Beijing Electronic Science and Technology Institute The predecessor of Beijing Electronic Science and Technology Institute was the Youth Training Class of the Central Working Committee, which was established in
Xibaipo,
Pingshan County,
Hebei Province in August 1947. In 1949, it was merged into the
Engineering School of the People's Revolutionary Military Commission of the Central People's Government in
Zhangjiakou. In June 1952, some departments were separated again and merged with the East China Military Region in
Nanjing and the
Third Field Army Youth Cadre School (established in March 1950) to form the Central People's Government People's Revolutionary Military Commission Confidential Cadre School (Nanjing Confidential Cadre School), which was under the jurisdiction of the Central People's Government People's Revolutionary Military Commission.Later it was changed to the Central People's Government Committee Confidential Cadre School. In December 1954, it was changed to the First Confidential School of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. In May 1955, it was changed to the First Confidential School of the State Council and was incorporated into the
State Council. Later, the school moved to Beijing and was referred to as Beijing Jixue School. After that, it moved to
Xuanhua, Hebei and was referred to as Xuanhua Jixue School. In 1949, the
Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party moved into
Zhongnanhai in Beijing. The school's teaching work was handed over to the
Central Guard Bureau, which used the scattered and unused old bungalows in Zhongnanhai as classrooms and called it the Zhongnanhai Cultural School. After the founding of the
People's Republic of China, the number of units in Zhongnanhai increased, and the educational levels of the staff varied, so many courses and classes needed to be opened. The leaders transferred more than ten young people with university and college degrees from the graduates of the North China People's Revolutionary University to teach. In 1953, there were more than 900 students. The principal was Wang Jingxian, secretary of the Party Branch of Mao Zedong's Office and deputy director of the Central Security Bureau. The vice principal was Ma Da, chief of the Propaganda and Education Section of the Security Bureau. At that time, the school offered junior high school and elementary school cultural courses, plus crash courses in literacy, a total of 26 classes. Because the CCP Central Committee Directly Affiliated Organs Committee stipulated that all staff members who did not have a high school education must study at the school, all central directly affiliated organs working in Zhongnanhai, such as the
General Office of the CCP Central Committee,
the CCP Central Military Commission,
the CCP Central Publicity Department, the Security Bureau, the Secretariat, the Confidential Office, and other units, had staff members enrolled, with the Security Bureau having the largest number of staff members. The State Council and its system working in Zhongnanhai also had a large-scale part-time school, but the teaching location was not in Zhongnanhai. In 1988, Zhongnanhai Amateur University participated in the establishment of Capital United Workers University.In 1993, the school became independent from the Capital United Workers University and was restored as the Zhongnanhai Amateur University.In 1993, the General Office of the CCP Central Committee decided to merge Zhongnanhai Amateur University into Beijing Institute of Electronic Science and Technology. As of September 30, 2021, according to the Ministry of Education website, Zhongnanhai Amateur University is still on the list of adult higher education institutions. == Research ==