1995: Approved by the former Jilin Provincial Education Commission, the school(JISU) was established as Jilin Huaqiao Foreign Language Institute, a higher education training school.1996: Construction of school buildings commenced, marking the initial establishment of the school.1997: Achieved outstanding results in self-study examinations, ranking among the top of similar institutions in the pr...

While working abroad, Dr. Qin He, the Fifth “China Top Ten Outstanding Women” and President of Jilin International Studies University (JISU), found that many people working in the field of finance, economy and trade, etc. lack the ability to communicate in foreign languages, and those who can speak foreign languages do not have appropriate professional knowledge in economics and management, w...

In early 1996, the School raised more than 20 million RMB for its founding. In that September after five-month construction of a new campus, the school moved into the new site. Only in six days the faculty and staff completed the equipment installment and cleaning of 16,000-square-meter school premises. President Qin He was touched and said: “After what we have experienced during the construct...

In 1998, the student population reached 1500. According to market needs, the Institute started language programs in English, Japanese, German, French, Russian, Korean and Chinese (for international students) of twenty majors under three major categories: translation, bilingual and applied foreign language education.By that time, Jilin Huaqiao Foreign Languages Institute had established sister s...

In 1999, Jilin Huaqiao Foreign Languages Institute changed its name as Jilin Huaqiao Foreign Languages Vocational College, incorporated into the National College Admission Plan, with nearly 1900 students enrolled annually. “Focus+Quality+Administration+Employment=Brand.” This was the orientation set by President Qin for the college, implying that a good university does not necessarily to be l...

The philosophy of school running adheres to two ideas: “All we do is to ensure the students grow up talented, useful and successful” and “We must be worthy of the students’ time, parents’ trust, social concern and the conscience of educators.” The school has always emphasized that “No students who should be left behind.” and “Responsibility of education is as heavy as the Mountain Tai...

In 2002, in order to meet the needs of further development of the school, a newcampus was built in Jingyue Tourism Development Zone. By the end of August, the first phase of the project, covering an area of 110,000 square meters, was completed and put into use. The enrollment of students reached 3,200. In the same year, the school was granted the right of undergraduate admission by the Jilin Pr...

With the changes in school venues, the school changed names three times and made great-leap-forward development. In 2003, the school passed the assessment of the Ministry of Education, and upgraded to a general higher institution for undergraduates, becoming one of the nine private institutions to offer four year programs and the only one of the private focused on foreign language education. Th...

In 2004, the school was designated as Top-up Program Training Base. We entered the second batch of undergraduate admission in Jilin and Hei Longjiang provinces. The graduate employment rate reached 98.2%, ranking the first in the province. The campus covered an area of 760,000 square meters, 18 times than the early years of the school, and construction area of 180,000 square meters, 6.4 times t...

In 2010, President Qin He, as one of the 30 historical figures to attend the 100th anniversary of “March 8” International Working Women’s Day, and was graciously received by President Hu Jintao and took a group photo with the party and state leaders. The university won the title of “Advanced Unit in Jilin Province in the Shanghai World Expo”. The Administrative Building and the Global Vill...

In March 2011, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, the university began to recruit students of Arabic and business English. In June, the school was named “China Outstanding Private Higher Education Institution” by Chinese Association for Non-Government Education, and President Qin He was honored with the title of “Advanced Individual in China Non-Government Higher Education”. A ...

In 2012, Yuan Guiren, minister and Party secretary of the Ministry of Education visited the school; an CPPCC Educational, Scientific, Cultural, Health and Sports Commission inspection group came to the school led by Zhao Qinping, the deputy director of CPPCC Educational, Scientific, Cultural, Health and Sports Commission, former vice minister of the Ministry of Education, and Du Yubo, vice mini...

In 2013, the CPC Jilin Provincial Committee & Jilin Provincial People’s Government’s Opinion on Improving the Provincial Higher Education ([2013]10 issued by Jilin Province) noted that, “Jilin Huaqiao University of Foreign Languages is expected to progress into a leading domestic private university by 2020”. President Qin was elected as the chairman of the National Non-profit Private Univer...

2014, President Qin He were selected as “The Fourth Batch of Top-notch Innovative Personnel of Jilin Province (the first level)”, the first deputy director of the Jilin Provincial Chinese Vocational Education Society and executive member of the Twelfth Executive Committee of the Jilin Provincial Women’s Federation, and earned the honorary doctorate of Kyungnam  University in South Korea. The...

In 2015, the first Confucius Institute of JHUFL was established at the City University of New Jersey in the United States. A grand ceremony was held the 20th anniversary of the founding of Jilin Huaqiao University of Foreign Languages, as well as the 2015 Sino-Foreign University Presidents Forum. At the same time the History Museum of Jilin Huaqiao University of Foreign Languages opened. The fi...

In 2016, the university was selected into the second batch of National Basic Ability Construction Project of Western & Central China and was approved as the Confucius Institute Scholarship Admission Qualification Institute. Cooperated with 40 units in China and beyond the World Translation Education Alliance as formed and the MTI degree program has increased to in seven languages. The universit...

In 2017, President Qin He was elected member of the 14th session of the China Democratic Promotion Council Committee and member of the Seventh National Appraisal Committee for the establishment of Higher Education Institution and President Qin won the “Outstanding Contribution Award” of Huang Yanpei vocational education in Jilin Province and was selected as the 2016 “Students’ Favorite Univ...