Changsha Foreign Language School, referred to as Changwai for short, is the first state-owned public school in Hunan Province and the only one in Changsha that features foreign languages, adheres to all-round quality education and is directly under the management of Changsha Education Bureau. Changsha No.23 Middle School, formerly founded by 1963, was renamed Changsha Foreign Language School by 1996.
In recent years, it has been awarded more than 100 honorary titles such as National Foreign Language Experimental School, International Talent Training Base School, China Characteristic Education Project School, National Foreign Language Characteristic School Education Council Governing Unit, National Chess Demonstration School, Provincial Modern Educational Technology Experimental School, Changsha Civilized Unit and Changsha Garden Unit.
Changsha Foreign Language School is the first public boarding middle school in Hunan Province and the only school in Changsha that features foreign languages and pays equal attention to arts and sciences. It is the first batch of characteristic education experimental schools in ordinary high schools in Hunan Province and a national foreign language experimental school awarded by the Ministry of Education.
The school has a teaching department and a training department. The teaching department is divided into junior high school, senior high school and international department. There are more than 3,900 students in six grades of junior high school, including senior middle school 1.600 students, junior middle school's 2,200 students and international department 1.20 students. The school covers an area of 132 mu, and the building area is107,000 square meters.
Campus full of green, quiet environment. Library, gymnasium, laboratory building (10 floor), art center, international exchange center, student apartment, student dining room, teacher apartment, 3 teaching buildings, 12 basketball court, 3 tennis courts, 1 football track and field and other facilities are complete. First-class teaching facilities and rich cultural atmosphere.