On June 24th, 2003, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, beijing language and culture university, Fudan University School of International Cultural Exchange, China Culture College of Beijing Normal University and Peking University College of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language became the first batch of national bases for teaching Chinese as a foreign language in China.

With the approval of the Ministry of Education, Nankai University, East China Normal University, Nanjing Normal University and China Renmin University have become the second batch of national bases for teaching Chinese as a foreign language.