In 1824, Ruan Yuan moved Xuehai Hall to a new school building at the foot of Yuexiu Hill.

[3] In 1867, Jiang Yili, the grand coordinator and provincial governor of guangdong, and Fang Junyi advocated the establishment of Jupo School (Chinese: 菊坡精舍), and hired Chen Feng as a senior.

[7] After Xinhai Revolution, in 1921, Zhixin High School was built in the old site of Xuehai Hall but later moved to its current campus in 1923.

It first rented the chapel and private houses in Xiguan as temporary buildings until 1932, moved to a new campus in Penglai Road (now Guangzhou No.1 High School, Chinese: 广州市第一中学).

In January 1967, after the outbreak of the cultural revolution, mass organizations seized power and the school work was completely paralyzed.

In the winter of 1969, a rural branch school was established on the barren hillside of Baishui Village in Shiling, Hua County (currently Huadu District).

A series of T-shirts and hoodies of "Yi-Zhong-Ren" were designed by alumni, which has achieved its prevalence both inside and outside of the school campuses.

[19] The two private schools have been assessed for good performances,[20] but in recent years, it has been disputed and even punished for illegal enrollment.

[29] But in the late 2017, the executives of grade 10 issued a joint policy that the use of cellphones would no longer be allowed in the school including resting areas.

The ban was fiercely opposed by grade 10 students, as the allowance of cellphones was a long-held policy of the school that demonstrated the freedom and humanity valued by prior principals and executive teams.

In fact, many classes required in-class use of cellphones to finish assignments, and many students used their smartphones to study efficiently in their spare time.

Under pressure from students and parents, executives held an unofficial conference at the end of the semester to revoke the ban.