Central Academy of Drama
After the fall of the Kuomintang government in the Chinese Civil War, the Nanjing Theatre Academy merged with the drama department of the "Lu Xun Art Academy" to form the "Central Academy of Drama" (zh: 中央戏剧学院) by order of Mao Zedong. Today, the "Central Academy of Drama" is one of the most prestigious drama school in the PRC together with the Beijing Film Academy and the Shanghai Theatre Academy. The school was relocated to Beijing in April 1950 where it was renamed under the Central Academy of Drama with Ouyang Yuqian acting as the first school president.