After being founded for 20 years, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalist_government" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nationalist government">Nationalist government</a> approves <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongji_University" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tongji University">Tongji University</a> to be among the first national universities of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912–1949)" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a>.