March 17, 1919 (February 16), Kang Xi, China's first batch of work-study students studying in France went to France.




France for foreign students photo. (Lssdjt.com) Wu Yuzhang (the chair seated right), the last row of the right one to come off of Mao Zedong
studying in France, work-study movement began in 1912, when the intention of the thrift costs, to promote the study of methods ; labor simplicity, to develop the Qin Jie of nature. In June 1915, Cai Yuanpei and organizations such as the work-study program will be, "diligent work and frugal to school, workers of intellectual and" for the purpose. March 17, 1919 the first batch of 89 by Nippon Yusen depart from Shanghai students went to France to study in France. The second batch of 26 March 31 departure. After the 1919 mid-, Li Dazhao, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Hesen, Zhao Shiyan driven in France work-study movement reached its climax. Has a total of 20 batches of students from 18 provinces arrived in France to learn. In 1921, in France, students set up a communist group in Paris, after the establishment of the Chinese Communist Party in Europe branch, supplied a large number of party members went to study in the Soviet Union, the culture of Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi, Li Fuchun, Nie, Hesen, Zhao Shiyan (history on the backbone of today TodayOnHistory.com) Wang Ruofei, Chen Yannian Xiang Jingyu Xu Teli, Cai Chang, Li Weihan, a large number of the leadership of the Chinese revolution.
Zhou Enlai
study in France to study in France when Deng Xiaoping