Situated in the city of Wuzhishan, a well-known "summer and winter"' resort place with a spring season all the year round in Hainan province, Qiongzhou university is a comprehensive university approved by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. Its aim is to meet the demands of Hainan province's economic construction. By putting into effect the principle of general and adult education, of teacher training and vocational education and of accredited and non-accredited education at the same time, the university maintains to train and bring up qualified middle school teachers, administrative cadres and professional personnel at various levels for the province. The university has 13 departments (namely, politics, Chinese, history, English, tourism administration, mathematics, chemistry, biology and physical education) with 42 specialties (namely, environmental protection, Chinese, English, history, tourism administration, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, physical education, economic administration, educational skills, journalism & secretarial course, application & maintenance of computer and computer accounting), etc.