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China Foreign Affairs University, the only institution of higher learning under the guidance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of P.R.China, aims to train professional personnel in foreign service, international studies as well as in the careers related to international business and law. The university was founded in 1955 under the suggestion of the late Premier Zhou Enlai. Accredited by the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council of the P.R.China, CFAU offers Doctoral, Master and Bachelor degrees.
Over the past 50 years China Foreign Affairs University has turned out nearly 20,000 students, who have became excellent talents in the fields of Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs and International Studies, and have made tremendous contributions to China’s cause of diplomacy. In the year of 2009, over 2400 Chinese students of different levels have been enrolled at CFAU.
A considerable number of international students from Eastern European countries received training at CFAU in the 1950s; many of them have now held senior diplomatic posts in their respective countries, or have become experts in international studies. Since the 1980s CFAU resumed its enrollment of international students. In 2009, there are over 160 international students from more than 30 countries enrolled at CFAU.
In addition, entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Commerce of China, CFAU has been organizing professional programs for diplomats and media professionals from foreign countries for years. The training programs cover the Chinese language, International Relations, Diplomacy, National Conditions of China, Media, etc. From 1994 to the end of 2009, over 1500 participants from 140 countries have joined the programs. In the year of 2008, authorized by the State Council of China, CFAU became one of the first five national foreign aid training centers in China.
China Foreign Affairs University is a member of the Meeting of Deans and Directors of Diplomatic Academies and Institutes of International Relations, and sends its delegation to attend the meeting each year. Since 2003,CFAU has invited renowned experts, scholars and leaders in all fields from inside and outside of China to speak at the China Foreign Affairs University Forum.

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