Tianjin Institute of Foreign Trade
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天津对外贸易学院 | |
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| Type | Public university |
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| Active | January 1983–November 15, 1994 |
| Affiliation | Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of the People's Republic of China |
| President | Xin Shulin |
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| Campus | Garden-style campus, 207 acres (84 ha) |
Tianjin Institute of Foreign Trade was established in January 1983. It was one of the four higher education institutions directly under the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. The institute was located at 100 Yingshui Road, Nankai District, Tianjin. In 1994, Tianjin Institute of Foreign Trade was disestablished and merged into Nankai University.[1]
History
[edit]After the reform and opening-up, China decided to vigorously develop foreign trade and urgently needed to cultivate a large number of specialized foreign trade talents. Therefore, it was necessary to systematically develop new foreign trade universities. Considering various factors such as the foreign trade development situation in different regions, the conditions for running schools, and the distribution of institutions, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation decided to restore the Shanghai Foreign Trade College (now Shanghai University of International Business and Economics) and establish foreign trade colleges in the coastal port cities of Tianjin and Guangzhou.[2]
Tianjin Institute of Foreign Trade began preparations in September 1979 and was officially approved by the State Council in January 1983. At its inception, the institute used the facilities of the Tianjin Foreign Trade Secondary Vocational School on Wangchuan Road. In July 1987, it moved to a new campus on Yingshui Road.
In 1988, Tianjin Institute of Foreign Trade established a sister-school relationship with the College of Business Administration at Kent State University in the United States.[3] In April 1994, then Vice Premier Li Lanqing, who had previously served as Vice Mayor of Tianjin and Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, proposed merging Tianjin Institute of Foreign Trade into Nankai University. On October 14, 1994, the State Education Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation signed the "Protocol on the Merger of Tianjin Institute of Foreign Trade into Nankai University," officially deciding to merge the institute into Nankai University.[4] The formal merger took place on November 15, 1994.
On December 26, 1994, the 13th meeting of the Nankai University Party Committee Standing Committee decided to abolish the establishment of Tianjin Institute of Foreign Trade from the date of the merger. According to the overall planning for reform and development at Nankai University, as well as the plans for professional and disciplinary development, Nankai University established the International Business School, which included three departments and one institute: the Department of International Economics and Trade, the Department of International Business Management, the Department of Foreign Trade Languages, and the Institute of International Economic Research.[1]
In 1996, the International Business School of Nankai University moved to the main campus (Balitai Campus) and was later renamed the Nankai University Business School.
The original site is now the Yingshui Road Campus of Nankai University. Nankai University plans to transfer the Yingshui Road Campus to Tianjin City and use the funds obtained for the construction of a new campus in the Haihe Education Park.
Departments and programs
[edit]The institute had three departments: Foreign Trade Languages, Foreign Trade Economics, and International Business Management. It offered six programs: Foreign Trade English, Foreign Trade Japanese, International Business Management, Foreign Trade Statistics, International Trade, and Industrial Foreign Trade.[3]
Campus facilities
[edit]The main building of the campus, located at the entrance, was a seven-story frame structure facing south, used for teaching purposes. To the east of the main building was the administrative building; to the west were the student dormitories and service building. The library moved to a new building in October 1992. Before November 1994, it was the Tianjin Institute of Foreign Trade Library. After the merger in November 1994, it became the Yingshui Road Campus Branch of the Nankai University Library.[3]
See also
[edit]- The other three universities directly under the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation: Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade
References
[edit]- ^ a b 李凤堂 [Li Fengtang] (1998). "发挥合并优势 提高办学效益——南开大学和天津对外贸易学院合并办学的成功经验 [Leveraging the Advantages of Merger to Enhance Educational Efficiency: The Successful Experience of the Merger between Nankai University and Tianjin Foreign Trade Institute]". 天津市教科院学报 [Journal of Tianjin Academy of Educational Science] (1998 (4)): 20–23.
- ^ 当代中国对外贸易. Beijing: 当代中国出版社. 1992. p. 188. ISBN 9787800920431.
- ^ a b c 南开区地名志编纂委员会黄志敏、肖守仁、周景华 (1998). 天津市地名志 04 南开区 [Tianjin Toponymic Gazetteer 04 Nankai District]. 天津: 天津人民出版社. p. 447. ISBN 7-201-02086-2.
- ^ 侯自新 [Hou Zixin] (1998). "深化高教体制改革 提高办学质量和效益 ——南开大学合并天津对外贸易学院的过程模式 [Deepening the Reform of Higher Education System to Improve the Quality and Efficiency of Education: The Process and Model of the Merger between Nankai University and Tianjin Foreign Trade Institute]". 中国高教研究 [Chinese Research on Higher Education]. 2.