The Institute of Comparative Literature and Culture Studies (ICLCS) of Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) was founded in January, 1998. It was changed to an independent research entity directly affiliated to the university in October 2001. ICLCS now has 5 researchers and 4 PhD. supervisors.

ICLCS is one of the research institutes that hold a key discipline in Beijing. Following three other universities, namely Peking University, Sichuan University and Suzhou University, ICLCS of BLCU is the fourth one that has been approved to have the qualification of establishing a Ph.D. program of Comparative Literature and World Literature Independently. In 2002, this program ranked as the top Ph.D, program in China among all the universities according to an investigation conducted by Guongdong Academy of Management Currently there are four Ph.D. supervisors working in different research areas in the institute:professors Goo Xudong, Ning Yizhong, Wang Ning and LI Qingben.

ICLCS, located in and affiliated to BLCU, is international in Its scope. It aims at crossing the borders of different disciplines and cultures, achieving communication with other disciplines, reconstructing itself and forming dialogues between the East and the West. Since 1998, ICLCS has held several international academic conferences published over 20 monographs and more than 300 academic articles.