The Chinese Department now can be traced back to the Chinese Department which was set up in 1921 and renamed the Department of Chinese Literature in 1927. Teachers who once taught Chinese here successively include Chen Zhongfan, Wang Bohang, Wu Mei, Lu Yiye, Hu Xiaoshi, etc. At that moment, the Sinology research was renowned for the Xue Heng founded by Wu Mi. Its target was to do academic researches, pursue the truth, flourish the quintessence of Chinese culture, absorb new knowledge, and judge political affairs with fare standards.
After the rebuilding in 1996, the Chinese Department has excellent achievements in National Quality Course and humanistic education. It currently has the first-level discipline master station of the Chinese Language and Literature and the bachelor station of Chinese Language and Literature. The Chinese Department does not seek all-round development but extremely excellence in special aspects, focusing on teacher qualities and preferential developments in some specific domains.
The Chinese Department has 3 full professors, 8 associate professors and 7 lecturers, of which 2 are doctoral supervisors and 8 are master's supervisors. All the doctors are under the 45 age. In the past 5 years, with numerous excellent teachers, the Chinese Department undertook the National Social Sciences Fund and above 10 research projects of provincial and ministerial level, issued various academic books and above 200 papers, built 2 National Quality Courses, and won a national second-class prize for teaching achievement. Since 2000, the Chinese Department has cultivated about 350 undergraduates and 90 postgraduates and received above 60 overseas students from Korea, Vietnam, Ukraine, etc.
The Department of Chinese Language and Literature has three stable academic directions: the ancient literature research with Wang Bugao, Xu Zifang, Qiao Guanghui, Zhang Tianlai, Shao Wenshi; the modern and contemporary literature research with Jiang Gengyu, Tian Zhaoyao, Li Mei; the philology research with Wang Huabao, Liu Yanmei, Bai Chaohui, and Xu Dan. The professional master station of the Department of Chinese and International Education is in application. The Chinese Department has the Chinese Ci Study Institute, the Drama Novel Institute, the Philology Institute, the College Chinese Research Center,etc.
