Fuzhou No.3 Middle School (福州 第三中学 Fú-zhōu dì-sān zhōng-xué; also known as Fuzhou No.3 High School) is a high school

High school

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 in Fuzhou

Fuzhou

Fuzhou is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute the Mindong linguistic and cultural area....

, Fujian Province, China

People's Republic of China

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. It enrols around 2,000 students from grades 7-9 (middle school section) and 10-12 (high school section).

History

The school was founded in 1942 as the Fuzhou Municipal Lower Middle School (福州 市立 初级 中学 Fú-zhōu shì-lì chū-jí zhōng-xué). In 1950 it changed its name to Fuzhou No.1 Middle School. It merged with the privately-run Huanghuagang, Zhongjian, and Fuhua Middle Schools in 1952; the newly-merged entity was thenceforth called Fuzhou No.3 Middle School. In 1959 it was designated by the government as a "key provincial middle school". In 2002, the school was awarded the "provincial model high school in China" status. That year, they also opened a branch school in Jinshan

Jinshan

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