Japanese University Student Delegation Visits Former Site of Southwest Associated University

time:2025-09-17source:云南广播电视台国际频道browse:24,668


From September 7 to 12, 2025, the Chinese Consulate General in Nagoya organized a delegation of 26 university students from central Japan to visit Kunming, Honghe, and other places in Yunnan Province, guiding the Japanese youth to establish a correct historical perspective and an objective and rational understanding of China, and promoting the achievements of Yunnan's economic and social development.

Under the arrangements of the Yunnan Provincial People's Association for Foreign Friendship,On the morning of September 9, JapanCentral Region LargeStudentDelegationWith Yunnan Normal University and othersSchool'sStudents jointly visited the former site of Southwest Associated University. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the National Peking University, Tsinghua University, and the private Nankai University were forced to relocate south to Kunming due to the prevailing circumstances, and jointly established the National Southwest Associated University. It established colleges of science, engineering, liberal arts, law, commerce, and education, and was one of the largest higher education institutions in the country at that time. Born amidst the flames of the war, the Southwest Associated University.,extremely harsh educational conditions.

Southwest Associated UniversityNot only was it a fortress of education during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, but it was also a cradle of talent, nurturing countless pillars of the nation for a weak and impoverished China.Among the two-academy academicians after the founding of New China, there are164 people; among the 23 recipients of the "Two Bombs, One Satellite Merit Medal" in our country, 6 are graduates of Southwest Associated University; among the 9 scientists who won the highest national science and technology award, 3 are graduates of Southwest Associated University... Under the extremely arduous conditions of that time, the Southwest Associated University, established amidst the war, created a miracle, and the famous experts and scholars who emerged from it are countless.

participateDuring the visit, Japanese university studentThe delegationAlso withYunnanUniversity students held an exchange activity.