Benefiting from his overseas study of engineering technology in Europe and long-term teaching experience at Fu Jen Catholic University in Beiping, Chen Guangxi grew into a leading scientific and technological expert in Beiping after August 1945. He was firstly appreciated by Shen Jianshi, a returnee from Japanese science universities, and later trusted by Zhu Jiahua, Minister of Education who also studied in Europe. Recommended jointly by the two scholars, Chen Guangxi established the National Beiping Higher Engineering School in merely five months on the basis of the North China Higher Industrial School founded during the Japanese occupation of Beiping, and served as its president. Former teachers and graduates of Fu Jen Catholic University made crucial contributions to the school’s founding. After 1952, Fu Jen Catholic University disappeared as an independent institution in mainland China. However, its faculty, students and educational concepts endured for decades in various Beijing universities via the restructuring and distribution of its academic specialties. The People’s Republic of China required Fu Jen’s scientific and educational legacy to be separated from religious affiliations, and such contributions have been fully recognized. Fundamentally, this recognition mirrors the modern Chinese admiration for Western modern scientific achievements and science and technology education systems.