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The Lycée Français International Charles de Gaulle de Pékin was founded in September 1965 and is part of the French network of schools administered by the Agence pour l'Enseignement Français à l'Étranger (AEFE). The school moved to a single, purpose-built campus that was inaugurated on 16 May 2016; that new campus was designed by French architect Jacques Ferrier and was delivered with a reported budget of about €23.9 million and specific measures to limit the effects of Beijing's air pollution. The LFIP is listed by AEFE as an establishment under direct management within the AEFE network, which frames its governance and ties to the French education authorities.
The LFIP community is multinational: past reports note pupils from more than 50 countries and a mix of European, African, American and Asian families. School life is punctuated by regular cultural and curricular events (for example, Francophonie Week, the Quinzaine des Arts, educational trips) and by seasonal activities and competitions in sport, arts and languages. Recent news and the school calendar also show large community gatherings such as the annual School Fair and the Fête du LFIP, which bring together students, staff and families.
Parents participate through an Association des Parents d'Élèves (APE) that the school identifies as the formal parents' body and a daily point of liaison with the administration. The APE has organised school kermesses and fairs (the 2023 Fête du LFIP and associated activities are described on the school site), running stalls and family activities alongside school-led performances and demonstrations. The school also runs formal elections for parent representatives (the elections page describes the electoral rules and that four parent representatives sit for the relevant instances), and those representatives take part in bodies such as the school council and are consulted on primary-school matters. In practice the APE and elected parent reps support event organisation, volunteer coordination, fundraising/sponsorship liaison and communications between families and the leadership team.
Lycée Français International Charles de Gaulle de Pékin (LFIPékin) is a French-curriculum school that is part of the AEFE network; it teaches from petite section (maternelle) through terminale and prepares students for the Diplôme National du Brevet, the French Baccalauréat and the Baccalauréat Français International (BFI). The school's website states it operates a new campus and highlights multilingual pathways, including English and Chinese international sections that can lead to the OIB. LFIPékin reports about 800 students from roughly 50 nationalities and lists five teaching languages on its homepage. The school runs regular cultural and arts events (for example the Quinzaine des Arts), offers a web radio and pupil-led bodies (CVL, délégués éco-responsables), and provides an on-site catering service. Transport information on the site describes an organised school-bus service with dedicated routes and safety features. (All items above are taken from the school website.)
