Chengdu No.7 High School

Chengdu No.7 High School 成都市第七中学
School campus
Location
Chengdu China
Information
Type	Public
Established	Mochi Shuyuan, Chengdu County Middle School, 1906
Website	http://www.cdqz.net/

Chengdu No.7 High School (Chinese: 成都七中; pinyin: Chéngdu Qizhong) is located at Moziqiao, Chengdu. Chengdu No.7 High School, with the predecessor Mochi Shuyuan originally founded in Song Dynasty and the predecessor as a modern school established in 1905, was formerly Chengdu County Middle School. It is one of the first key high schools designated by Ministry of Education of China. It is considered as the top high school in Sichuan Province. Chengdu No.7 High school is well-known across the country for its high quality education and good academic performance. It is one of the four "National Model High schools" in China. it was the first high school in Sichuan that were elected to be the key high schools in China. A large number of the students in Chengdu No.7 High School are admitted in the top universities in China and prestigious universities in the world every year. In a 2016 ranking of Chinese high schools that send students to study in American universities, Chengdu No.7 High School ranked number 41 in mainland China in terms of the number of students entering top American universities.

History

A brief history of the school follows:

Mochi Shuyuan, originally founded in the era of Song Dynasty of China.

1852 Mochi Shuyuan was split to be Mochi Shuyuan and Furong Shuyuan.

1905 Mochi Shuyuan and Furong Shuyuan was merged and evolved to establish Chengdu County Advanced Elementary School, which was a four-year school, and at the time there were five-year primary elementary schools.

1906 Chengdu County Middle School (four-year junior middle school)

1924 Chengdu County Middle School (three-year junior middle school)

1931 Chengdu County High School, three-year senior middle class was established.

1950 Chengdu County Middle School incorporated with Chengdu County Female High School which was established in 1930.

1952 Chengdu County Middle School renamed as Chengdu No.7 High School.

Academic achievement

The achievement of students in the National College Entrance Examinations and Middle School Entrance Examinations have been the first place in Chengdu and Sichuan for many years. The college admission rate of the school's senior class has remained at around 99%. About 80% of the graduates enroll in key universities in the nation for higher education. The number of students who have won prizes in various contests held by the State, Sichuan Province, and Chengdu City remains high at around 400 each year. In the past five years, 32 students have participated in the finals of National Contests in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computing. Seven students have joined the national Olympic training teams in different disciplines. Among them, Zhang Yin and Wang Xiaochuan have won the gold medals in the 37th International Math and the 8th International Information Science Olympic Contests, respectively. Yang Jun won the championship of the American National Math Contest in 1992. Many students in Chengdu No.7 High School become the students in top universities in China and in the world every year.

The Wind Orchestra

Chengdu No.7 High School Wind Orchestra is the biggest and most historic(established in 1988) one in Sichuan,and it has gained a lot of honors.The orchestra unarguably plays an important role in the history of Chengdu no.7 high school.It was chose to represent the school's music level，so its members have to be more intelligent and flexible than other teenage amateur music players.

In the year of 1989, the orchestra held a performance to commemorate Nie Er in Kunming,which was its first display out of Sichuan. It was a huge success,then the orchestra went out once or more annually to give concerts or displays. With its fame increasing, the orchestra was invited to Australia in 2004. The orchestra left an excellent impression on Sydney's medias. This successful event represented the musical level of all Sichuan's middle school students. 2 years later,in July 2004,the band went to Vienna to join the 2004 World Cup for Band. Here they received a bronze cup. Then, the orchestra went to Singapore to participate another international music competition，and it . And in July 2011,the orchestra went to Switzerland to celebrate the music festival held in Jungfrau, and got a silver cup.

Besides those out-province achievements, the orchestra also earned reputation in Sichuan. It joins Sichuan students' musical competition every year and rarely fell into the second rank. Though it stopped activities during the 2003 "SARS" period and the 2009 H1N1 influenza period, it still attends the closing ceremony for artistic festival in CD no.7 high school.

Swimming team

Chengdu No.7 High School has a great swimming team,whose coach is an exathlete named Pu Jun(蒲俊）.This team has an approximately ten years' history(This swim team started at 2004).At the beginning,there are only two athletes in this team.As the time goes by, now this team has more than twenty second grade sportsmen and several first grade sportsmen.Between 2009 and 2011,this team get the team championship in Si Chuan province,which is a great achievement in that a short time.

Famous alumni

• Chen Jiayong (Simplified Chinese:陈家镛)
• Li Yinyuan (Simplified Chinese:李荫远)

Foreign Exchange Program

Chengdu No.7 High School has an exchange program with Jenks Public Schools, IGS Bonn Beuel and Brockenhurst College since 2003.