Jinan University is China's first overseas Chinese institution founded by the government. It is a key comprehensive university jointly established by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, the Ministry of Education, and Guangdong Province, and is directly under the leadership of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council.The word “Jinan” comes from Yugong of Shangshu: "It spreads across the sea to the east, to the quicksand to the west, Shuonan and Ji, and the sound education ends in the four seas.