The school was formerly known as the Russian Team of the Third Branch of China People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, 194 1 was founded in Yan 'an, and was later renamed the Russian Department of the Military Academy of the Central Military Commission, the Russian School of the Central Military Commission and the Yan 'an Foreign Language School. During the period of 1946, some leaders of Yan 'an Foreign Language School and Russian teachers and students moved to the northeast, and were renamed as Foreign Language School affiliated to the Northeast Democratic Allied Forces General Command and Harbin Foreign Language Institute.

Harbin Institute of Foreign Studies, Harbin Institute of Foreign Studies; 1958 was renamed Heilongjiang university; 196 1 Heilongjiang university of science and technology (to be built) merged; 1972 Harbin institute of foreign languages (1964 newly established) merged; In 2003, beet research institute of China Academy of Agricultural Sciences merged; In 2004, Heilongjiang Institute of Water Conservancy merged.