The College of Comparative Law (CCL) of the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) was founded on 15 October, 2009 by integrating the Institute of Comparative Law (since 1985), the School of Sino-German Law (since 2002), the School of Sino-American Law (since 2002) and the Editorial Office of the Journal of Comparative Law (since 1987, one of the most famous core journals of law in China). It later successively set up the Institute of European Law, the Institute for Laws of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Regions, the Institute of Sino-Italian Law and Roman Law, the China-Japan Law Institute and the China-Russia Law Institute, in total of 8 institutes. In March 2025, CUPL added ‘School of Comparative Law’ to the College’s current name (one set of institutions with two brands) to promote the training of foreign-related talents in the rule of law, with the aim of improving the quality and efficiency of such training. It began to enroll undergraduate law students in 2025.

The faculty comprises 44 members (plus 4 resident doctoral supervisors and retired-rehired staff), including 33 full-time academic staff, 7 administrative staff and 4 publishing editors. There are 15 professors, 10 associate professors and 8 lecturers, all of which hold doctoral degrees and 19 obtained their degrees from overseas leading universities, making up 58% of the total. The academic staff is proficient in world's major languages, including English, German, Russian, French, Japanese, Spanish and Italian.

The College was the first to own Comparative Law as a grade-2 subject that enters in the records of the Ministry of Education of China. It is a specialised teaching and research institution focusing on both personnel training and scientific research in comparative law as well as regional and national law with China's leading teaching and research faculty. The College is the secretariat of the China Comparative Law Society, the Beijing Comparative Law Society and the Asia Academy of Comparative Law, as well as the Foreign Law Ascertainment and Research Centre, co-established by CUPL and the Supreme People's Court of P.R.C, and the China-Europe Legal Research Centre and the China-Europe Legal Training Base, co-established by CUPL and the China Law Society. In addition, the College has 6 non-established research institutes, including the Research Centre for the Rule of Law on Territorial Space and Urban Construction of CUPL, the Research Center for Enterprise Criminal Risk Prevention of CUPL, the AI Law Research Centre of CUPL, the Health Law Research Centre of CUPL, the Centre for Government Procurement Legal Studies of CUPL and the Centre for China-Europe/EU Legal Studies of CUPL.

The College focuses on the comparison between domestic and foreign laws, setting up a research platform for comparative law with an emphasis on cross-law systems, including continental law, common law and other representative legal systems, and regional laws. It strives for reaching an advanced level in the world while securing its leading place within China, so as to play a role of a window and a think tank for the Chinese government and enterprises to get an insight into foreign legal system in the process of globalisation and a pace-setter for CUPL to achieve its goal of excellence in openness, internationalisation, multi-disciplines and innovation.

The College enrolls 30 undergraduate law students and about 100 master's and doctoral students in comparative law as well as a number of postdoctoral researchers each year. It cultivates internationalised and all-round personnel in legal profession with dignity, proper behaviour, knowledge of both Chinese and foreign laws, sophistication in at least one foreign language, ability of independent international exchange and international affairs participation, innovation and practical skills. To meet this target, the teaching of the College adopts bilingual or pure foreign languages including English, German, Russian, French, Japanese, Spanish and Italian.

The College orients itself to promoting the exchange in domestic and foreign laws, cultures and values, actively implements the nation's strategic plan of ‘going to the outside world’ in the humanities and social sciences, widely spreads Chinese and foreign legal culture, and conducts legal academic and cultural exchanges with foreign countries and regions in various levels and forms. It has established close cooperation with over 20 universities and institutions from foreign countries and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions as well. Together, the faculty and the students will continue to develop its reputation as a world-class hub for the training of professionals, scientific research and international legal and cultural exchange in comparative law as well as regional and national law.