中国京剧院是中华人民共和国文化部直属的国家艺术院团，成立于一九五五年一月。首任院长为京剧艺术大师梅兰芳先生。现任院长系剧作家吴江。剧院下属有京剧一团、二团、三团、张火丁工作室四个演出团。

　　自建院以来，剧院不断吸收各京剧流派的表演艺术家和著名的剧作家、导演、作曲家、舞台美术家等，组成了精英荟萃、实力雄厚的京剧艺术表演团体。其中表演艺术大师李少春、袁世海、叶盛兰、杜近芳，著名导演阿甲，著名剧作家翁偶虹、范钧宏等，享誉海内外。

　　近五十年，剧院继承、创编、上演了500多部不同题材、体裁的优秀传统和现代剧目，基本形成了善于继承，勇于革新，精于塑造人物形象的艺术特色，以及思想内容丰富、艺术严谨、舞台清新、流派纷呈、阵容齐整的艺术风格。代表剧目有《野猪林》、《三打祝家庄》、《三岔口》、《白蛇传》、《九江口》、《孙安动本》、《谢瑶环》、《穆桂英挂帅》、《大闹天宫》、《满江红》《杨门女将》、《红灯记》、《春草闯堂》、《蝶恋花》、《汉宫惊魂》、《瘦马御史》、《图兰朵公主》、《泸水彝山》有广泛影响，并赢得了观众的喜爱。

　　在多年艺术创作和国际、国内的演出评比中，剧院有四十余个剧目、一百余人次荣获各种奖项。近年来，在“文华奖”、“五个一工程奖”、“梅兰芳金奖”、“梅花奖”、“中国京剧节金奖”等国内重要评奖中，中国京剧院均榜上有名。

　　剧院担负着重要的对外文化交流任务，自建国后，不断派出艺术团到世界各地演出。曾先后出访五十多个国家和地区，足迹遍及五大洲，赢得了良好的国际声誉。为促进中外文化交流，增进中国人民同世界各国人民的友谊，做出了积极的贡献。

　　China National Peking Opera Company

　　China National Peking Opera Company (CNPOC) is one of the national ensembles of performance arts directly under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture, People’s Republic of China. It was founded in January 1955, with Mr. Mei Lanfang as the first president in its history. Now, Mr. Wu Jiang, a notable dramatist, is the president of the CNPOC, which has three troupes.

　　The CNPOC has been recruiting performance artists in various schools of Peking Opera as well as notable dramatists, directors, composers, stage artists, etc., to become one of the strongest ensembles in the field. Among them, performance masters Li Shaochun, Yuan Shihai, Ye Shenglan and Du Jinfang, director A Jia, dramatists Weng Ouhong and Fan Junhong have worldwide reputation.

　　In the last fifty years, the CNPOC produced more than 500 traditional or new dramas with different subjects and genres, forming its special artistic characteristics and styles with artistic strictness, fresh stage design and diversified schools. In the repertoire, Wild Pig Forest, Three Attacks on Zhu Village, At the Crossroad, Tale of the White Snake, The Mouth of Jiujiang River, Sun An Dong Ben, Xie Yaohuan, Mu Guiying in Command, Monkey King, Man Jiang Hong, Women Generals of the Yang Family, The Red Lantern, Chuncao Entering the Court, Die Lian Hua, Nightmare at the Han Palace ，Royal Envoy on Thin Horse ，Priness and Lvjiang River and the Yi-shan Mountain are internationally popular.

　　In international and national cultural activities, more than 40 dramas and 100 persons won various prizes and awards, such as “Wen Hua Prize”, “Five Ones Project Prize”, “Mei Lanfang Gold Prize”, “Mei Hua Prize” and “Gold Prize of the Chinese Peking Opera Festival”.

　　The CNPOC has the responsibility of international cultural exchange, and has had performance tours in more than 50 countries around the world, contributing to the friendship of Chinese people with people around the world and winning good international reputation.