The school's predecessor was Guangzhou Foreign Studies Institute and Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade. Guangzhou Foreign Studies University was founded in1October1964165438+officially enrolled in July 1965. It is one of the three famous foreign language universities directly under the Ministry of Education. Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade was established in 1980 and 65438+February, and it is an institution directly under the former Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (now the Ministry of Commerce). 198 1 year, the school obtained the right to grant master's degrees; 1986, the school was granted the right to confer doctoral degrees. 1In May, 1995, the Guangdong Provincial People's Government merged the two universities to form Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. On June 5438- 10, 2008, Guangdong Vocational College of Finance and Economics was merged into Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.
As of 20 15, 1 1, the school covers a total area of 2,292 mu, with three campuses, namely, North Campus, South Campus and Da Lang Campus, with total fixed assets of about 2.9 billion yuan. The school has 2 1 teaching unit and 1 independent college (South China Business School), offering 64 undergraduate majors; At present, there are 1 148 full-time teachers, 20054 full-time undergraduates, 2905 doctoral and master students, and more than 0.000 adult undergraduates, advanced students and international students.
Well-known alumni:
Wen Shenyao, a 65-year-old alumnus studying in France, used to be the mayor of Yunfu, the secretary of the municipal party committee and the chairman of the Environment and Resources Protection Committee of Guangdong Provincial People's Congress.
Yu Ping, a 70-grade English alumnus, is currently the vice president of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.
Wang Hua, a Spanish alumnus of Grade 70, is currently the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of People's Republic of China (PRC) to Guinea-Bissau.
Liang, an English alumnus of Grade 70, is a diplomat from China. He is currently the Consul General of the Consulate General of China in Cape Town, and was the Consul General of the Consulate General of China in Melbourne and Vancouver.
Xu Zhenhua, a 72-grade French alumnus, was once the party secretary and president of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, a French professor and doctoral supervisor, a member of the Foreign Language Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education, the vice president of the French Literature Research Association of China, the Standing Committee of the 10th CPPCC Ethnic Committee of Guangdong Province, and the deputy director of the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Committees.
Sui Yi, a 72-class French alumnus, is currently the executive director of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). He used to be business counselor of China Embassy in Greece and Director of Foreign Affairs Department of Ministry of Commerce.
Qiu Juliang, a 72-class French alumnus, is currently the first secretary of the Science and Technology Department of the Chinese Embassy in France, the winner of the Knight Order of the French Legion of Honor, and the former deputy director of the International Cooperation Bureau of China Academy of Sciences.
Wang Yannan, a 73-class British alumnus, was a director and president of China Guardian International Auction Co., Ltd. and one of the founders of Guardian.
Lin, a 74-grade English alumnus, is currently an inspector of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Guangdong Provincial Government. He used to be the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the people of China and the minister of the Embassy of China in Botswana.
Liao Juhua, a 74-grade English alumnus, is currently the Consul General of the Consulate General of China in Milan and once the Consul General of People's Republic of China (PRC) in Auckland.
Qiu Shaofang, a Grade 74 English alumnus, is a diplomat. He used to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary in Sierra Leone and consul general in Sydney and Los Angeles (ambassadorial level).
He Tongxin, a 74-grade English alumnus, is currently the chairman and secretary of the Party Committee of China General Technology (Group) Holding Co., Ltd. and a former vice governor of Hunan Provincial People's Government.
Huang Hua, a 75-level economic and trade alumnus, is currently the president of Southern International Group.
Wang Chao, a 77-grade English alumnus, is currently the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China and once the Vice Minister of Commerce.
Wang, a 77-grade English alumnus, is currently the president of the European and American Alumni Association Chamber of Commerce in China and the director of center for china and globalization.
Fang Jianjian, a 77-grade English alumnus, is currently the Party Secretary of Guangdong Institute of Technology and Guangdong Open University. He used to be the president of Guangdong Foreign Language Art Teachers College and the president of Guangdong Radio and TV University.
Zheng Lihua, a 77-grade French alumnus, is a French professor, doctoral supervisor and winner of the French Education Knight Award at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.
Class 79 English alumnus, mathematician, linguist, founder of Zhou conjecture and network linguistics, professor of Sun Yat-sen University.
Xiong Shaohui, a 84-level international trade alumnus, is currently the chairman and general manager of Guangdong Rong Zhen Energy Co., Ltd. and the winner of the May 1st Labor Medal of Guangdong Province.
Li Shaoshan, an 87-grade English doctoral alumnus, is currently the president of the PLA Foreign Languages Institute.
He was an alumnus of Grade 88, and now he is the president of Guangdong Foreign Language Arts Teachers College.
Ceng Dexiang, an alumnus of International Trade Class of 89, is currently the chairman of Guangzhou Guanbo Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd.
Wen Qi, a 94-class international finance alumnus, is currently the chairman of Dongguan Qinshang Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.