The North University of China (; NUC) is a provincial public university in
Jiancaoping,
Taiyuan
Taiyuan; Mandarin pronunciation: (Jin Chinese, Taiyuan Jin: /tʰai˦˥ ye˩˩/) is the capital of Shanxi, China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. It is an industrial base foc ...
,
Shanxi
Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...
, China. It is affiliated with the Province of Shanxi, and co-funded by the Shanxi Provincial People's Government, the
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and
SASTIND.
In the mid-1900s, the school was known as the Taihang Industrial School () from 1941 to 1949, the Ordnance Industry Vocational School () from 1949 to 1951, the China Northern Ordnance Industrial School () from 1951 to 1953, the China Northern Second Industrial School () from 1953 to 1955, the Taiyuan First Industrial School () from 1955 to 1956, the Taiyuan Machinery Manufacturing Industrial School () from 1956 to 1958.
After that, with several reorganization and institutional incorporation, the school was known as the Taiyuan Machinery College () from 1958 to 1993 and the North China Industrial School (; official English name: North China Institute of Technology) from 1993 to 2004.
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The university played an important role in the weaponry development and personnel training for the
People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...
during the
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part ...
and the
Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led Nationalist government, government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermitt ...
. In 2001,
Bo Yibo, a senior leader of the Communist Party and of the country, wrote the inscription "The First School for People's Ordnance Industry" () for the 60th anniversary of the school.
See also
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List of universities in China
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National Key Disciplines
References
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1941 establishments in China
Universities and colleges established in 1941
Technical universities and colleges in China
Universities and colleges in Shanxi