2. Qian Lao (Qian Xuesen) is an outstanding alumnus of Xi Jiaotong University. 1995 Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China approved the renaming of Xi Jiaotong University Library as Qian Xuesen Library.
Xi Jiaotong University and Shanghai Jiaotong University have the same predecessor as Nanyang Public School founded by Sheng Xuanhuai 1896. 192 1 At that time, it was called Jiaotong University, which was one of the earliest institutions of higher learning in China. 1956 according to the needs of the national economic development strategy, the State Council jiaotong university moved to Xi' an. 1959, the State Council decided to set up Xi and Shanghai Jiao Tong University independently. Xi was named Xi Jiaotong University, and Shanghai was named Shanghai Jiaotong University. So, until today, the two schools use the same school name and the same school emblem.
Xi Jiaotong University is a comprehensive research-oriented national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and the Central Government of People's Republic of China (PRC). Jointly established by the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and the Ministry of Education, it was selected as the first batch of key universities in the Seventh Five-Year Plan and the Eighth Five-Year Plan and the first batch of seven universities in the "21/project".