Zhongnan University of Economics and Law is located in Nanhu, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. It is a comprehensive university focusing on economy, management, law and literature. The school's predecessor was the National Central University of Finance and Economics founded by 1933. After many renaming, merging and reorganization, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law was established in 2000.
This school is an implementing university of the Ministry of Education's "Excellent Legal Talents Education and Training Plan", "Excellent Engineers Education and Training Plan", "Excellent Agriculture and Forestry Talents Education and Training Plan", "Excellent Doctor Education and Training Plan", "Excellent Teachers Education and Training Plan" and "Excellent Management Talents Education and Training Plan".
According to QS World University Ranking 202 1, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law ranked 50 1-5 10 in the world, and Chinese mainland ranked 25th-32nd. According to the 20021Chinese mainland University Discipline Ranking, the university's disciplines such as economics, accounting, finance, law and management rank among the top 20 in China.
The school has a number of high-level disciplines and research institutions such as China Urban Governance and Social Regulation Research Center, the national key discipline Applied Economics, the Yangtze River Scholars and Innovation Team Development Plan of the Ministry of Education, and the China Economic Transformation Research Center, the key research base of humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education.
At the same time, the school has also established cooperative relations with many universities and research institutions at home and abroad and carried out a series of international education and research activities.