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Timeline:
1920: Sino-French University established with Bussiere as board member, professor and doctor, and regularly hosting salons for friends in his residence.
1920-1923: Villa of Bussiere built on Yangtai Mountain.
1930: Built a bridge for villagers who lived at the foot of the mountain.
1936: Li Shizeng and Yao Tongyi presented a stone engraved with the characters Ji Shi Zhi Yi (Doctor who performs great deeds), which became a part of the stone villa.
1937: During Anti-Japanese War, Bussiere supports China in its fight and moves medicines to Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Area.
1943: Bussiere helps move Huang Hao, an underground liaison man of the Communist Party, to Yan'an.
1954: Bussiere and his family leave the villa and return to France.
1950-1960: The Ministry of Trade takes over the villa.
1970: Villa gets put under China National Space Administration's 2nd Research Institute, 207th Bureau.
2001: Villa is listed as key relic under Haidian district protection.
2011: Villa becomes relic under Beijing protection.
2012: Shu Yi calls for the restoration of relics in the villa.
2013: A plan for protecting and restoring the villa is approved.
2014: Renovation work on the villa is completed.
