Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: When the communists established People 's Republic of China in 1949 , the capital of Peking was renamed Beijing and the university was therefore renamed as Beijing Normal University . During a national initiative of university rearrangement in 1952 , Fu Jen Catholic University merged with Beijing Normal University .
Simplified: Beijing Normal University is the first normal university in China .