a junior high included high school. The name of the school was finally decided to be High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China. With the last group of worker and farmer students graduated in 1963, the school's teaching system was settled.
Anti-intellectualism flourished in mainland China in the 1970s due to the well-known cultural revolution. As one of the many victims, Renmin University of China was forced to close by Beijing Revolution Committee in October 1970. As a direct impact, the school had no choice but to change its name to Beijing No.172 Middle School. The jurisdiction of the school was transferred to Haidian Education Bureau.
With Renmin University of China reopened in 1978, the school reaffirmed its affiliation to the university. The name of the school was changed back.
Achievement
Since its establishment in 1950, the school has been given awards by China's Ministry of Education and Beijing Municipality Education Commission, such as:
Staff team
The staff team includes 50 special-class teachers, over 170 senior-level teachers, l6 conferred the titles of pillar teachers at the national level, and another 25 at the Beijing municipal level, and 37 recognized as advanced individuals in their disciplines in Haidian District. There are more than 40 foreign teachers from the United States, Great Britain and other countries.
Structure
High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China, or commonly known as RDFZ, is a branch of RDFZ United. It is worth mentioning that RDFZ United does not admit any students itself but only serves as a top-level administrative body to facilitate all the branches. RDFZ is the 1st and the most famous branch under the governance of RDFZ United.
Besides RDFZ, there are more than ten schools which are under the governance of RDFZ United. Some of them are created by RDFZ (RDFZ 1st Branch, RDFZ 2nd Branch, etc.) while others are assimilated (Bijie, Beihang, etc.) due to the reputation of RDFZ brand. RDFZ United is also one of the few that have branches located outside mainland China. Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science, or RDFZ USA, is a joint venture of RDFZ United located in Princeton, NJ, USA.
Students
Foreign passport holders are allowed to attend as long as they have legal guardians living in Beijing for the duration of their enrolment.
Result in National Matriculation Examination
In the past two decades, RDFZ has always stood out as one of the topmost schools in China in terms of entrance rate into institutions of higher learning, serving as one of the major sources of recruitment for China's famous universities like Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Renmin University of China.
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Campus
The campus covers an area of 10 hectares. The school has a virtual science laboratory donated by Apple Inc., electronic technology classroom, graphic design classroom, New Dynamic English classroom, distance learning classroom, automobile simulated driving classroom and self-service network-based laboratory. Each classroom in the school is equipped with a multimedia system.
Extra-curricular Life
The Student Government (人大附中学生会), whose presidents and head of each division are elected by annual democratic campaign, is at the centre of life on campus. It consists of several divisions and severs the students in every aspect. More than 2/3 of RDFZ students are involved in extra-curricular organisations.
Presidents
For class of 2016 ,three President comprised the executive power of the Student Government, making decisions and coordinating all student events. The 28th dais members are Qiutong Xu (徐秋童), Yifan Lian (连一帆), Dantong Sun (孙丹童).
Student Council
Student Council served as a congress on campus. Representatives from all classes joined together to discuss all issues on campus, creating a democratic atmosphere. Co-founded by Weiyao Wang (汪维垚) and Yanzhe Guo (郭彦哲), it grew fast and now has great influence on campus. The current Secretary General is Zhenyi Li (李振医), with his deputy Yaoshi Li (李耀实).
Activity Division
Activity Division of the Student Government (学生会活动部) holds annual school wide events such as Movie Festival, Music and Dance Carnival,New Year’s Concert, Speech Contest, Host Contest, Debate Tournament etc.
Editorial Division
Editorial Division issues quarterly student magazine "Infinitude" and "Us".
Volunteer Group
Volunteer Group (人大附中志愿团) insists on serving the school and local community for more than a decade and has won a great reputation.
Club Union
Club Union (人大附中社团联合会) supports the activities and work of more than 100 of different clubs. The student enjoys the freedom to found new clubs with good proposals and intentions, and they get supports from the school advisors. Popular Clubs include Traveled Club, Model United Nations, Junior Achievement, Finance Clubs, Writer’s Society, Bridge Club, Debating Club and Astronomy Club. Art clubs such as the Orchestra, Marching Orchestra, Dance Troupe, Martial Arts Group, Choir and Gymnastics Team are all professional-quality groups with numerous national and international awards.
Activity Advisors
All teachers can serve as activity advisors or supervisors on campus; however, two teachers in Tuanwei are the center of the supervision of student activities. Wei Liu (刘炜) and Mingzhu Li (李明珠) now serve as the two supervisors.
International exchanges
RDFZ has established partnerships with more than 40 schools around the globe, such as Georgetown Day School, Phillips Exeter Academy, Phillips Academy Andover, Punahou School, Thomas Jefferson High School and Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in the United States, Eton College and Wellington College in the United Kingdom, and several top schools in Singapore, Japan, Australia, Germany, Spain, Korea, Thailand, Finland, etc. Exchange visits are arranged for students and teachers every year between Beijing and the countries and regions mentioned above.
Notable alumni
Politics: CPPCC Vice Chairman Hao Jianxiu (郝建秀); PRC Ambassador to U.S. Han Xu (韩叙); CPPCC Chief Secretary Song Demin (宋德敏); CPPCC Vice Chief Secretary Liu Zheng (刘政)