Abstract: Objective To study the situation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and their related legal cognition in university students in Beijing, and to discuss the relevant countermeasure. Methods Stratified random sampling was adopted. Results A total of 882 students in 10 Beijing universities were investigated. Results showed that those surveyed had a low 22.3% participation rate of cardiopulmonary resuscitation training. The proportion of medical students participating in cardiopulmonary resuscitation training was relatively high, accounting for 35.5% of the students in this category. 89.6% students were willing or very willing to attend relevant training. While only 18 students knew the specific laws about protecting first aid providers, and 97.3% students favored the establishment of legal provisions to protect first aid providers.Conclusion The situation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for college students in capital universities and their related legal cognition didn’t meet the needs of the society. Only through popularization and standardization of the first aid training, increasing the number of emergency equipment such as AED in public places, speeding up the process of legislation to protect first aid providers, can the universities promote the dissemination of first aid knowledge, and make college students become the main force and core group of self-rescue and mutual aid.