Nanjing University (NJU) is situated at the ancient capital known as Jinling, a strategic place endowed with the fine spirits of the universe. NJU is a prestigious university boasting a time-honored history of more than a century. In 1944, NJU was designated for the state key construction of Project 211. In 1999, NJU was also amongst the first group of high-level universities and colleges to enjoy priority support from the Project 985.

In 2011, on May 13-14 and May 20-21, the Power Center of NJU divided all staff into two groups to visit Tianzhu Mountain respectively for mountaineering tour, so as to enrich their leisure time, release their work stress and further improve the corporate culture, as well as to strengthen their team cohesiveness.

In early July of 2014, the summer school organized by 25 teachers and students of NJU was arranged in Tianzhu Mountain. Themed on “the structural analysis of Dabie Mountain”, the summer courses were led by School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, NJU with the participation of senior undergraduates, graduates and young teachers. The courses applied the western mode of geological field practice and bilingual teaching, and asked students to do geological mapping for the typical areas of Dabie Mountain, so as to improve their observation and analysis ability on the structural phenomena and enable them to conduct the geological field research independently.