Beijing Language and Cultural Centre for Diplomatic Missions (LCC) is a legal entity registered with National Authority for Public Institution Registration and Administration, providing language services specialized in teaching Chinese as a second language and offering content-based cultural lessons. It used to be the only state institution that provided such services to diplomatic missions and foreign media groups in China.

H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand (middle) and
some of her LCC Chinese teachers

Established in 1956, LCC has outgrown a couple of different names of the organization in its development. Over the past four decades, people of various circles from more than 100 different countries have studied here, including former US president George Bush senior, former Indian president Kocheril Raman Narayanan and over 260 ambassadors. We’ve also been sending Chinese teachers to the Royal Palace of Thailand to teach HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn since 1983.

A few words of appreciation written for LCC by
H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand

At present, apart from diplomatic staff, the wider international business community in Beijing forms another major source of students for LCC.

LCC offers a wide spectrum of courses ranging from Chinese to all different languages, Chinese calligraphy and painting, piano and martial arts, in the forms of individual lessons and small classes tailored to students’ needs. LCC also organizes study tours, lectures, and summer camp on a regular basis.

Jacques René Chirac (left), former President of France,
meets LCC Professor Yu Qilong

We are proud to have more than 30 self-developed teaching materials published so far, with some award-winning textbooks by Ministry of Education (MOE), and some copyrights purchased by foreign publishers. These books offer a combination of practicality and interest, catering to different needs of learners.

LCC is also a MOE-approved HSK venue that runs the Chinese level test annually.

Located in a courtyard of its own with elegant environment, LCC has a teaching building of 3,000 square meters equipped with advanced language lab, computer room, library, multifunction hall and classrooms of various sizes.

LCC is committed to drawing on its unique advantages to provide first-class language and cultural services to diplomatic missions and the international community in China.