Guangdong Jiangmen No.1 High School (Simplified Chinese: 广ä¸Âæ±Âé¨å¸Â第ä¸Âä¸Âå¦; Traditional Chinese: 廣æ±æ±ÂéÂÂå¸Â第ä¸Âä¸Âå¸, commonly abbreviated as Jiangmen Yizhong or JMYZ) is a full-time and all boarding senior high school in Jianghai District, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China. Its earliest predecessor Jingxian Academy of Classical Learning was established during the Qing dynasty (1760) and expanded to a municipal high school in 1928. It is one of the most prestigious high schools in Five Counties in Guangdong () now.
In Guangdong Jiangmen No.1 Middle School, there are mainly 3 types of curriculum for different senior high school students:
The new campus of JMYZ has been basically completed and fully operational on September 1, 2005. With an area of near 58 acres, there are both learning equipment and living facilities providing for students, including a library, an art building, a science building, an administrative building, 6 teaching buildings, 9 dormitory buildings for both students and staffs, a three-storeyed canteen, a new gymnasium established in September 2012, 15 basketball courts, 14 badminton courts, 9 volleyball courts, 2 football pitches, a standard swimming pool, etc. To improve educational capacity and conditions, the school launched the Expansion and Efficiency Improvement Project in 2019, adding a new Innovation Center (with a 500-seat lecture hall), a science teaching building, a staff dormitory with an underground parking lot. In 2022, two new teaching buildingsâÂÂKeheng Building and Jianming BuildingâÂÂwere put into use, featuring subject-specific labs, maker spaces, AI laboratories, smart blackboards, electronic class boards, and 200-seat lecture halls, upgrading intelligent teaching infrastructure.
A campus renovation and upgrading project with a total investment of 130 million yuan began in 2025, including construction of a new dormitory building and comprehensive refurbishment of teaching buildings, dormitories, canteens, art buildings and campus roads, further optimizing the learning and living environment.
Jiangmen No.1 Middle School currently has 285 full-time teachers, including 1 recipient of the State Council Special Government Allowance, 1 Distinguished Teacher under the Guangdong Special Support Program, and 2 Special-class Teachers. There are 4 Full Senior Teachers and 107 Associate Senior Teachers. A total of 137 teachers hold master's degrees.
Since 2020, the school has established 1 provincial-level studio for distinguished teachers or head teachers, 5 municipal-level studios, and 18 school-level studios. In the Guangdong Primary and Secondary School Young Teachers' Teaching Ability Competition, the school received 1 first prize (first place in the Chinese subject category) and 6 second and third prizes in 2021, and 5 second prizes in 2023. In head teacher competence competitions, members of the school's moral education team received 1 provincial-level award and 5 municipal-level awards.
In the past two years, 7 teachers were selected as Jiangmen "Top 100 Teachers". Jiang Jiajun and Wu Yuhua were named "Top 10 Teachers of Jiangmen"; Jin Keming, Li Shaoying and Wang Chao were named "Top 10 Young Teachers of Jiangmen"; and Song Bingyu and Cao Xia were named "Annual Outstanding Teachers of Jiangmen".
The school has implemented several professional development initiatives, including the Quality Improvement Project, the Blue-Green Mentorship Project for young teachers, and the Strong Teachers Optimization Project. It also participates in provincial-level platforms such as the Demonstration School for School-Based Training, the Provincial Demonstration School for New Curriculum and Textbook Implementation, and the Provincial Experimental School for Deepening Curriculum Reform.
Jiang Jiajun was selected for the provincial Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand Talent Training Program for primary and secondary school teachers and leads a municipal studio for distinguished head teachers. Jin Keming, Liao Huixian, and Li Yuezhen serve as directors of municipal distinguished teacher or head teacher studios.
The school has also established the Qichao Academy to support the cultivation of innovative talents.
In the National Higher Education Entrance Examination (Gaokao), the school has reported that more than 800 students per year have met the provincial key university admission cutoff (Special Control Line) in recent years. In 2024, 826 students reached the Special Control Line, and the undergraduate admission rate was reported to be close to 100%. Recently, the school has produced 5 provincial top scorers and more than 10 single-subject provincial top scorers in the College Entrance Examination. More than 40 graduates have been admitted to Peking University and Tsinghua University.
Students have received 285 provincial-level or higher awards in academic competitions and 193 national-level awards in science and innovation events. In 2025, Cen Junyi won first prize in the Guangdong Division of the National High School Mathematics League.
Since 2020, seven students have been selected for the Air Force Pilot Recruitment Program. The school has been designated as a Provincial Aerospace Education Characteristic School.
There are 28 student clubs in Jiangmen No.1 Middle School at present, which are all managed by the Associations Union. Besides some conventional clubs, such as Student's Union, Television Station, Broadcasting Station and Literature Club, JMYZ also supports students to organize recreational groups, such as, Anime Club, Planetary Research Club, Taekwondo Club, Photography Club, etc. Furthermore, every year, there are some campus cultural activities organized by students, such as National Model United Nations (NMUN), The Talent Star Competition, 326 Association Party and so on.
It is held in October every year and it has been successfully held for 54 times up to 2025.
It is a choirs contest taking class as a unit, being held on May every year.
It is held at 100 days before the NHEEE to stimulate senior 3 students to study hard.
Since 2010, large-scale activities are held in December every five years to celebrate the anniversary. Thousands of alumni are welcomed back to JMYZ.
It is spontaneously organized by students in May for senior 3 students who will take the coming NHEEE. To cheer up candidates, brief encouraging words was presented on the wall through utilizing the lights of dormitories orderly. There are different showing words in different year, but in the same format, such as 2013 BIG WIN, 2014 HUG SKY, 2015 FLY HIGH, 2016 NON STOP, 2025 REACH TOP.