Beijing Foreign Studies University, referred to as Beijing Foreign Studies University for short, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), the first batch of "world-class discipline construction universities" and the first batch of "2 1 1 engineering" construction universities.
It has been selected into the national "985 Engineering Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform", "20 1 1 Plan", the national public graduate program for building high-level universities, and the national cultural quality education base for college students. It is one of the six "small-scale pilot universities" of the Ministry of Finance, and also a member university of the International Federation of University Translation Colleges, the Beijing-Hong Kong University Alliance and the China-Japan Humanities Exchange University Alliance.
Beijing Foreign Studies University is the first foreign language school founded by the Party. Its predecessor was the Russian team of the third branch of China People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, which was founded in 194 1 Yan 'an. It was founded under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee and developed into Beijing Foreign Language School in 1949, after the major stages of Russian School of the Central Military Commission, Yan 'an Foreign Language School, North China United University Foreign Language School and Central Foreign Affairs School.
After the founding of New China, it was under the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 1954 with the approval of the State Council, Beijing Foreign Studies University was established. 1959 merged with Beijing Russian Institute (formerly Beijing Russian Specialized School, founded in 1949) to form a new Beijing Foreign Studies Institute. 1980 was directly under the leadership of the Ministry of Education, and 1994 was renamed Beijing.