Counter-Japanese Military and Political University was founded in 1931 in
Ruijin,
Jiangxi, capital of
Jiangxi Soviet, it was initially called
China Red Army School () and then extended to a college named
China Red Army College () in 1933. During the
fifth counter-campaign against "encirclement and suppression" in 1934, the college relocated to Wayaobu Town of
Anding County in northwest China's Shaanxi province (
Shaanbei), formed '''China Workers' and Peasants' Red Army School
() by the merger of Shanbei Red Army School
() and later changed the name to Xibei Counter-Japanese University of the Red Army''' () in 1936. Zhou Kun was its president and Yuan Guoping was political commissar. On January 20, 1937, it was renamed "Counter-Japanese University of the Red Army" ().
Lin Biao was its president,
Liu Bocheng was vice-president, and
Mao Zedong was its chairman of the Board of Education. In March 1943,
Xu Xiangqian succeed Lin Biao as the president. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the university was merged into
PLA National Defence University. ==Culture==