Lanzhou University of Finance and Economics is an important business college in the western region of China, and it is the only college in the upper reaches of the Yellow River basin with the ability to train undergraduate, master and doctoral talents. The school was founded in the Administrative Cadre School of Gansu Provincial People's Government on 1952. 1958, upgraded to Gansu Institute of Finance and Economics, led by Gansu Provincial People's Government, and implemented undergraduate education; 198 1 Lanzhou business college was established, led by the former Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Internal Trade successively. 1998, the central and local governments established a management system, mainly in Gansu; 200 1, Gansu Staff and Workers College of Finance and Economics merged into Lanzhou Business School; In 2002, Gansu Metallurgical Industry School was merged into Lanzhou Business School; In 2004, Gansu Planned School was merged into Lanzhou Business School; In 2003, it was added as a master's degree awarding unit to carry out postgraduate enrollment and training; 20 15, renamed Lanzhou university of finance and economics; 20 18 was newly added as a doctoral degree awarding unit; In 20 19, the recruitment and training of doctoral students was officially carried out.

The school has three campuses, Heping, Duanjiatan and Donggang, covering an area of 1.700 mu and a school building area of 730,000 square meters. The total value of teaching and research instruments and equipment is 1 1328000 yuan. The green area of the campus is 3 1.54 million square meters, and it was awarded the honorary title of "Garden Unit" by Lanzhou Municipal People's Government.