Guangdong University of foreign studies, located in Guangzhou, is a key university of Guangdong Province. Selected into the national "2011 plan" The national project of building high-level universities for public postgraduates, the national project of characteristic key disciplines, the receiving institutions of Chinese government scholarship for international students in China, the national base of College Students' cultural quality education, the demonstration base of the Ministry of education for overseas students in China, the "key discipline construction universities of high-level universities" in Guangdong Province, and the collective action plan for student exchange of Asian universities (Asian campus plan), It is one of the 19 universities in the world that provide high-end translation talents to the United Nations, the founding unit of the national international economy and trade discipline, the first unit of the World Federation of translation education, and a joint member of the International Federation of translation schools of universities and the International Federation of translators. It is an important base for international talent training, foreign language and culture, foreign economy and trade, and international strategic research in South China. ,Its predecessor is Guangzhou Institute of foreign languages and Guangzhou Institute of foreign trade. Guangzhou Institute of foreign languages, established in November 1964 and officially enrolled in July 1965, is one of the three famous foreign language universities directly under the Ministry of education. Guangzhou Institute of foreign trade, established in December 1980, is a college directly under the former Ministry of foreign trade and Economic Cooperation (now Ministry of Commerce). In 1981, the University was granted the right to confer a master's degree; in 1986, the University was granted the right to confer a doctor's degree. In May 1995, Guangdong Provincial People's Government merged the two universities to form Guangdong University of foreign studies. In October 2008, Guangdong Vocational College of Finance and economics was incorporated into Guangdong University of foreign studies.As of June 2019, the university has a total area of 2292 mu, covering three campuses, namely the north campus, the South Campus and the Dalang campus. It has 25 teaching units, 2036 teaching staff, 19704 full-time undergraduates, 3370 doctoral and master's students, and more than 19000 adult students, advanced and trainee students and foreign students.