1972年,中日关系的坚冰被打破,步入邦交正常化的轨道。甘泉中学的领导以前瞻性的目光预见到中日关系发展的远景及其对日语人才的需求,在那个“史无前例”的年代,以敢为天下先的勇气,顶风逆水而上,率先在上海市甘泉中学创办了日语班,踏上了开展日语教育的创业之路。当时,“阶级斗争”的政治氛围、聘用日籍教师的风险、选用日语教材的困难、学生选读日语的疑虑,使日 In 1972, the ice of Sino-Japanese relations was broken and entered the track of normalization of diplomatic relations. The leaders of the Ganquan Middle School foresightedly foresaw the prospects for the development of Sino-Japanese relations and their demand for Japanese talents. In that “unprecedented” era, the courage to dare to be the best in the world, the top wind turned against the water, and took the lead in Shanghai. Ganquan Middle School established a Japanese class and embarked on a path to start Japanese education. At that time, the political atmosphere of “class struggle”, the risk of hiring Japanese teachers, the difficulty of selecting Japanese language textbooks, and the doubts of students reading Japanese, made them