KUNMING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Monday afternoon visited the former site of the National Southwest Associated University (NSAU).

The NSAU was a coalition between Peking and Tsinghua universities in Beijing, and Tianjin's Nankai University during the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

Xi visited the museum commemorating the university, and learned about the history of the institution when its teachers and students dedicated themselves to the country during the war.