History
The history of Zhenhai High School can be traced back to 1732, when its predecessor, Jiaochuan Academy(蛟川书院), a school of Confucian teaching was founded.
Zhenhai High School was formally established by a local businessman Sheng Weibing(盛炳纬) as a modern high school in 1911, the year of Xinhai Revolution. Initially the school only offered junior high school education. The first principal was Cao Weikang(曹位康). Built in the year of China's Republican Revolution, Zhenhai High School was dedicated to the mission of incalcating new thoughts to students and nurturing talents for a rapidly changing Chinese society.
Japanese invasion of China during the Second World War caused havoc in the coastal area. When Japanese army entered Ningbo in 1941, the school was forced changed site to a temple in the rural areas to continue teaching. It finally moved back to Zhenhai County after the war ended in 1945.
In 1956, the Communist government nationalized all private schools and Zhenhai High School merged with Xincheng High School to became a public-funded school covering both junior and senior high school education, keeping the name of "Zhenhai High School". In 1981, it was acknowledged by the government as one of the 18 "key high schools" in Zhejiang Province.
In 1999, under a new regulation of the ministry of education, the junior section of the school was privatised as a separate school, reusing the name "Jiaochuan Academy". But the new Jiaochuan Academy still uses the same school compound and maintains close relation with the senior section.
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