The International College of Beijing (ICB) is an integral part of China Agricultural University (CAU). ICB was founded on April 20th, 1995, as the result of a joint venture educational program between itself and the University of Colorado at Denver (UCD). The agreement reached between UCD and Chinese educational authorities, which led to the creation of the International College of Beijing, is now recognized as being among the first bilateral educational programs authorized by the Chinese government. In April, 1988, ICB started the cooperation with the University of Luton, UK, and was formally accepted as one of the first joint venture educational schools by the Beijing Institute of Education. Recently a new joint venture educational program has been planning and preparing, which would help ICB develop better in the future.

The Central Conservatory of Music,located on the site of the former Prince Chur's Residence(in which Emperor Kuang - ksu was born),in the southwest corner of the once lnner City of Beijing ,is the only key institution of higher learning directly under the Ministry of cuiture of the State Council among all schools of arts in China.

Though founded in 1950,the history of the Conservatory can edated over half a century ago,for one of its torerunners,the Music Department of the Yenching University,was organized back in 1927,the others being the Music Department of the Literature and Are School of the North China University(1939),the National academy of Music(1940),the Music Department of the National Peiping School of Arts(1946),and thd Music Department of the Northwest Lu Hsun Institute of Literature and Ary.Nevertheless the tradition and facuity of the National Acade-my of Music was mainly carried over by the Conservatory.