After Lugouqiao Incident, many institutions of higher learning and some research institutes in North China and Southeast Coastland moved to the west in succession.

• 卢沟桥事变爆发后，为保护中华民族文化和教育之精华免遭灭顶之灾，华北和东南沿海的大批高等学府和一些科研院所纷纷西迁。