As an organizational term, "Chinese Department" generally refers to the abbreviation of "China Language and Literature Department". It is a teaching administrative unit set up by colleges and universities according to their professional nature, and it is one of the institutions under colleges and universities. "Chinese Department" as the name of the institution is preceded by the name of the university, such as Chinese Department of Peking University, Chinese Department of Wuhan University and Chinese Department of Tsinghua University. According to incomplete statistics, more than 500 colleges and universities across the country offer Chinese departments (Chinese majors).
The undergraduate (junior) majors of Chinese Department in colleges and universities generally include China literature, China linguistics, classical philology and applied linguistics. However, the major of Chinese Department is different among different institutions.
Introduction to Chinese Department of Peking University:
Take the Chinese Department of Peking University as an example. After years of efforts, the Chinese Department of Peking University has developed into the largest Chinese Department in China. There are four majors (China literature and China classical literature), two research institutes (ancient literature and comparative literature) and two research centers (China linguistics and 20th century China culture).
There are two national key bases for teaching and scientific research (China basic discipline base and classical literature research base), five national key disciplines (ancient literature, modern and contemporary literature, China history, modern Chinese and classical philology), seven doctoral programs (ancient literature, modern and contemporary literature, literature and art, China history, modern Chinese, ancient literature and comparative literature), and 1 postdoctoral mobile station.