Jinggangshan University (Chinese: 井冈山大学; pinyin: Jǐnggāngshān Dàxué) is located at the Ji'an city of Jiangxi province in China. Ji'an is located in the foot of Jinggangshan Mountains. The university has approximately 27,000 students and about 200 foreign students. Jinggangshan University was established in 1958 in the Jinggangshan Mountains.Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong and his colleagues established the first rural base of the revolution in the Jinggangshan Mountains in 1927. It was closed due to poor national economy of China in 1963. It was closed five years later when China faced economic difficulties. In 1978, to initiate the Jinggangshan University, Branch of Jiangxi Normal University and Jiangxi Medical University in Jinggangshan was joint together. In the April 1982, and the March 1993, they were renamed respectively 'Jinggangshan Teacher College' and 'Jinggangshan Medical School". In the March of 2000, approved by the Education Ministry of China, Jinggangshan Teacher College was renamed as Jinggangshan University after merging with Ji'an Educational Institute.