The school was founded in 1956, formerly known as jiangjin district Commercial Staff School; 1983 was renamed Chongqing No.2 Finance and Trade School; In 2007, it merged with Chongqing University of Commerce Workers, transformed and upgraded to an ordinary higher vocational college, and changed its name to Chongqing Vocational College of Finance and Economics.

In July 2022, the official website of the school showed that the school covers an area of 7 10 mu, with a building area of nearly 200,000 square meters, and the library has more than 850,000 books. Teaching institutions 1 1, higher vocational majors 31; There are 533 faculty members and full-time vocational students1more than 3,500. On September 30th, 20021,it passed the acceptance of the third batch of modern apprenticeships organized by the Department of Vocational and Adult Education of the Ministry of Education.