中国外语教育研究中心所依托的北京外国语大学,是我国开办历史最长、开设语种最多的外语院校,设有我国第一批外国语言文学博士点和第一个博士后流动站,师资力量雄厚,学术成果丰富。2000年3月,北外以外国语言研究所为基础,吸收英语系等院系的科研力量,组建了中国外语教育研究中心。同年9月,中心被教育部正式批准为“教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地”。中国外语教育研究中心同时也是北京外国语大学国家重点学科“外国语言学 Beijing Foreign Studies University, which relies on by China Foreign Language Education Research Center, is the longest established foreign language institution in China with the largest number of languages. It has the first batch of doctoral programs in foreign languages ​​and literature and the first postdoctoral research center in China. Academic achievement is rich. In March 2000, based on the Institute of Foreign Languages ​​of North China, it absorbed the scientific research strength of faculties such as English Department and set up the China Foreign Language Education Research Center. In September of the same year, the center was formally approved by the Ministry of Education as ”the key research base of humanities and social sciences under the Ministry of Education.“ China Foreign Language Education Research Center is also the national key disciplines of Beijing Foreign Studies University ”Foreign Linguistics