Founded in October 2012, Henan Chanting Association is the first provincial-level chanting academic institute in China. Its secretariat is located in the School of Foreign Languages of Zhengzhou University of Light Industry.

Chanting, as the traditional reading method and typical intangible cultural heritage, plays an important role in the study, creation, revision and appreciation of classical poetry. Since its establishment, Henan Chanting Association has taken inheritance and innovation of Chinese history and civilization as its responsibility, and has actively worked on chanting theory, exhibition and promotion. In terms of theoretical research, it presided over one of the sub-projects of the major project of the National Social Science Foundation Rescue, Sorting and Research of Chinese Chanting. It also hosted over 30 academic lectures, published more than 10 monographs and textbooks like Introduction to Chanting, Understanding Metrical Poetry, 75 Basic Chanting Poems, China’s Chanting Textbook (published by zhonghua book company) and Chanting Class, published 5 academic papers in  Social Sciences in China and Guangming Daily, and presided over 4 provincial projects. In terms of teaching practice, the vice President Chen Jiangfeng's Linking Method between Metrical Poetry Chanting and Creation won the Excellence Award in the final of 2015 National College Micro-course Teaching Competition. In terms of promotion and exchanges, Wang Wei, the secretary-general of Henan Chanting Association, presided over the grassroots party building innovation project The Classics Chanting, which is one of the grassroots party building innovation brand of the education system of Henan Province. He also organized students to actively participate in the 7th Cross-Strait College Students Classical Poetry Joint Chanting Conference “the Blooming of Archai Rhyme” and the opening ceremony of the 3rd Chinese Chanting Week and other large-scale domestic exhibitions and performances, and the exchange with Korean and Japanese chanting clubs, etc., which further demonstrated the beauty of the chanting in central plains and attracted the attention of the academic community.

With the support of Henan Chanting Association, the School of Foreign Languages focuses on the educational function of traditional culture. In 2012, it established a chanting club for college students to implement the poetry chanting. In 2014, Classics Illuminate Life—Activities of Poetry Chanting in Campus  won the first prize of Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture Series Activities in Henan Province. In 2015, Poetry Chanting in Campus was awarded as a featured display item of the national activities Paying Honor to Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture (50 items nationwide totally). In 2016, the Cultural Education Project—Classic Poetry Chanting  was successively selected as a high-quality project for college counselors in Henan Province and the first batch of key construction projects of campus cultural characteristic brands in colleges and universities in Henan Province. In 2017, it won the first prize of Henan Classics Illuminate Life poetry chanting competition. In 2018, it won the first prize of Henan Province University Campus Culture Construction Achievement Award for Great Aesthetic Education characteristic brand of Henan Province colleges and universities. In 2019, it won the first prize of Henan Province College Students Art Exhibition. In 2020, it won the second prize of the project of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League. In 2021, it won the first prize of the Speech of Centennial Party History, University Students Lecture Party’s History Competition, and the first prize of the 2021 Chinese Chanting, Writing and Speaking Competition in Henan Province. Through these activities the educational function of chanting has been firmly enhanced.