Minzu University of China

Minzu University of China

Minzu University of China (MinzuUniversityofChina) is located in Beijing’s Haidian District, a hub of academic institutions. It sits to the south of the National Library of China and to the north of the Zhongguancun Science Park. The campus boasts an elegant, classic beauty with a serene atmosphere and a strong humanistic ambiance, characterized by its distinctive ethnic features.

The predecessor of Minzu University of China was the Nationalities Institute, founded in September 1941 by the Communist Party of China in Yan’an. In June 1951, the Central Institute of Nationalities was officially established in Beijing, with – serving as its first president. In November 1993, it was renamed Minzu University of China. The current Party Committee Secretary is Zhang Jingze, and the President is Huang Taiyan.

Successive generations of Party and state leaders have always shown care and attention for the construction and development of Minzu University of China. From the university's founding until 1966, Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and other Party and state leaders met with representatives of the faculty and students on 14 occasions. After the reform and opening-up, Deng Xiaoping met with faculty and student representatives three times. When the university was renamed Minzu University of China in 1993, then-President Jiang Zemin inscribed the new name for the university. In June 2001, on the occasion of the university’s 50th anniversary, then-Premier Zhu Rongji visited the campus and, on behalf of the central government, put forward the goal of “building Minzu University of China into a world-class university of nationalities.” In the same year, national leaders including Hu Jintao and – personally reviewed the “Request Regarding Further Enhancing the Development of Minzu University of China,” jointly submitted by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, the Ministry of Education, the State Planning Commission, and the Ministry of Finance. In June 2002, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, the Ministry of Education, and the Beijing Municipal People’s Government signed the “Agreement on Key Joint Construction of Minzu University of China.” With high attention from the Party and the state, the university was approved as a national key university in 1978, and in its subsequent development, it has been included in the national key construction programs such as Project 211, Project 985, and the initiative to develop “world-class universities and first-class disciplines.”

Address: No. 27 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing, China Postal Code: 100081