Beijing Language and Culture University

Beijing Language and Culture University is a national key university under the direct administration of China's Ministry of Education and the only Chinese university named after language. Established in 1962 as the Higher Preparatory School for Foreign Students, it was renamed the Beijing Language Institute in 1964 and took its present name in 1996. From the outset its mission has been to teach the Chinese language and introduce Chinese culture to students from abroad, and it has since trained m...