It was established as High School affiliated to Hangzhou University in 1956.
In 2003, the school moved to its current Tongyi Road campus.
The school campus has 9.87 hectares of land, classrooms and laboratories, a boarding school and sporting facilities, with total investment of approximately 135 million yuan.
Wenlan high school was consistently ranked as one of the top schools in Hangzhou, and has produced students who topped in High school entrance examination over the years.
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