University of International Relations

The University of International Relations (UIR; Chinese: 国际关系学院; pinyin: Guójì Guānxì Xuéyuàn) is a national public university in Beijing, China. It is known colloquially as "Guoguan" (国关; Guó Gūan).

Not to be confused with China Foreign Affairs University.

University of International Relations
国际关系学院
Other name
国关 Guó Gūan
Former names
Institute of International Relations
TypeNational
Established1949 (1949)
Parent institution
Ministry of State Security
Officer in charge
Lin Xiaoke
ChairmanLiu Hui
Vice-presidentGuo Huimin
Location
Beijing
,
China

40.0021°N 116.2801°E / 40.0021; 116.2801
Websitewww.uir.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese国际关系学院
Traditional Chinese國際關係學院

The Institute for International Relations, later translated into English as Institute of International Relations, was established in 1949 by the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, Zhou Enlai, to train diplomats.[1] It became one of the National Key Universities in 1960, and was one of first in China to offer master's degrees. In 1983, the school was the first foreign studies institute in China to become a comprehensive university.[2][3] In 2021, the school established its first doctoral program.[4]

Chinese government sources claim that UIR is under the Ministry of Education, but some academic researchers and journalists contend that the university is affiliated with the Ministry of State Security (MSS), the country's principal civilian intelligence agency.[5][6][7][8][9]

History
UIR main academic building

The University of International Relations was founded in 1949 to train foreign affairs cadres for the newly created People's Republic of China. In 1961, the school merged with the Foreign Affairs College.[10]

In 1964, then-Premier Zhou Enlai ordered the creation of colleges and university departments to focus on international affairs.[7] Several government agencies, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party, established their own institutes for the study of international affairs. The University of International Relations in Beijing was formally brought under the control of the Ministry of Public Security in 1965, and was charged with training intelligence agents for the Investigation Department (a precursor to the Ministry of State Security) and for Xinhua News Agency.[10][7]

Like many schools in China, the University of International Relations was shuttered during China's Cultural Revolution and reopened in 1978.[11] It was among the first institutions of higher education authorized by the Chinese government to offer academic degrees in China.[12] The university began to offer a Ph.D. program in Politics in 2021.[4]

UIR library

Affiliation with the Ministry of State Security

The university's website, Chinese government, and Chinese Communist Party sources state that UIR operates under the direction of the Ministry of Education;[13][14][15] however, the university does not appear on the Ministry of Education's list of subordinate universities.[5] Many academic researchers and journalists contend that the university is affiliated with the Ministry of State Security (MSS), China's civilian national intelligence agency.[5][7][10][6][8][9]

The Historical Dictionary of Chinese Intelligence states that the university's "relationship with the MSS is intended to be covert".[1] According to József Boda of Hungary's National University of Public Service, the "UIR gives the MSS a way to work with foreign universities and academics to shape and learn about perceptions of the PRC’s views on security. It also provides a platform for the MSS to identify talents, recruit officers and collect intelligence."[16]

UIR gymnasium

Partnerships

The university maintains partnerships and exchanges with Marietta College, University of Massachusetts Boston, Aalborg University, Toulouse 1 University Capitole, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima City University, Ibaraki University, among others.[5]

Notable alumni

See also

References
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  3. "中共中央关于增加全国重点高等学校的决定". Economic Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on January 19, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
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  6. Wise, David (June 14, 2011). Tiger Trap: America's Secret Spy War with China. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-0-547-55487-7. OCLC 759835935.
  7. Shambaugh, David (2002). "China's International Relations Think Tanks: Evolving Structure and Process". The China Quarterly. 171 (171): 575–596. doi:10.1017/S0009443902000360. ISSN 0305-7410. JSTOR 4618770. S2CID 154801635.
  8. Mattis, Peter L. (August 29, 2012). "Assessing Western Perspectives on Chinese Intelligence". International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. 25 (4): 678–699. doi:10.1080/08850607.2012.678745. ISSN 0885-0607. S2CID 154919371.
  9. Golden, Daniel (October 10, 2017). Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities. Henry Holt and Company. pp. 85–95. ISBN 978-1-62779-636-1. OCLC 967864126.
  10. Chan, Gerald (1998). International Studies in China: An Annotated Bibliography. Nova Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56072-588-6. OCLC 923873469. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
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  14. "国际关系学院：专注培养"日英双语+全球视野"的跨界精英". People's Daily. June 23, 2016.
  15. 季晓旭 (September 17, 2019). "国际关系学院". China Education News Network.
  16. Boda, József (November 11, 2022). "The Situation of National Security Studies: A Short Overview". Nemzetbiztonsági Szemle. 10 (3): 13–24. doi:10.32561/nsz.2022.3.2. ISSN 2064-3756. S2CID 253876097.
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  18. "中国驻以大使杜伟意外去世，母校国际关系学院刊文沉痛悼念". The Paper (in Chinese). May 18, 2020. Archived from the original on June 1, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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  20. "2020年最具影响力前沿先锋候选人物之马军 - 生态中国网". ecocn.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  21. "梅峰：关于《不成问题的问题》的问题" (in Chinese). Sohu. March 30, 2017.
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  23. 储舒婷 (September 15, 2022). "外交部直属"双一流"高校，迎来新院长！". Wenhui Bao (in Chinese). Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  24. "阎学通". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
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