Chengdu Radio and TV University was founded in 1979. It is a provincial radio and television university approved by the Ministry of Education. It is an independent public institution of higher learning. Administratively, it is led by the Chengdu Municipal People's Government, managed by the education administrative department, and its teaching business is guided by the Central Radio and TV University. By the end of 2007, there were more than 70 undergraduate education majors 15 and specialist education majors1(mechanical design and manufacturing, electronic information, civil engineering, finance and economics, public management, tourism, cultural education, art design and media, law, food and medicine) in open education. At present, the whole school system has more than 2,300 faculty members and more than 30,000 students.