On this day, 72 years ago, September 1, 1953 (July 23, 1953, the National University of Defense Technology was established. On September 1, 1986, the National Defense University, a higher military institution of the People's Liberation Army of China, held its opening ceremony. The National Defense University was officially established on January 15, 1986. It was formed based on the merger of the People's Liberation Army Military Academy, Political College, and Logistics College. The predecessor of the school was the Military Engineering Academy of the People's Liberation Army of China in Harbin, referred to as the "Harbin Military Industry". The National University of Defense Technology of the People's Liberation Army of China is a science and engineering university that trains national defense science and technology talents. It is an institution of higher learning directly under the Central Military Commission. In 1984, the school was approved by the State Council, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of Education to establish the first batch of graduate schools. It is responsible for cultivating senior scientific and engineering technical talents and command talents for the entire army, training senior leading cadres, and engaging in research on advanced weapons and equipment and key national defense technologies. important tasks. The National University of Defense Science and Technology of the People's Liberation Army of China is a national key university and one of the first national key universities in the country to enter the national "211 Project" construction and receive special central funding support. The predecessor of the school was the Military Engineering Academy of the China People's Liberation Army, founded in Harbin in 1953, referred to as the "Harbin Military Industry". On April 1, 1966, the Academy of Military Engineering withdrew from the military. In 1970, some departments and disciplines (majors) of the Military Engineering Academy were moved to Changsha City, Hunan Province, and Changsha Institute of Technology was established, which is affiliated to the Seventh Ministry of Mechanical Industry of the State Council. In 1978, Changsha Institute of Technology was changed to the National University of Defense Science and Technology of the People's Liberation Army of China, which was affiliated with the National Defense Science and Technology Commission (reorganized into the National Defense Science, Technology and Industry Commission in 1982). General Chen Geng and Harbin Military Industry Contemporary China Press In the 1960s, General Zhang Yan's family portrait in Harbin Military Industry commented: A place where a large number of national defense talents have been cultivated.