Shanghai Conservatory of music Music, or "Shangyin" for short, is a full-time professional music (Art) college jointly established by the Ministry of culture and tourism of the people's Republic of China and the Shanghai Municipal People's government. It is a national "double first-class" world-class discipline construction college, a high-level local college construction school in Shanghai, a member of the European Conservatory of Music Alliance, and a member of the Pacific Rim Conservatory of music As a member of the alliance, it has been selected into the national construction of high-level university public postgraduate program, national "characteristic key discipline project" construction universities, national cultural innovation project, Chinese government scholarship receiving institutions for foreign students in China, Shanghai government scholarship institutions for foreign students, national unity and progress education base, leading unit of Shanghai music and art development collaborative innovation center As the founder and incubator of modern professional music education in China, it is known as "the cradle of musicians".Its predecessor is the "National Conservatory of music" jointly founded by Mr. Cai Yuanpei, a democratic revolutionist, educator and thinker, and Dr. Xiao Youmei, a music educator, on November 27, 1927. It is the first independent national institution of higher music in China, and its first president is Mr. Cai Yuanpei. In September 1929, it was renamed the National Conservatory of music. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the school used to be called "East China branch of the Central Conservatory of music". In 1956, it was named Shanghai Conservatory of music. It is a key university directly under the Ministry of culture, and now it is a University jointly built by the Ministry of culture and tourism and Shanghai. From 1949 to 1984, He Luting, a composer, music theorist and music educator, served as president for a long time.As of July 2019, the college has 13 departments (departments), 3 secondary colleges, affiliated middle schools and primary schools, 2440 full-time students, 528 teaching staff, 307 full-time teachers, 29 foreign teachers, 136 international students and 630 students.