Counter-Japanese University

Counter-Japanese Military and Political University

中国人民抗日军事政治大学
Gate of Counter-Japanese Military and Political University with motto.
Motto	团结、紧张、严肃、活泼
Motto in English	Unity, tense, serious, lively
Type	Public
Active	1931 (1931)–1945 (1945)
President	Lin Biao (1937-1943) Xu Xiangqian (1943-1945)
Location	Yan'an, Shaanxi, China
Affiliations	CPC Central Committee of the Board of Education

Counter-Japanese Military and Political University (simplified Chinese: 中国人民抗日军事政治大学; traditional Chinese: 中國人民抗日軍事政治大學; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Kàngrì Jūnshì Zhèngzhì Dàxué), colloquially known by the Chinese as Kàngdà (抗大) or Kangri Junzheng University (抗日军政大学), was a comprehensive public university located in Yan'an, Shaanxi, China. Now the former site of Kàngdà was transformed into a memorial hall.

Counter-Japanese Military and Political University was founded in 1931 in Ruijin, Jiangxi, it was initially called China Red Army School (中国红军学校) and then extended to a college named China Red Army College (中国红军大学) in 1933. During the fifth counter-campaign against "encirclement and suppression" in 1934, the college relocated to Wayaobao Town of Anding County in northwest China's Shaanxi province, formed China Workers' and Peasants' Red Army School (中国工农红军学校) by the merger of Shanbei Red Army School (陕北红军学校) and later changed the name to Xibei Counter-Japanese University of the Red Army (西北抗日红军大学) 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" (中国人民抗日红军大学). 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 Communist State, the university merged into PLA National Defence University.