Pingdingshan University (PDSU), ratified by Chinese Ministry of Education, is a full-time, comprehensive, and Henan Province-managed university. It is located in Pingdingshan City ,with a beautiful natural environment and a rich humanistic cultural atmosphere. It stands on hills and by water, overlooking the Pingxi Lake and the Baiguihu National Wetland Park..PDSU has grown out of Pingdingshan Normal School, founded in October, 1959. In August, 1977, junior college classes were attached to Pingdingshan Normal School, and in 1984 it was named Pingdingshan Teacher Training College. In May, 2004, approved by Chinese Ministry of Education, it was upgraded to be an tertiary education institute, Pingdingshan University. From then on, PDSU has been developing well and playing her important roles of talent cultivation, scientific research, community commitment, and cultural inheritance & innovation, inspired and motivated by her motto ---- Morality, Erudition, Factualism and Innovation, and by her spirit ---- Effort, Hardship, Self-improvement, Solidarity, and Devotion, and by her fine ethos ---- Rigorous, Realistic, Harmonious, and Striving.