A Long History

The predecessor of CUPL is Peking College of Political Science and Law founded in 1952 by the merger of disciplines of law, politics, and sociology of Peking University, Yenching University, Furen University and Tsinghua University. It was relocated at Xueyanlu in 1954, and was resumed after a close-down period in the “Cultural Revolution”. In 1983, it was incorporated with the Central Carder's College of Political Science and Law into the present China University of Political Science and Law, and in 1985, its new campus in Changping was constructed, by which it was made in three schools: the school of undergraduates, of postgraduates, and of advanced training. The latter was later  renamed Central Carder’s College of Political Science and Law and was separated from the university.  In 2000, however, it was merged again with CUPL.

The university has received great attention and care from the party and leaders of the country all the way through its development. When the university was rehabilitated in 1983, the central governmental gave a definite instruction to "build China University of Political Science and Law into a national political and legal education center, law research center and law books and information center". Vice Premier Li Lanqing visited the university in 1995 and 2002 and highly praised the construction and development of the university and said "China University of Political Science and Law is China's highest institution in law". In 2002, Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin and National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Li Peng wrote words in commemoration of its 50 th anniversary. State Councilor and former Minister of Education Chen Zhili attended the ceremonial of the 50 th anniversary and made an important speech. In April 2005, Li Tieying — NPC vice chairman and Zhou Ji — Minister of Education visited our university and gave high recognition. Li Tieying commended the university by saying "China University of Political Science and Law is the best assistant of NPC".