Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (Guangdong? University? Yes? Foreign? Studies), referred to as "Guangwai", located in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, is a key university in Guangdong Province. Selected as a national "20 1 1 plan"? The National Public Postgraduate Program for the Construction of High-level Universities, the National Key Discipline Program with Characteristics, the China Government Scholarship Receiving Institution for Students Studying in China, the National College Students' Cultural Quality Education Base, the Demonstration Base for Studying in China of the Ministry of Education, the Guangdong Provincial Key Discipline Construction of High-level Universities, and the Asian College Students' Collective Action Exchange Program ("Asian Campus" Program) are among the 19 universities in the world that provide high-end translators for the United Nations. Founding unit of the national discipline of international economy and trade, founding unit of the World Translation Education Alliance, joint member of the International Federation of University Translation Colleges and the International Federation of Translators. It is an important base for training international talents and studying foreign language culture, foreign economy and trade and international strategy in South China.
The school's predecessor was Guangzhou Foreign Studies Institute and Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade. Guangzhou Foreign Studies University was established in June 1964+0 1, and officially enrolled students in July 1965. It is one of the 36 universities directly under the former State Education Commission (now the Ministry of Education). Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade, founded in 1980 and 65438+February, is an institution directly under the former Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (now the Ministry of Commerce) and one of the founding units of the national international economy and trade discipline. 1995 In May, Guangdong Provincial People's Government merged the two universities to form Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. On June 5438- 10, 2008, Guangdong Vocational College of Finance and Economics was merged into Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.
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