In 1955, China’s first labor economics major was created at the Capital University for Economics and Business. The first and second groups of students admitted to the program were greeted by twice my Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping in January and July of 1957. In 1958 the program started to admit undergraduate students, and MA students in 1978. In 1981 the program was accredited nationally to issue MA degrees, and in 2000 it was the second program accredited nationally to issue PhD degrees, in 2002 it was name one of Beijing’s key academic programs, in 2007 it was named a key national academic program, and in 2008 it was named one of Beijing excellent academic programs. For many years, the undergraduate program has  been rank 2^nd nationally among other academic programs of the same category by several social organizations’ university rankings. In the 2008-2009 annual appraisal, the Human Resources department which was derived from the Labor Economics department  was ranked 2^nd nationally among 197 similar university majors, the labor and social security major was ranked 11^th among 99 universities. Since approval as a key national academic program in 2007, the undergraduate program has made a number of important achievements. Labor economics was named a national unique key program; the labor and social security major and labor economics  major wer named national unique majors; “labor economics research” and “social security research” were named national elite curriculum, and the human resources management curriculum group teaching team was named national excellent teaching team.

In these research areas, this academic program has achieved impressive research results. Since July 2005, the discipline staff have presided over 2 key topics for National Social Science Fund and the 8 National Social Science Fund projects, more than 10 provincial projects, 8 international cooperation projects, 2 under the jurisdiction of the Beijing Municipality university innovation team project, and 2 Beijing Municipal top-level innovative talents projects. Scientific research achievements  at the provincial and ministerial levels include 5 level 1 prizes, 2 level 9 prizes, and 3 level 11 prizes. Teaching achievements include at the provincial and ministerial level 1 level 1 prize , and one level two prize. Professor Yang Heqing’s "labor economics", "human resources management" courses, and professor Wen Kui’s  "labor relations" curriculum have been rated excellent courses in Beijing city. Professor Yang Heqing's "labor economics", "career planning" have been name named Beijing quality materials, and selection selected as 11 Five-Year Plan  national planning materials; Professor Zhang Qi, Professor Wang Jing are the editors for  Social Security, and Labor and Social Security Statistics which were selected a 11^th Five-Year Plan national planning materials.