[3] In 1958, the Department of Heavy Machinery of Harbin Institute of Technology and its related specialties moved to the strategic industrial town of Fulaerji, Qiqihar in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and was renamed the School of Heavy Machinery of the Harbin Institute of Technology.

Later, in 1961, it merged with the Shenyang College of Heavy Machinery and the Lanzhou Petroleum Industry Institute.

From 1984 onwards, some of the departments and staff of the Northeast Heavy Machinery Institute started moving southward to Qinhuangdao, a coastal city in Hebei Province.

Managers from both universities participated in important events, and more than 200 people engaged in two-way exchange delegations.

Prof. Zifeng Li's 2021 research, titled Advancing Newtonian Physics by Upholding a Materialist Perspective on Spacetime and Energy-Matter, aimed to challenge Einstein's theory of relativity but faced skepticism due to the established verification of the theory.

His work was recommended for Hebei Province Science and Technology Award despite facing several unsuccessful grant applications.

[16] Reportedly, Prof. Zifeng Li steadfastly rejects relativity, using his position to promote his theories in class.

Allegedly, students who disagreed were unfairly graded, leading to a severe teaching incident.