East China University of Political Science and Law, or Hua Zheng for short, is located in Shanghai, the financial center of China. It is a national key university with law as the main body and coordinated development of economics, management, literature and science. It is the first batch of "Excellent Legal Talents Education and Training Plan" in China, the first batch of higher political and legal colleges founded in New China, the first batch of overseas students' colleges receiving scholarships from the China government, the first batch of national master's degree awarding units, members of the four departments of the Fifth Academy and the founding member of the Asian Law Society, and is known as the "Oriental Pearl of Legal Education".

East China University of Political Science and Law, formerly known as East China University of Political Science and Law, was formed by merging the law departments, political departments and social departments of nine universities, including St. John's University, Fudan University, Nanjing University, Soochow University, Xiamen University, Hujiang University, Anhui University, Shanghai University and Aurora University. The school was merged into Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences1958; 1963 rebuilt, enrolled students the following year; 1966 to stop enrollment, 1972 to cancel enrollment; 1March, 979, with the approval of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the State Council, the school resumed classes for the second time; In March 2007, with the approval of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Ministry of Education, the school was renamed East China University of Political Science and Law.

20 15 March official website shows that the school has two campuses, Changning and Songjiang, covering an area of 1280 mu; The library has more than 2.23 million books and more than 530 kinds of Chinese and foreign newspapers and periodicals/kloc-0. There are more than 2 1 1,000 students and nearly 1 1,400 staff. There are 18 colleges (departments) offering 24 undergraduate majors.