   zhejiang university (zju, also known as chekiang university; ), sometimes referred to as zheda, is a national university in china. founded in 1897, zhejiang university is one of china's oldest institutions of higher education. it is a member of the c9 league and yangtze delta universities alliance. the university campus is located in the city of hangzhou, approximately 112 miles (180&nbsp;km) southwest of shanghai. zhejiang university library collection contains about 7 million volumes,æçç½ â é«æ ¡é¨æ·ç½ â æµæ±å¤§å­¦ making it one of the largest academic libraries in the country.libraries in china ==history== thumb|left|lin qi, the founder of zju ===qing dynasty=== in 1897, lin qi (), the mayor of hangzhou, established "qiushi academy" (). lin studied the western higher education system and applied it to qiushi academy, which would become one of the earliest new schools in modern china history. 1902, qiushi academy was renamed as zhejiang academy (æµæ±å¤§å­¸å /æµæ±å¤§å­¦å ). 1903, its name was changed to zhejiang advanced collegeï¼ established by hongcheng's wife, panpan. the "yuying academy" was also one of the zhejiang university's early roots. yuying academy was established in 1902 with its original name "yuying xuetang" (xuetang means school or college), later "yuying yishu" (yishu means public school
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