Following the Opium War opening the gate of ancient China, its feudal autocracy fell apart as well, which was a new start for China to contact with global civilizations frequently. Self-reflection aroused by military defeats were quickly expanded to the areas of production, technology, politics, culture, education, etc., among which the reflection and awareness to education thoughts was essential, for it was quite clear that the backwardness of education had directly led to low population quality and the country's progress would certainly rely on the development of education. As a result, In the first half of the 20th century the ideas of "saving the country by developing education" and "saving the country by developing technology" finally ended the bureaucratic system which had lasted for thousands of years. Influenced by these new ideas, some Hui Muslim intellectuals and open-minded religious people of Hui nationality started to advocate and improve Hui nationality education and set up western style schools. In 1907 (the 33rd year of Guangxu reign in Qing dynasty), Ding Baochen founded "Authentic Patriotism Daily" in Beijing. 36 Muslim students studying in Japan founded "East Asia Muslim Education Association" in Tokyo, Japan and put forward the slogan of "Improvement to religious practice and universal access to education" through its journal of Awaken Hui People (Xing Hui Pian). Famous religious people Wang Kuan and others founded "Hui Literature Normal School" in Niujie Street, Beijing. So far a great new education movement of Hui people with the theme of "saving the country through education" and "rejuvenating Muslim community through education" was announced to lift its curtain, as the famous Chinese historian Gu Jiegang had commented, "the first cultural movement consciously launched by modern Chinese Hui Muslims"[5].

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