School of Economics of Renmin University of China was formally established, 1998. He is an important founder and pioneer of economics in New China, a national training base for basic talents in economics, a key research base for humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, a national project of "Overall Support for the Construction of First-class Universities and First-class Disciplines", a cooperative unit of the National "20 1 1 Plan" Socialism with Chinese characteristics Economic Construction Collaborative Innovation Center, and a national Socialism with Chinese characteristics Political Economy Research Center.

The predecessor of the college can be traced back to 1939, when the Political Economy Research Office was established in Northern Shaanxi College. 1946 North China United University established the Department of Finance and Economics, and 1947 changed its name to the Department of Economics. 1950 China Renmin university was formally named and established, and then it established the department of economics and the department of economic planning, which was later adjusted to the department of political economy and the department of planning and statistics. 1957 established the teaching and research section of world economy.

1978, Renmin university resumed its school, and successively established the departments of political economy, planning statistics, economic research institute, economics, planned economy, international economy and national economic management, all of which were the predecessors of the school of economics.

In 2004, 2008, 20 12 and 20 16, theoretical economics ranked first in the country in four rounds of national key first-level discipline evaluation; The first-level disciplines of theoretical economics and applied economics ranked first in the country for the fourth time in a row by the Ministry of Education. 20 17 theoretical economics was selected into the list of class a first-class universities. 20 19 Restructuring of School of Economics.