social sciences

East China Normal University (ECNU) is one of the first 16 key universities directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (MOE), and has been listed as one of the key universities in the "Project 985" and "211 Project". It is the first socialist normal university in New China established on the original site of Daxia University, based on Daxia University and Guanghua University, and transferred to some departments of Fudan University and Tongji University. In 1959, East China Normal University was identified as one of the first 16 key universities in China. In 1978, it was once again recognized as a national key university and was one of the 33 higher education institutions approved by the State Council to establish graduate schools. In 1996, it passed the preliminary review of the "211 Project" and was included in the list of national key construction universities. In 2006, East China Normal University entered the second phase of the "985 Project" list. At the same time, the Ministry of Education and Shanghai City decided to jointly build East China Normal University, taking solid steps on the road to building a world-renowned high-level research university.

The predecessor of the school was Guangxi Provincial Longzhou Normal School. Since its establishment in 1939, it has gone through various stages, including Guangxi Provincial Longzhou Normal School, Nanning Special Zone Longzhou Normal School, and Nanning Second Normal School. In December 1978, with the approval of the State Council, a full-time ordinary higher education institution was established, named "Nanning Normal College", which is one of the earliest three teacher colleges established in Guangxi. In 1994, the National Education Commission renamed the school "Nanning Normal College". On March 26, 2009, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, the school was upgraded to a undergraduate institution - Guangxi Normal University for Nationalities.

Lijiang College of Guangxi Normal University was established on July 31, 2001. At that time, it was one of the first state-owned private secondary colleges approved by the Education Department of Guangxi Autonomous Region in Guangxi. According to the spirit of the document "Several Opinions on Standardizing and Strengthening the Management of Independent Colleges in Ordinary Universities through New Mechanisms and Models" issued by the Ministry of Education (Jiao Fa [2003] No. 8), Guangxi Normal University and China United Biotechnology Co., Ltd. signed a joint education agreement on October 7, 2003 to jointly establish Lijiang University. On January 18, 2004, the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China officially approved and confirmed the qualification of Lijiang University as an independent college, becoming one of the first independent colleges approved by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.

Guilin Normal College is located in the "Two Rivers and Four Lakes" scenic area of Guilin, an international tourism city with the reputation of "mountains and rivers are the best in the world". The school is divided into two campuses, Xinyi and Jiashan. The campus is lush with trees, birds chirping and flowers fragrant, and the teaching buildings are arranged in a picturesque manner, making it an ideal place for reading and learning.

Guangxi Normal University is a full-time undergraduate institution in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, formerly known as Guangxi Teachers' Continuing Education College, founded in October 1953. In December 1978, with the approval of the State Council, it became a full-time regular undergraduate normal university in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. In January 2003, with the approval of the People's Government of the Autonomous Region, the former Guangxi Nanning Ethnic Normal School, founded in 1905 and with a century long history of teacher education, was merged into Guangxi Normal University.

The construction of Zhuhai Branch is an important component of Beijing Normal University's goal of achieving a "comprehensive, distinctive, and research-oriented world-class university". Under the guidance of the relevant approval spirit from the Ministry of Education, Zhuhai Branch resolutely implements the school building policy proposed by Beijing Normal University, which is "resource nationalization, school establishment, market operation, and a new model". It firmly implements the development concept of "survival with quality, development with innovation, support with contribution, and cooperation with win-win results", and boldly adopts teaching models, management methods, and operating mechanisms in the construction and development of the school International cooperation and reform attempts in the integration of industry, academia, and research will strive to build the school into a comprehensive reform experimental zone with distinctive characteristics for the composite development of education and technology industries, and develop it into an "international, open, comprehensive, distinctive, and application-oriented first-class university branch".

Guangdong University of Education is a provincial public higher undergraduate institution founded in 1955. In 1982, adult higher normal undergraduate education began, and in 1990, regular higher undergraduate education began. In 1992, it was awarded the National exemplary organization of Adult Higher Education.