PLA Institute of the Arts, founded in 1960, is the People's Liberation Army's only multi-disciplinary, comprehensive art colleges, to carry out military training for the literary and artistic talents, cultural management and cadres to carry out military tasks such as literary studies. With literature, drama, music, dance, cultural management, Department of Art 6 of 19 professionals, forming a graduate, undergraduate, secondary education, Trinity, training, rotation and distance education, complementary education system. College is located in the university buildings, cultural atmosphere, talent-intensive high-tech Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing. Current President Lu Wenhu Major General, Major General Xie Lihong political commissar.

Jianyuanyilai, the College adhere to the theory and practice, teaching and research, creative combination of art cultivated army nearly ten thousand people, many of them have become the military, local renowned artists and leading cadres. Teachers and students in more than 800 people, more than a thousand Unit (piece) all kinds of literature and art (film) works were awarded Mao Dun, Lu Xun and outstanding fiction, poetry, essays, reports Prize for Literature; Cannes, Berlin International Film Festival Award , Golden Rooster Awards, the Hundred Flowers Award; TV Golden Eagle Award, Flying Award; Wenhua Award, Cao Yu Drama Award, the Plum Blossom Award, the Golden Lion Award; national songs, folk Gold; the country, army art exhibition of gold, silver and bronze; Central Propaganda Department, "one of the five" Award and the People's Liberation Army Literature and Art Award and other awards hundreds.

Literary works created by graduate students, "river left Dream", "Literary Criticism Select Zhu forward" by Lu Xun, "History of the Sky," "Heroic Age" won the Mao Dun Literature Award, "Fifty Years of Chinese Military Literature" by the National Social Science Fund Award for outstanding achievements by graduates compose the drama "peacetime", "tight encirclement", "plot", "Chinese-style divorce", "Han Wu Da Di", "burning passion" and in the sea won wide acclaim both inside and outside. Undergraduate students created and published during the school novel "sad day" spiritual civilization by the Eighth Communist Youth League, "one of the five" Outstanding Cultural Award. Drama drama series created and performed a large "I am waiting for you in Heaven," won the National Fine Stage Arts Project 2005-2006 Top Ten fine repertoire of the Ninth National "one of the five" Outstanding Award, the twelfth Mandarin repertoire Award to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Chinese drama drama outstanding productions of the Fifth National Performance award; drama "Young Guard" won the eighth League building of spiritual civilization, "one of the five" Outstanding Cultural Award; drama "Artillery Home "won the first prize in the Eighth Army Arts Festival performances of eight awards; drama created and performed sketch comedy in the national competition in all kinds of drama has won 11 times, trained Liupei Qi, Wu Ruofu, Wu Gang, Wu Jingan, Yin Peach and other film stars. Participating in the Music Department of the eighth and ninth in the National Young Singer TV Grand Prix, continuous access to professional bodies out of the first group, many times in the previous international and domestic competition has been a major first, second, third, the Dai Yuqiang culture, Han, Wang Hongwei, Tan Jing, Liu Gang, an actor active in the national army art arena. Li Shuangjiang editor of the "People's Liberation Army History of Music" won the First Prize for excellent Chinese publications, new literary works of the Tenth Chinese People's Liberation first prize, first prize in the General Political institutions the textbooks; national "Eleventh Five-Year" key planning books "The PLA's Classic Archive articles of war" (three volumes) issued by the PLA Publishing House; "Military vocal" army one hundred high-quality curriculum courses selected. Dance department in the last three national "Tao Li Cup" dance competition, the total of 18 first prize; at the Third Chinese Dance "Lotus Award" competition by the performance of gold, silver and bronze; Seoul, South Korea in three international dance competition, won a total of 5 gold, 3 bronze. Dance poem 2004 "growth" was first prize in the eighth army Arts Festival performances; three players in 2005 to attend the Third CCTV Television Dance Competition, points awarded first, second and third; 2007, in the fourth CCTV Television Dance Competition in the session, group dance, "a feather" was performing the Gold Award, Top Ten Award and was named the best-loved dance piece, "Tao Yao" won the silver medal performances; Fine Arts Department faculty creative painting "Love Nepalese girl "of the" 2000 International Portrait Painting "the highest award, painting" live "by the Tenth National Art Exhibition Gold, oil painting," End "won first prize in the 80th Anniversary Art Exhibition. Cultural Management adhere to the "military-oriented, grassroots" mission, the army has trained nearly 3,000 cultural management personnel, many of whom have become leading cadres at all levels of the cultural sector and cultural activities of the organizations planning personnel and hospital school culture, class instructor. College teaching and scientific research highlights, and accumulated a number of outstanding teaching materials and teaching repertoire, has published dozens of works of art and art on the set, published more than a thousand scientific papers, enriched and developed the theory of military art education, drama series, music , divided by the army dancers teaching achievement award. School known as "the army of writers and artists of the cradle."

College from the date of birth, adhere to serving the people and the direction of socialism, adhere to enhance the combat effectiveness of services for the purpose, adhere to the force required as the basis for all construction and reform, the glorious history of our army and troops of fiery Life as a teaching, the creative source of running water, the officers and men are loved and welcomed by the majority of personnel quality and works as the level of inspection standards. College students have been organized every year on the border, the next island, the grassroots forces to write soldiers, drill, singing soldiers, painted soldiers, the backbone of counseling literature and art, organized cultural programs for the military service in the same time, gain valuable nutrients, promoting education, creation and research, continue to force transfer of qualified personnel and good works of art.

College adhere to open schools, foreign exchanges and cooperation continuously expanded. For over 40 years, there have been the United States, Mexico, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Australia, South Africa, Japan, Vietnam, Laos, Tanzania, Palestine, and Austria more than 20 countries in five continents artists, educators, the delegation (s) to the hospital to observe, to give lectures. College students are also invited to the United States, Germany, France, Russia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Singapore, Indonesia, Mongolia and many other countries access to performances, exhibitions, a complete success.

2002 Spring Festival, the Music Department of the Jinan Military Area Command of Chinese avant-garde instrumental music and song and dance students formed the "Red Star of China National Orchestra," Golden Hall in Vienna, Austria, successfully held the New Year concert. In 2006, graduate student Jing Tan Golden Hall in Vienna, held a successful concert. In 2007, the young teacher Wang Ying, as China and the United States the first person voice, the Golden Hall in Vienna, successfully held the "riding on the wings of song," Music will be solo.

Institute of Deng Xiaoping Theory and "Three Represents" and the scientific outlook on development as guidance, vigorously carry forward the advanced culture, and strive to cultivate new literary talent of high-quality troops, forming a "love army, still the United States, and innovation" good school spirit, school move gradually to modern conditions.