Beijing Technology and Business University

Beijing Technology and Business University is a high-level research university that is a key construction project in Beijing. In June 1999, it was approved by the Ministry of Education to merge Beijing Institute of Light Industry and Beijing Business School, and the Mechanical Industry Management Cadre College was incorporated into it. Beijing Business School was successively affiliated to the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Domestic Trade. Its predecessor was the Cadre School of the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives and the Central Commercial Cadre School. The Cadre School of the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives was established in the early 1950s, and the Central Commercial Cadre School was established in 1953. In 1958, the Cadre School of the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives was merged into the Central Commercial Cadre School. In 1959, the Ministry of Commerce was approved by the State Council to establish the Central Commercial College, which was renamed Beijing Business School in 1960, and the Central Commercial Cadre School merged with Beijing Business School. In 1969, Beijing Business College was closed due to the "Cultural Revolution". In 1978, it was approved by the State Council to resume enrollment. Beijing Business College is one of the earliest institutions of higher learning established after the founding of the People's Republic of my country to train economic management talents. It is one of the first national master's degree awarding institutions approved by the State Council. Beijing Institute of Light Industry was founded in 1958 and is the earliest light industry college in my country. It moved to Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province in 1970 and was rebuilt on the original site in Beijing with the approval of the State Council in 1978. It was successively affiliated to the Ministry of Light Industry and the China Light Industry Federation, mainly training senior professionals for the light industry. Mechanical Industry Management Cadre College was established in 1982 and is affiliated to the Ministry of Machinery Industry. It mainly trains management cadres for the machinery industry.

After the merger and establishment, Beijing Technology and Business University has entered a new period of development. Its comprehensive strength has been significantly enhanced. It has now developed into a multi-disciplinary university with mutual support and coordinated development of science, engineering, economics, management, literature, law, and art. It will follow the eight-character policy of "characteristics, connotation, standardization, and quality" and strive to achieve the development goal of a distinctive high-level research university.

In August 2003, the school became a joint doctoral training unit after review and approval by the 20th meeting of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council. Since 2004, it has jointly recruited and trained doctoral students in accounting with the Central University of Finance and Economics. In June 2007, the school accepted the evaluation of the undergraduate teaching level of ordinary colleges and universities nationwide by the Ministry of Education. In March 2008, the Ministry of Education convened a plenary meeting of the National Undergraduate Teaching Evaluation Expert Committee of Ordinary Colleges and Universities, and all members voted to determine that the evaluation result of Beijing Technology and Business University's undergraduate teaching work was "excellent". In December 2012, the school's food (including health food) additives and safety became a "doctoral talent training project serving the country's special needs", and the name of the degree-granting discipline was "Food Science and Engineering". In September 2014, the "Food Science and Engineering" discipline was approved to establish a new postdoctoral research mobile station. In September 2019, the "Applied Economics" discipline was approved to establish a new postdoctoral research mobile station. In May 2018, the school became a doctoral degree-granting unit after approval by the 34th meeting of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, and applied economics and food science and engineering were approved as first-level doctoral degree authorization points. In October 2021, after review and approval by the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council, our school's three disciplines of System Science, Light Industry Technology and Engineering, and Business Administration were successfully approved as first-level doctoral degree authorization points, and two new master's professional degree authorization points were added in Resources and Environment and Tourism Management.

The school currently has 16 colleges and 1 teaching department; it has 2 national testing centers, 1 national experimental teaching demonstration center, 2 national virtual simulation experimental teaching centers (projects), 1 national engineering laboratory, 1 China-Canada Joint Laboratory of the Ministry of Science and Technology, 1 Beijing High-tech Center, 4 Beijing Key Laboratories, 1 Ministry of Environmental Protection Key Laboratory, 1 Beijing Laboratory, 1 Beijing Higher Education Engineering Research Center, 1 Beijing Engineering Technology Research Center, 3 provincial and ministerial research bases, 1 Beijing Think Tank Base, 2 provincial and ministerial collaborative innovation centers, and 4 Beijing Higher Education Experimental Teaching Demonstration Centers; the school currently has 5 first-level doctoral degree authorization points, 1 joint training doctoral degree authorization point, 18 first-level master's degree authorization points, 19 master's professional degree authorization points, and 63 undergraduate majors. From 2002 to 2012, our school was approved to develop four Beijing key disciplines, namely applied chemistry, industrial economics, food science and accounting, and six Beijing key construction disciplines, namely applied economics, civil and commercial law, materials processing engineering, computer application technology, environmental engineering and enterprise management. In 2019, three disciplines of our school, namely applied economics, food science and engineering, and business administration, were selected into the list of high-tech disciplines of Beijing universities. The school currently has 25 postdoctoral fellows (including 9 joint training), 125 doctoral students, 3,303 master students, 12,407 full-time undergraduate students in general higher education, and 567 students in adult education.

The school covers a total area of ​​830,000 square meters, including 210,000 square meters for the Fucheng Road campus and 620,000 square meters for the Liangxiang campus. The total construction area is 518,800 square meters, including 202,500 square meters for the Fucheng Road campus and 316,300 square meters for the Liangxiang campus. The total value of fixed assets is 3.141 billion yuan. The total area of ​​the library building is 25,793.1 square meters. As of now, the library has more than 1.9 million paper documents, more than 1.31 million electronic books, more than 2 million electronic journals, and 98 Chinese and foreign databases.

Since the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, we have seized opportunities, actively expanded the space for running schools, and continuously improved basic conditions. We have completed key construction projects in Beijing, such as the renovation of the Fucheng Road campus and the first phase of the Liangxiang campus. The new construction area of ​​the Liangxiang campus has reached 257,800 square meters. In October 2004, more than 8,000 students moved in smoothly. The completion of the first phase of the Liangxiang campus has provided a good learning environment for the healthy growth of students and laid a solid material foundation for the leapfrog development of the school in the new era. During the "11th Five-Year Plan" and "12th Five-Year Plan", the school gradually improved the infrastructure conditions of the Fucheng Road campus and the Liangxiang campus. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the school completed the construction of dormitory buildings, canteens and activity centers. In August 2019, the second phase of the Liangxiang campus with a new 42,500 square meters of student dormitory buildings was completed and put into use. In August 2020, the second phase of the Liangxiang campus with a new 16,000 square meters of student canteens and student activity center buildings were completed and put into use. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the school will also gradually complete the construction of teaching and research buildings totaling 70,900 square meters, achieving the goal of "integrating campus resources, optimizing school space, and improving conditions and guarantees."