East China University of Political Science and Law was formerly known as East China University of Political Science and Law. In June 1952, the Department of Law, the Department of Politics and the Department of Society of 9 universities, including St. John's University, Fudan University, Nanjing University, Soochow University, Xiamen University, Hujiang University, Anhui University, Shanghai University, and Sindan University, were merged at the former site of St. John's University; In 1958, it was merged into Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences; It was prepared again in 1963; The enrollment was stopped in 1966 and cancelled in 1972; The second school resumption in March 1979; In March 2007, it was renamed East China University of Political Science and Law. East China University of Political Science and Law is one of the first batch of institutions of higher political science and law established by the People's Republic of China. It is a high-level local university in Shanghai jointly established by the Ministry of Education and Shanghai.