The musical instrument majors of the Central Conservatory of Music include: piano, accordion, electronic organ, orchestra, classical guitar, guqin, guzheng, pipa, sanxian, Qin Liu, dulcimer, harp, zhongruan, erhu, banhu, bass string, flute, pipe, sheng and suona. The Central Conservatory of Music, or Yin Zhong for short, is located in Beijing. Founded in 1949, the college is an institution of higher learning that trains high-level specialized music talents, and it is the only "21/project" key construction institution in the national art colleges. Since its establishment, the College has trained tens of thousands of outstanding musicians and hundreds of foreign students, most of whom have become * * * and business backbones of composers, musicians, music educators, music performance artists, cultural and artistic institutions with high reputation at home and abroad. While inheriting China's music tradition and experience, the Central Conservatory of Music constantly absorbs the excellent music cultures of all countries and nationalities in the world, accommodates various academic forces with a broad mind, maintains vigorous vitality, develops towards an increasingly perfect international standard, and strives to become a world-class music institution of higher learning.