Approved and accredited by the Ministry of Education of China, Hebei Foreign Studies University (hereafter referred to as HFSU) is the only foreign language studies university with independent system in Hebei Province. Located in Shijiazhuang city, the capital of Hebei Province (close to Beijing, only 80 minutes by bullet train) and founded in 1998, HFSU is a five-star private university which has gained sufficient support from the central government of China and is one of the 10 key application-oriented undergraduate universities in Hebei Province.