Guangdong University of Foreign Studies 60th Anniversary Celebration Announcement

Sixty years of steadfast dedication, a full cycle of flourishing excellence. On November 22, 2025, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS) will mark its 60th anniversary—a significant milestone in the university’s history. In celebration of this occasion, we extend our sincere gratitude and highest respect to the leaders at all levels, our alumni at home and abroad, friends from all walks of life, and our faculty, staff, students, and retired colleagues for their longstanding support and dedication to the growth and advancement of GDUFS.

Looking back on our history, GDUFS was established with a distinctive mission to serve international needs, characterized by unique strengths and a rich foundation. In 1965, Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages was founded in the southern cosmopolitan city of Guangzhou in response to the country’s need for foreign service. In 1980, Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade was founded amid China’s early phase of reform and opening-up. In 1995, the two institutions merged into the current form, with Guangdong College of Finance and Economics incorporated into the university in 2008. Over the past sixty years, the university has advanced in step with the Party and the nation, keeping pace with the times. With a rich revolutionary tradition and cultural heritage, it has embraced the noble mission and critical responsibilities bestowed by history. Through student education, research, social service, cultural inheritance and innovation, and international exchange and cooperation, GDUFS has demonstrated its commitment and made lasting contributions.

Looking to the present, GDUFS continues to flourish as an institution rooted in its international mission, forging ahead with vigor and standing at the forefront of higher education. Embracing the values of excellence, honesty, inclusiveness and self-confidence, GDUFS is dedicated to its motto “Pursuit of Integrity, Practice and Cross-cultural Learning”, fostering in every student an academic ethos of virtue, diligence, practicality, and noble ambition. The university has nurtured over 300,000 multidisciplinary, innovative, and internationally oriented professionals for the Party and the nation, providing valuable intellectual and talent support for China’s foreign-related endeavors. In response to the new demands of empowering the nation through education and the evolving landscape of higher education, GDUFS aligns its focus with national needs, future trends, the development priorities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the university’s unique strengths, while further solidifying its reputation as a highly respected university with academic distinction. Leveraging its distinct advantages in internationalization, GDUFS takes on its role as a leader in foreign-related student education, a contributor to opening up, and a facilitator of cross-cultural exchange and mutual learning.

Looking to the future, GDUFS continues to grow stronger through its international focus and is poised to embark on a new journey of sustained excellence. In light of China’s grand plan for national rejuvenation amid global changes of a magnitude not seen in a century, the university firmly upholds its founding mission of nurturing talent for the Party and the nation, fulfilling the fundamental mission of fostering virtue through education, and relentlessly pursuing excellence. By aligning with key national strategic priorities and supporting high-level international engagement, GDUFS aims to be a leading institution for cultivating internationally-oriented talent with distinctive strengths and competencies, as well as a pioneering base for area studies, global governance, foreign-related rule of law, international communication of Chinese culture, and the integration of language and artificial intelligence. The university will make more and greater contributions to Chinese modernization, continuing to write its legacy of glory and dreams in the ongoing journey of national strength.

Honoring Six Decades of Glory, Together We Will Craft New Chapters of Excellence. Under the theme “Sixty Years of Glory and New Chapters of Excellence,” GDUFS will host a series of events to celebrate its 60th anniversary. We warmly invite leaders at all levels, alumni from around the world, and friends from China and abroad to gather at GDUFS, to rekindle friendships, join in the grand celebration, and envision the future together!

We hereby make this announcement with sincere anticipation for your kind attention and participation.

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

November 23, 2024

For more information, please contact:

Jiang Shusen
Telephone: 020-31522297
Fax: 020-36207367
Email: xqb60@gdufs.edu.cn
Website: https://gdufs60.gdufs.edu.cn/

Address: No. 2 Baiyun Dadao Bei, Guangzhou, China
Postal Code: 510420