On April 4th, 2006, a bronze statue of Mr Chen Jingrun was erected in front of the building of the School of Mathematical Sciences in Haiyun Campus. The school of aeronautics and astronautics of Xiamen University has made rapid progress in recent years, and has great potential to catch up with it, and has achieved excellent results in many large-scale domestic competitions.
The school was founded in 192 1 by Mr. Chen Jiageng, a patriotic overseas Chinese leader. It is the first university founded by overseas Chinese in the history of modern education in China, and it is also one of the earliest universities in China to recruit graduate students.
It is the first university to build an independent campus overseas, and its early buildings were selected as national key cultural relics protection units and the first batch of China 20th century architectural heritage. Known as "the strongest in the South" and "the most beautiful university in China".