In 1932, the university was renamed National Shandong University, and its president, Mr. Zhao Taimou, guided it into its first golden age by continuing the recruitment of famous scholars and through improving the institution’s infrastructure and departmental facilities. After a nine year hiatus caused by war, National Shandong University resumed its education in Qingdao in 1946 and Mr. Zhao Taimou was once more appointed as its president. As part of the university’s re-establishment, China’s first Department of Aquaculture and the first Marine Research Institute were set up, securing the university’s place as a leader in fishery and marine development.