Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
| 广东外语外贸大学 | |
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| Motto | Chinese: 明德尚行 学贯中西 |
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Motto in English
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Moral integrity, exemplary behaviour, and conversance with both Eastern and Western learning |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1965 |
| President | Prof. Zhong Weihe |
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Academic staff
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1,154 |
| Students | 35,000 |
| Location |
Guangzhou, Guangdong,  People's Republic of China
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| Campus | 1.53 km² |
| Website | (Chinese) (English) |
| Guangdong University of Foreign Studies | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 廣東外語外貿大學 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 广东外语外贸大学 | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Guǎngdōng Wàiyǔ Wàimào Dàxué |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | gwong2 dung1 ngoi6 jyu5 ngoi6 mau6 daai6 hok6 |
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies is a public university with emphasis in foreign languages and cultures, overseas economy and trade, and international strategies in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The university offers 61 bachelor-degree specialties and teaches 18 foreign languages. In 2014, it boasted 20189 undergraduate students and 2818 postgraduate and doctoral students, and over 12000 students of continuing education and overseas students. The school has a state-level key discipline and seven province-level key disciplines. The state-level key discipline of Foreign Language and Literature is given priority in the third-phase development of Guangdong province’s Project 211 (the provincial government’s plan to build up 11 key universities, which is an extended version of the Chinese government’s Project 211– in the 21st century, the government is to build up 100 top universities and 100 key disciplines). The school has established close ties with a host of international organizations and leading academic agencies. As South China’s first university that signed a cooperation memorandum with the United Nations, it is one of the world’s 21 universities qualified to supply competent interpreters and translators to the international organization. It is also the only university of foreign languages in China that is included in Campus Asia.
In March 1964, the Central South Bureau of the Central Government, and the Party Committee and the People’s Government of Guangdong Province decided to set up a foreign languages institute to train competent graduates to meet the demands of the increasing international exchanges. In November 1964, with the sanction of the Central Government, Guangzhou Foreign Languages Institute was established. In July 1965, it began to enroll 4-year bachelor's degree students and offered 4 specialties – English, German, French, and Spanish. It was located at the old site of Guangdong Petroleum School in the Northeast suburbs of Guangzhou.
Since January 1966, Guagnzhou Foreign Languages Institute had been operating under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Higher Education of the Central People’s Government. In October 1969, in accordance with the CPC Central Committee’s Notice to Transfer the Institutions of Higher Education to the Revolutionary Committees, the institute was delegated to Guangdong Province’s Cultural Revolutionary Committee.
In October 1970, Guangdong Provincial Revolutionary Committee restructured the institutions of higher education in Guangdong Province. As a result, Sun Yat-sen University Foreign Languages Department, Jinan University Foreign Languages and Foreign Trade Department, and Guanghzou Foreign Languages School were merged into Guangzhou Foreign Languages Institute. In the meantime, the institute was renamed as Guangdong Foreign Languages Institute and was then moved to the old site of Central South Forestry Institute in the Northern Suburbs of Guangzhou.
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