The management discipline was established in the Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade (GIFT)

The Department of Business Management was establishedto enroll undergraduates with such majors as foreign trade and financial management

The first enrollment in the Bachelor of Business Management

The Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade was incorporated into the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province from the former jurisdiction of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies was established as a merge of the Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade (GIFT) and the Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages (GIFL)

The School of Management was establishedasa mergeof the Department of Business Administration of the GIFT and The Department of International Trade of the GIFL

The School of International Management was established by bringing together the Business Administration and Accounting Departments of the International Business School and the Mathematics and Statistics Department of the Basic Teaching Department. In addition, a department of Marketing was established

The School was given approval to offer an academic postgraduate degree –The Master of Business Management (MBM)

The first enrollment of 19 MBM students; the School of International Managementwas moved to the campus in Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center

The MBA Education Centerwas established

The School was given approval to offer two academic master degrees –the Master of Business Management (MBM) andthe Master of Management Science and Engineering (MMSE)

TheMBA Education Center was renamedGraduate School of Business(GSB), incorporating teaching, academic research and management

The School of Business was establishedas a mergeof the School of Management and The Graduate School of Business

The MBA programme received AMBA accreditation,makingthe School of Business the 26th AMBA accredited school in China, and the 225th in the world

The School of Business launched EPAS accreditation, and received EFMD membership

The School of Business launched AACSB accreditation and received the membership, initiated CAMEA accreditation and obtained the accreditation eligibility

The School of Business was re-accredited by AMBA and eligible to EPAS accreditation. The Silk-Road Entrepreneurship Education Network Guangzhou Platform was located in GUDFS. Business Administration was selected as the key constructional discipline of Guangdong Province's high-level universities

The School of Business completed the experts’on-site inspection for EPAS international accreditation and also became one of the first BGA (Business Graduates Association) certified members in the AMBA accreditation system. The book Talent Services written by an SOB professor won the second prize of Philosophy and Social Sciences Award in Guangdong province

The School of Business was awarded the EPAS international accreditation, being the third in mainland China. The majors of Business Administration and Marketing were selected as national first-class teaching sites for undergraduate programs

In 2023, the School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education and the Guangdong Research Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education for University Students were incorporated into the School of Business