Nantong Middle School of Jiangsu Province
Nantong High School of Jiangsu Province is a high school in Nantong, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. It has been regarded as an elite school since the 1930s. Alumni include 20 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 5 summer Olympics game gold medalists, many nationally renowned artists, and an exceptional number of politicians and public servants.
Nantong High School of Jiangsu Province was funded in 1909 by Zhang Jian, a well-known industrialist and educator in the late Qing Dynasty. It was the first modern middle school in the city of Nantong. It is now one of the provincial key middle schools in Jiangsu. The school motto is Cheng-Heng.
The school is highly selective. Admission of pupils are judged almost exclusively by the scores in entrance exams. Exceptions are made only when the pupil is considered talented.
Notable alumni
Scientists
- Wei Jiangong : linguist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yuan Hanqing : chemist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Li Ta-tsien, mathematician, member of the French Academy of Sciences
- Yang lo : mathematician, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Wang Xi : physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Guan Weiyan : physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shi Yafeng : geologist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yan Zhida : mathematician, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhang Miman : paleontologist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Politicians
- Gu Hao : former vice-governor of Jiangsu Province
- Huang Zhendong : former minister of Ministry of Transportation
- Li Jinhua : former auditor-general, National Audit Office
- He Zhukang : former governor of Henan Province, former governor of Jilin Province
Artists
- Zao Wou-Ki : painter, member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris
- Fan Zeng : painter, poet, calligrapher