On March 1, 2023, Prof. Liu Yaobin led his delegation to visit Shenzhen University (SZU) and the China Center for Special Economic Zone Research (CCSEZR). Prof. Liu is a Standing Committee Member of the Party Committee, Vice President of Nanchang University (NCU) and Distinguished Professor of "Changjiang Scholar" of the Ministry of Education. Along with Prof. Liu, the delegation also included Prof. Kuang Xuewen, Dean of School of Economics & Management of NCU, Prof. Peng Jizeng, Vice Dean of School of Economics & Management of NCU and Executive Deputy Director of the Research Center of Central China Economic and Social Development, and Prof. Luo Haiping, Deputy Director of the Research Center of Central China Economic and Social Development and Doctor of Political Economy of SZU in 2010. SZU Vice President Zhang Xiaohong met with Vice President Liu Yaobin and his delegation. Attending the meeting were Prof. Tao Yitao, Director of CCSEZR, Prof. Li Fan, Associate Professor Zhang Ping, and Dr. Li Tong, Deputy Directors of CCSEZR.
On behalf of SZU, Zhang expressed a warm welcome to Liu and his delegation. As a "Double First-Class" university, NCU maintains unique characteristics in international education and studies of central China’s economic development. In the China International College Students' ‘Internet+' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, NCU has won 23 gold medals, which reflects its leading achievements in innovative and entrepreneurial talent cultivation. The two key centers of humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education are counted on joining forces and developing in-depth cooperation in more fields. Vice President Liu Yaobin appreciated the rapid growth of SZU. He said that Luo Haiping, the distinguished alumnus of SZU, is the connecting bond between the two universities. Among the many outstanding talents cultivated by SZU and furthered studies in NCU, Luo is one of them. It is anticipated that the two universities will enhance communication in the new pattern of regional coordinated development before long.
Vice President Zhang Xiaohong meets with Vice President Liu Yaobin and his delegation
Liu explained that this visit aims at further strengthening the connection in "disciplines, academics, scholars and schools” with CCSEZR. In ancient times, Jiangxi Province enjoys the reputation of a "God-blessed land rich in culture and capable of nurturing talented people". Under the new landscape of high-quality leapfrog economic development, Jiangxi also puts forward new requirements for higher education. Nanchang University plans to build the "3+X" disciplines based on its three key disciplines (Materials Science, Food Science and Engineering and Clinical Medicine). Liu expressed that both the disciplines and the center itself are developing steadily with novel educational concepts. He hoped that both sides could form an alliance in the cultivation of post-doctoral students and the integration between industry and education, giving play to the role of comprehensive universities’ economic and management disciplines in fostering talents and serving local community.
Vice President Liu Yaobin gives a speech
Director Tao Yitao welcomed Liu and his delegation and introduced the development history, staff and faculty, scientific research achievements, academic brand and international exchange of CCSEZR, as well as the development overview of the BRRI. She pointed out that CCSEZR has long been committed to the research on basic economic theories and special economic zones. By upholding the concept of "academics and research going global” and introducing China’s development model to the world, CCSEZR explored new mechanisms in undergraduate micro majors, talent introduction and team building. The two universities can pool resources in joint postdoctoral training and subject research, promoting the key research centers’ construction and cultivating high-caliber innovative personnel.
Director Tao Yitao delivering a speech
Prof.Kuang Xuewen, Dean of School of Economics & Management of NCU, expressed his admiration for the fruitful achievements made by CCSEZR and BRRI. He introduced the School of Economics & Management of NCU, which was approved as a first-level doctoral program in Statistics in 2021 and its five undergraduate majors of Economics, Finance, Accounting, Business, and Industrial Engineering are all national first-class undergraduate major construction sites. The school has steadily promoted undergraduate teaching, hoping to learn the characteristic educational philosophy of Theoretical Economics doctoral program of SZU. Based on the postdoctoral talent introduction policy, NCU expected for a cooperation with the Theoretical Economics postdoctoral station of SZU.
Dean Kuang Xuewen introduces the School of Economics & Management of NCU
Mr. Chen Hongquan of CCSEZR added details on the implementation of joint postdoctoral enrollment. To better utilize the advantages of both sides, the cooperation mode will be further discussed.
Mr. Chen Hongquan introduces the cooperation of the postdoctoral program
Prof. Peng Jizeng, Vice Dean of School of Economics & Management of NCU and Executive Deputy Director of the Research Center of Central China Economic and Social Development, said that CCSEZR kept up a solid disciplinary status and focused research areas, with remarkable results in the implementation of "academics and research going global". He introduced the Research Center of Central China Economic and Social Development, indicating that the Center will soon release a series of papers regarding the overview of China's old revolutionary base areas, high-quality development reports and policy compilation. A database of the old revolutionary base areas has already been built with the National Development and Reform Commission. In terms of the think tank construction of consulting service, Deputy Director Luo Haiping’s consultation report has been selected as the State Council's key economic reference. From now onwards, the Center planned to increase its national influence in this field and looked forward to learning from the CCSEZR.
Prof. Peng Jizeng introduces the Research Center of Central China Economic and Social Development
Researcher Luo Haiping, Deputy Director of the Research Center of Central China Economic and Social Development and alumnus of SZU, firstly thanked Director Tao for her concern over the years and then he introduced the future key projects of the Center in terms of think tank building, central China economic research, old base areas revitalization and Industry-University-Research bases.
Deputy Director Luo Haiping gives a speech
After the meeting, Vice President Liu Yaobin invited Director Tao to visit NCU and the Research Center of Central China Economic and Social Development to nail down matters regarding the cooperation between the two sides. The event concluded amidst an amiable atmosphere.
