Best in History
Best moot court performance of the law school throught out the recorded history (2013-2024)About the Law School
Peking University (北京大学), is a major research university in Beijing, China, and a member of the elite C9 League of Chinese universities. It is perennially ranked as one of the top academic institutions in China, Asia, and worldwide.It is the first modern national university established in China and was founded during the late Qing Dynasty in 1898 as the Imperial University of Peking. It was the successor of the Guozijian, or Imperial College. The university's romanized name, Peking, retains the older transliteration of "Beijing" that has been superseded in most other contexts.Throughout its history, Peking University has had an important role "at the center of major intellectual movements" in China. From the early 1920s, the university became a center for China's emerging progressive movements. Faculty and students held important roles in originating the New Culture Movement, the May Fourth Movement protests, and other significant cultural and sociopolitical events, to the extent that the university's history has been closely tied to that of modern China. Peking University has educated and hosted many prominent modern Chinese figures, including Mao Zedong, Lu Xun, Gu Hongming, Hu Shih, Mao Dun, Li Dazhao, Chen Duxiu, and current Premier Li Keqiang.It hosts one of the only undergraduate liberal arts colleges in Asia. It is a Class A institution under the national Double First Class University program.Peking University's faculty includes 76 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and 25 members of the World Academy of Sciences. Peking University Library is one of the largest libraries in the world with over 8 million volumes. The university also operates the PKU Hall, a professional performing arts center, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Arts and Archaeology. Peking University is especially renowned for its campus grounds and the beauty of its traditional Chinese architecture.
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