Guangdong Teachers College of Foreign Languages and Arts

Guangdong Teachers College of Foreign Language and Arts(GTCFLA), a vocational college run by the Guangdong provincial government, was founded in December 2001 through the merger of the former Guangdong Foreign Language Normal School (founded in 1978) and the former Guangdong Art Normal School (founded in 1983). The year 2021 marked as a milestone in the development of the college, with three more schools joining: Guangdong Social Work School, Guangdong Foreign Trade School and Guangdong Trade Vocational Technical School.

The collegehas advanced training equipment and a number ofexcellentinternship training bases. In 2017, the college was recognized by National Centre for Schooling DevelopmentProgram as a selected school for the MOE·CSDP VR Laboratory for the World. It has established 3training bases funded by the central government, 4 provincial training bases and 2 school training bases. It has 9 Off-Campus PracticalTeaching Bases at the provincial level and 9 at the college level, 500 Off-campus PracticeBases,337professional training classrooms and up to14104training seats.The training equipment and conditions are at the leading level among its kind in Guangdong.

The college is keen on cooperating with overseas institutionsandhas established connections with 35 colleges, including Birmingham University in UK.It provides quality social services in the sector of language training, such as English, French and Korean. Underthe Belt and Road Initiative, the collegeis bound to play a greater role in the development of the Greater Bay Area.