Delegation of Japanese university students visit the former site of the Southwest Associated University
From September 7th to 12th, 2025, the Chinese Consulate General in Nagoya organized a delegation of 26 college students from the central region of Japan to visit Kunming and Honghe in Yunnan Province. The aim was to guide Japanese youth in establishing a correct historical perspective and an objective and rational understanding of China, and to promote the achievements of Yunnan's economic and social development.
Under the arrangement of the Yunnan People's Association for Foreign FriendshipOn the morning of September 9th, JapanMidlands bigStudentDelegationWith Yunnan Normal University, etc.The school'sStudents jointly visited the site of the National Southwest Associated University. During the war, Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Nankai University, all state-run universities, were forced to move south to Kunming due to the situation. They combined to form the National Southwest Associated University, establishing colleges of science, engineering, literature, law, commerce, and normal education, making it one of the largest higher education institutions in the country at that time. The Southwest Associated University was born amidst the flames of war.The conditions of running a school are extremely difficult..
Southwest Associated UniversityNot only was it a fortress of education in the war, but also a cradle of talents, cultivating countless pillars of the nation for China, which was impoverished and weak.Among the two academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering established after the founding of New China, there are164 people; among the 23 "Two Bombs and One Satellite Merit Medal" recipients in our country, six are former students of the National Southwestern Associated University; among the nine scientists who have won the highest national science and technology award, three are former students of the National Southwestern Associated University... In the extremely difficult conditions at that time, the National Southwestern Associated University, which was established amidst the flames of war, has created a miracle, and the famous experts and scholars who have come out of the Associated University are countless.
ParticipateDuring the visit, Japanese college studentsDelegation groupand also withYunnanCollege students conducted communication activities.





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