Chengdu Technological University

Chengdu Technological University（CDTU）is a public full-time undergraduate school held by Sichuan Provincial Government and administrated by Sichuan Provincial Department of Education. Established in 1913, it was the first industrial school held in Sichuan after the Revolution of 1911. CDTU has been renamed 12 times in different periods of history, known as from “Sichuan Class A Industrial School”, “Chengdu Advanced Industrial Vocational School”, “Chengdu Radio Machinery College”, “Chengdu Electromechanical College” to the present name. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, it had been under the Ministry of Electronics Industry for a long time. In 1987, it began to be held by Sichuan Provincial Government and administrated by Provincial Department of Information Industry. Since 2000, the college has been administrated by Sichuan Provincial Department of Education. Marshal Chen Yi was learning in the Department of Dyeing and Weaving from 1916 to 1918. Jiang Zemin, former President of P.R.C, paid an inspection visit to this school in 1984 and four years later he wrote an inscription for its 75th anniversary, saying “Carry forward the fine traditions and cultivate outstanding talents.” In March 2012, this school was upgraded to a four-year undergraduate university—Chengdu Technological University (CDTU), approved by Ministry of Education. The school has been listed as one of the pilot universities for the provincial “Outstanding Engineers’ Education and Training Plan.”