On July 1, 2025, Professor Junfu Zhang, Chair of the Department of Economics at Clark University (USA), was invited to deliver a keynote lecture at the “Nankai Institute of Economic and Social Development Academic Forum,” bringing an insightful academic presentation to faculty and students.Professor Zhang is an internationally renowned scholar in the field of urban and regional economics. His...

On June 20, 2025, Professor Qunyong Wang from the School of Economics at Nankai University was invited to deliver an academic lecture at the “Nankai Institute of Economic and Social Development Academic Forum.” His talk, titled "Applications of Machine Learning in Economics: Causal Inference with Machine Learning," was hosted by Professor Zhou Mi, Director of the Center for Urban and Regional...

On June 19, the Institute of Economics and Social Development at Nankai University held a farewell ceremony for 62 graduating master’s and doctoral students. The event was hosted by Vice Dean Liu Weilin and attended by Dean Liu Binglian, Vice Dean Bai Xuejie, faculty representatives, and graduating students.Dean Liu Binglian, on behalf of all faculty members, congratulated the graduates on suc...

From June 13 to 14, 2025, the 6th China Regional Economics Scholars Forum was held in Nanjing. The event was jointly organized by Southeast University, the Spatial Analysis Committee of the China Regional Science Association, and the Urban and Regional Economics Committee of the China Annual Conference of Economics. The forum brought together numerous renowned experts and scholars in the field ...

On June 10, the seminar titled "Focusing on Challenges, Seeking Solutions Together: Key Issues in Urban Development" was held at the Institute of Economics and Social Development, co-hosted by the Institute for the Development of Chinese-style Modernization, the Institute of Economics and Social Development, and the Frontier Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Nankai University. Over 50 exp...

On the morning of June 12, the opening ceremony for the 2025 cohort of the jointly run master’s programs in International Trade and Economic Relations, Hospital Management, and Educational Leadership and Management between Nankai University and Flinders University (Australia) was held at the Nankai University Gymnasium.Attendees included Peter Lennox (faculty representative for the Internation...

On June 12, the Urban Renewal Seminar was held at the Institute of Economics and Social Development, Nankai University. The event brought together representatives from government, enterprises, and academia, including Zhang Xiaoyan (former Deputy Secretary-General of the Tianjin Municipal Government), Lu Hong (former Level 1 Inspector of the Tianjin Planning and Natural Resources Bureau), Wang J...

On June 7, the 2025 Graduation Ceremony and Degree Conferral for the joint master’s programs in International Trade and Economic Relations, Hospital Management, and Educational Leadership and Management—co-hosted by Nankai University and Flinders University (Australia)—was held at the Tian Jiabing Concert Hall on Nankai’s Balitai Campus. Vice President of Nankai University Zhu Shoufei and P...

On May 16, 2025, Professor Zhang Zhenzhen from the School of Economics and Management at Tongji University was invited to deliver a lecture titled “Data-Driven Optimization and Its Applications in Transportation” at the Young Scholars Salon hosted by the Institute of Economics and Social Development at Nankai University. The session was chaired by Professor Xiao Jianhua, Director of the Moder...

Experts from Three Regions Gather at Nankai University to Discuss Expanding the Breadth and Depth of Coordinated Development Launch of the "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Nankai Index 2025" and "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Big Data Platform"On May 17, the forum titled “Promoting the Expansion of Breadth and Depth in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development” was held at Nankai University. The event was ...