China West Normal University (CWNU; simplified Chinese: 西华师范大学; pinyin: Xīhuá Shīfàn Dàxué) is a normal university in Nanchong, Sichuan, China. The university was established in 1946. It now has 29,332 students. China West Normal University (CWNU) is the oldest established teachers-training university in Sichuan province, which grew out of the Northern Sichuan Agricultural and Industrial College founded in 1946. Situated in the city of Nanchong, the economic & cultural center of northeastern Sichuan, on the middle reach of Jialing River, famously known as Silk City, CWNU has an excellent reputation owing to its beautiful scenery, abundant teaching resources, excellent academic atmosphere and superb research facilities. The university consists of two campuses, a new campus with magnificent beauty and the original one with charming features, covering a total area of 2,500 mu with constructed area of 903,400 square meters. The university has many kinds of functional classrooms, with an area of 104,000 square meters.