The department was founded in 2002 and students began to be enrolled from 2003. We are a young and promising department with 21 academic staff (19 doctors) specializing in a wide range of fields, including 4 professors and 9 associate professors.

We enroll about 40 undergraduates annually. Our degree courses provide students with both the key skills needed for advanced study in Chineselanguage and literature and the basic competence needed in related work. We also offer general education courses for the whole university. These courses allow students from any school to explore a wide variety of topics of Chineselanguage and literature. We enjoy a good reputation because of lots of outstanding students we have trained.

We attach great importance to research. Our regular seminar series and events encourage active engagement with research from both staff and students. Our active research involves innovative and powerful projects supported by all kinds of funds such asNational Social Science Foundation of China,Philosophy and Social Sciences Foundation of the Ministry of Education, Social Science Foundation of Beijing, China and Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China. We are graduallyreceiving the acknowledgement of the academia.

Our expertise is broad and we are committed to active research across a range of specialist fields. Research centered on law and literature, law and language is our unique feature. Our M.A. courses are very distinctive and appeal to students in these fields.

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