Well-equipped with educational resources as well as basic facilities, Haidian District is one of the most advanced districts in terms of education. A look at the honors won by the district tells you a lot—“District with Advanced Educationin Beijing”, “Advanced Teenage Work District”, “Experimental District for Elementary and Intermediate Computer Education”, “District with Advanced Family Education and Special Education”, etc.

Education in Haidian District serves the demand for talents and knowledge in Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park, for an innovative and quality working force, for the further training of employees, for a good investment environment as well as for a first-class educational environment for children on the part of foreign investors.

In order to better serve the above-mentioned purposes, Haidian District has established a well-developed educational system. Currently there are 169 kindergartens, 130 elementary schools, and 87 middle and high schools, many of which are considered to be among the nation’s best, especially those affiliated with the leading universities. There are 80 institutions of higher learning in Haidian District, 70% and 14.7% of the city’s total and the country’s total respectively. The renowned universities include: Peking University, Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, China Agricultural University, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, BeiHang University, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing Jiaotong University, University of Science and Technology Beijing, etc. In addition, Haidian District has a well-developed system of pre-school education, continuing education, elderly education and special education. The only school for the blind in Beijing as well as the work-study school, which is the first of its kind in the country, are both located here.

In addition, a number of international schools have been established in Haidian District, providing primary and secondary education with international standards and a Western-designed curriculum. Investors, business executives and professionals residing for a long term in the district will have no trouble in finding an ideal school for their kids. Here are a few examples of these schools: Beijing New Century Experimental Kindergarten on Enjizhuan Rd, which is the earliest boarding kindergarten operated by a private organization and is well known for its innovative and modern approach toward nurturing young children; New School of Collaborative Learning (NSCL) at Shangdi Xilu, which is a bilingual and intercultural school that combines the best of American and Chinese teaching methodologies; Beijing Zhongguancun International School in Zhongguancun Science and Technologies Park, which was established to meet the increasing demand for international schools and involves a total investment of 1.2 billion yuan (about 144 million U.S. dollars).