History
In 1963, the shortage of foreign talent made the new Republic adopt special policies to train them, so that Hangzhou Foreign Language School was established with other 7 foreign language school in Shanghai, Beijing, Changchun, Nanjing, Xi'an, Chongqing and Wuhan.
In 1964, primary school department of HFLS was established, located in the campus of Zhejiang Infant Normal School; middle school department was located in the former Affiliated Middle School of Hangzhou University (today Xuejun Middle School). In 1966, the primary school and the middle school department merged, the site was in Zhejiang Infant Normal School. As Cultural Revolution began in 1966, the school stopped recruiting students, old students left school successively after 1969. Students in primary school department transferred to other nearby schools. All middle school students joined the "Down to the Countryside Movement". Almost all teachers except English teachers were asked to leave.
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