It is a full-time public higher education institution in Shanghai. The school is organized by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government and supervised by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission. It is a member of the League Alliance, a governing unit of the "Belt and Road" Think Tank Cooperation Alliance, a Chinese Government Scholarship International Student Training Institution, and a "Silk Road" Government Scholarship International Student Training Institution. , a Sino-US humanities program training institution, a member of the "Study in China" Overseas Preparatory Education Alliance, and a national defense education specialty school of the Ministry of Education.