The discipline perspective of School of Government Administration of Peking University is interdisciplinary, and the history of its main departments can be traced back to the original departments of politics, economics and law respectively. Coincidentally, in history, these three departments were all affiliated to the Law School of National Peking University, supporting each other and developing together. In the 28th year of Guangxu (1902), Shi Jing University Hall was formerly known as the predecessor of Peking University. Its official school set up a political hall, and a business department was set up in the political department under the jurisdiction of the preparatory department. The university hall has seven subjects and thirty-five orders, among which the political subject is divided into political science and law. By about 1903, the political course had begun to take shape. The main courses included the general meaning of politics, the essence of the Qing Dynasty, the comparison of legal systems in various countries, and the history of financial management in various countries.

Guangxu thirty-one years (1905) changed to political science. In the thirty-sixth year of Guangxu (19 10), in March, a branch school (i.e., undergraduate course) was opened, and the political course enrolled undergraduates for the first time, which was the origin of the political discipline in colleges and universities in China. After the Revolution of 1911, Shi Jing University Hall was renamed the National Peking University in June. In the second year of the Republic of China (19 13), it was renamed as legal science.

At the end of the fifth year of the Republic of China (19 16), Mr. Cai Yuanpei became the president, promoted the innovation of Peking University, took "inclusiveness" as the school-running policy, vigorously advocated academic research, and made the Department of Political Science of Peking University develop steadily. During this period, the teaching staff was in its heyday, and many famous people in China's academic or political circles appeared in the future, such as Tao (former vice president of China Academy of Sciences) and Wang Shijie (former president of Academia Sinica in Taiwan Province Province). Li Dazhao was a professor in the Department of Political Science from 65438 to 0920, teaching courses such as Historical Materialism and Workers' International Movement. The courses in the department are gradually diversified, including "Political Science" (selected readings in English, lectured by Zhang Zuxun) and "Legal System and Politics in New Russia" (lectured by Chen Qixiu). During the period, teachers and students of the department also actively organized academic groups, faculty and staff formed political and legal societies, and students initiated the establishment of Peking University Political Research Association.

In the eighth year of the Republic of China (19 19), the Department of Political Economy and Law was officially named. In the Republic of China 19 (1930) 65438+February, the National Government appointed the first Minister of Education, Mr. Jiang Menglin, as the president of the National Peking University, and Peking University entered the revival period. He modeled the educational system of American universities and formulated the outline of the National Peking University Organization. The school has three colleges of arts and sciences, 14 department. The departments of political science, law and economics belong to the law school. The dean is Mr. Zhou, a master of Sports Master and Columbia University in the United States during the May 4th Movement. Since he was in hospital, he has made many reforms. He is good at learning from the teaching experience of the East and the West and improving the curriculum of all departments of law school. Another example is to hire famous scholars to teach in law schools and carry out in-depth research activities in law, politics and economy. From 193 1 to 1949, the post of Dean of the Law School of National Peking University was held by Mr. Zhou for a long time. Although he has been in office for a short time, the position of dean is still vacant. He has been in charge of Peking University Law School for more than ten years, and his role and influence are quite far-reaching. His position in the century-old history of Peking University and even in the history of modern university education can not be ignored. During this period, the Department of Political Science in Peking University has been further developed and expanded, offering courses such as General History of China by Qian Mu, History of Western Countries in the Past Hundred Years by Chen Tongxie, Sociology by Xu Deheng and History of Economic Thought by Zhou Zuoren. The reference books assigned by the professor also include English, German, French and Japanese, which not only reflects the professor's own academic qualifications, but also shows his confidence in the students' foreign language level (undergraduates are required to learn a second foreign language). These bibliographies also take into account the works of various viewpoints, both Marx's and Weber's, which fully embodies the consistent "inclusiveness" of Peking University.

In the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937), the Japanese full-scale war of aggression against China forced the national Peking University to move south, and formed the National Southwest Associated University with the national Tsinghua University and the private Nankai University. The Department of Political Science has successively joined the Department of Political Science of National Changsha Temporary University and Law School of National Southwest Associated University. At that time, the three most powerful political departments in China were combined together, which was unprecedented in terms of professor lineup, curriculum and teaching level. Professors are mostly famous people at home and abroad, such as Qian Duansheng and Cui from Peking University, Xiao Gongquan from Tsinghua University, Nankai University and Luo Longji. , it can be called a gathering of stars; The achievements of graduates should not be underestimated, such as (Professor of the University of Chicago), Chen Tiqiang (China expert in international law) and Zhao (Vice President of the Chinese Political Science Association). In the thirty-fifth year of the Republic of China (1946), the National Peking University resumed school in Beiping. President Hu Shi devoted himself to the overall revival of Peking University, and the Department of Political Science reached its peak with the help of Zhou Dean Lin Bing. Under the wise action of President Zhou in the past 20 years, the law school is willing to hire scholars from all walks of life to establish a modern social science education and research institution with inclusive spirit and great perseverance. Although it is still divided into legal, political and economic departments, its content is increasingly rich. Yan Shutang, head of the Department of Law, has professors such as Cai Shuheng, Fei Qing, Li Shixing, Ji Gongquan, Rui Mu, Dai Xiuzan and Wang Xuan. Wang Tieya, head of the Political Department, is taught by Qian Duansheng, Wu Zhichun, Cui, Zhang Foquan, Wu Enyu and Lou Bangyan. Professor Zhou Zuoren, Qin Zan, Yang Ximeng, Zhou, Chen, Jiang Shuojie, Song Zuonan, Tong Guanxian, etc. From this, we can see the strength of the professor lineup. Law school is divided into three colleges: law, politics and economics. The Economics Archives, which was established as early as July of the Republic of China 12, was expanded to "Legal, Political and Economic Archives" before the Anti-Japanese War, and all the stored materials were lost in the war. After the victory, actively restore the room, responsible for the collection, sorting and reading of books and materials in the hospital. In addition to the books moved back from the National Southwest Associated University and the old books moved from Peking University, the books of the original Pinda Law School and the Pseudo-Xinmin College were collected again, totaling about150,000 volumes. Other recovery festival funds try to buy social science books published in Europe and America in recent years, while new domestic social science publications are collected. In addition, in addition to the statistical accounting practice room and professor research room, there is also the administrative research room (British Institute of Public Administration), and the government bulletins at all levels in China are unparalleled. Those who stopped publishing or stopped publishing because of the Anti-Japanese War included the Research Office of China's Economic History and the Journal of Social Sciences. The former collates the independent achievements of China's economic history, while the latter was founded in the 11th year of the Republic of China, which is the beginning of the formal publication of social sciences in China. Based on the above professors and equipment, there are as many as 800 students in our college, ranking first among all colleges in the school. 1952, after the adjustment of institutions, the Department of Political Science of Peking University was closed. Subsequently, from 1960 to 1963, the Department of Political Science of Peking University resumed its existence for three years, and then merged into the newly established Department of International Politics of 1964, becoming its teaching and research section.

Since 1978, the reform and opening up has brought new development opportunities and vigorous vitality to the development of political science in China. 1982, Peking University took the lead in re-establishing the major of political science in China.

1985, with the approval of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee, the first doctoral degree awarding point in political science in China was established.

1988 In March, the Department of Political Science, Law and Administration was finally rebuilt after many years of interruption, and a new administrative specialty was added. The development of the Department of Political Science in Peking University is closely related to the historical fate of China in the 20th century. In the history of this department, generations of talents with profound political knowledge have emerged. Famous scholars who have taught in this department are: Tao, Chen Hansheng, Yan Shutang, Zhou Yusheng, Tao Dayong, Wang Shijie, Li Dazhao, Qian Duansheng, Qiu Changwei, Chen, Long,, Bai Pengfei, Chen Qixiu, Gao, Xu Deheng and Du Guoyao.