Guangya Middle School

Guangya Middle School

Guangdong Guangya Middle School is a renowned key school. It is among the first batch of provincial top-tier schools in Guangdong, a national model ordinary high school, and the only provincial-level cultural relics protection unit for a secondary school in Guangdong.

It was established in 1888 and originated as Guangya Academy, founded by Zhang Zhidong, the Viceroy of Liangguang during the Qing Dynasty. Together with Hubei Self-Strengthening Institute, Lianghu Academy, and Nanyang Public School in Shanghai, it was known as one of China’s four great academies at the time.

Over its century-long history, Guangya has endured many changes, survived turmoil, relocated its campus multiple times, and undergone several name changes. However, its founding mission has remained consistent, earning it the title of “a living witness to the history of modern education in China.”

Zhang Zhidong named it “Guangya,” meaning “broadness in knowledge and refinement in character,” emphasizing that those cultivated should possess “broad knowledge and noble conduct”—a harmony of “virtue” and “talent.” Liang Dingfen, the first headmaster of Guangya Academy and a renowned scholar of the late Qing Dynasty, proposed an educational goal of “innate strength and straightforward character,” advocating that school education should nurture individuals of integrity and solid abilities. Likewise, the inscription “focus on fundamentals and seek truth” by Liang Shuming, the 23rd principal of our school and a celebrated educator, all embody the idea of “harmony.”

Deeply influenced by the thoughts of these pioneers, the people of Guangya have continuously inherited, developed, and refined the philosophy of harmonious education, constantly exploring, evolving, and enriching the concept of “harmony.” Since the early 1990s, over the past decade, Guangya has achieved three major leaps in its research on harmonious education—from “harmonious education” to “high-quality harmonious education” and then to “innovative harmonious education,” steadily improving its educational effectiveness.

Its long history, profound heritage, glorious traditions, outstanding faculty, excellent school ethos, distinctive features, remarkable achievements, and beautiful campus all embody, interpret, and showcase harmony. “Harmony” is the philosophy and tradition of Guangya’s education, “harmony” is the goal and hallmark of its schooling, and “harmony” is the eternal pursuit of Guangya people. Because of harmony, Guangya has built a brand and earned its reputation; because of harmony, Guangya has opened new horizons and achieved new successes.

A harmonious Guangya boasts abundant achievements. It has been honored as a National Advanced Collective in Moral Education for Primary and Secondary Schools, a National Advanced Collective in the Education System, an Advanced Unit in Spiritual Civilization Construction in Guangdong, a Civilized Unit in Guangdong, and an Advanced Collective in Guangdong, among others. It has also won the first prize in the Annual Assessment of Senior High School Graduating Classes in Guangzhou for many consecutive years.

Currently, the people of Guangya, with a tradition of reform and innovation, are undergoing their third leap forward centered on “harmonious innovation,” proposing the guiding principle of “seeking quality through harmony, seeking innovation through quality, and seeking development through innovation.”

Address: No. 1 Guangya Road, Guangzhou City.

Phone: 020-81261232