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University in Beijing
More than 50 major institutions of research and education are located
in Beijing. Beijing has a lot of high grade colleges and universities.
The most prominent institutions are Peking University, founded in
1898; and Tsinghua University, founded in 1911, which is the most
prestigious scientific and technical institution in the country. Both
institutions are located in the northwest suburbs, an area associated
with higher education and scientific research.
Also in this area are the People's University, founded in 1937, and
the Chinese Academy of Sciences, founded in 1949.A lot of new
established universities and institutes have achieved world reputation
, such as Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing
University of Chemical Technology, North Jiaotong University, Beijing
University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Beijing has a first class library in Asia, the National Library of
Beijing houses a collection of 11 million volumes. It is even the top
of Asia. Beijing conscientiously followed the strategy of vitalizing
the country with science and education ,and actively reformed the
administrative system of school operation to accelerate the
transformation of science and technology into productivity.
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