With the approval of Sichuan Provincial Education Bureau, and being registered in the State Education Ministry, CFLS was established in 1989 as the first middle school in Sichuan Province with foreign language teaching as its primary characteristic. It is one of the 13 foreign languages schools approved by the State Education Ministry, which has the right to recommend students for admission to key universities without needing to take entrance examinations. It is one of the best schools in Chengdu as well as in Sichuan Province.

CFLS is located in Chengdu High-Tech West Zone and covers 260 mu (17.3 hectares). Now the CFLS has about 600 staff members and about 5400 students’ aged from 13-18 years old, ranging from 7th grade to 12th grade.

The main task of CFLS is to train students to have a good command of foreign languages and to lay a solid foundation of general knowledge for higher education. All the subjects of a key middle school curriculum are taught in CFLS, including English, Math, Chinese, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Politics, History, Geography, Computer, Arts and PE.

Long term exchange and mutual visit programs have been initiated and carried out between CFLS and some reputable schools and colleges in the USA and UK, for example, Landon School in Washington D.C., Dulwich College and John Leggott College in England.