Southwest University of Political Science and Law is one of the earliest institutions of higher learning of political science and law in New China. It was founded by the people of China, the Ministry of Education and the Chongqing Municipal People's Government, and was one of the first national key universities. It is called the "National Southwest Associated University" of law education in New China. The predecessor of the school is Southwest University of Political Science and Law, and the predecessor is Southwest People's Revolutionary University, which was established in 1950, with Marshal Liu Bocheng as the principal. 1953, based on the Department of Political Science and Law of Southwest People's Revolutionary University, the law school (department) merged with Chongqing University, Sichuan University, Guizhou University, Yunnan University and Chongqing University of Finance and Economics was formally established.