In March 2025, Elsevier officially released the 2024 edition of the “Highly Cited Chinese Researchers” list. This year, a total of 6,388 scholars from 547 universities, enterprises, and research institutions were selected. The list spans 10 academic fields as defined by the Ministry of Education and covers 83 first-level disciplines.Professors Li Xiang and Jiao Zhilun from our institute have ...

On March 27, 2025, our institute held a seminar on the topic of “Global Economic Trends and China–U.S. Relations.”The event was chaired by Professor Chen Wenling, former Chief Economist of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, adjunct professor and doctoral advisor at Nankai University. The keynote speaker was Mr. Qiu Mingda, Senior Analyst at the Eurasia Group (USA). Partic...

On March 27, the Urban Renewal Forum, hosted by the Institute of Economic and Social Development at Nankai University, was successfully held at the Balitai Campus. Centered around the theme “Innovative Practices and High-Quality Development in Urban Renewal,” experts and scholars engaged in in-depth discussions on the positioning, models, and implementation strategies for urban renewal in Tia...

On March 20, 2025, the kick-off meeting for the key consulting project titled “Planning Study on Sci-Tech Innovation and Industrial Development in Tiankai Higher Education Innovation Park”, initiated by the Tianjin Institute for Strategic Studies in Engineering Science and Technology Development (affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Engineering), was successfully held at Nankai University.A...

Recently, Vice President Huang Chengfeng of Chongqing Jiaotong University, along with representatives and faculty members from the university’s Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Economics and Management, School of Transportation, and School of International Education, visited the Institute of Economic and Social Development at Nankai University for a special research exchang...

To enhance the service awareness and professional skills of the administrative team, and to improve the professionalism and readability of news writing, our institute invited Mr. Wu Junhui, Deputy Director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Nankai University Committee and Deputy Director of the University News Center, to deliver a special lecture titled “Enhancing Skills in News Interview ...

On February 26, 2025, the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held an appointment ceremony for experts selected into its Advisory Talent Pool. The meeting was attended by Wang Changsong, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Chairman of the Tianjin CPPCC, as well as CPPCC leaders Sun Wenkui, Zhao Haishan, Shang Binyi, Yang Bing, an...

Recently, the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and the Tianjin Association for Science and Technology (TAST) launched their respective selection processes for think tank teams and core scientific think tanks.Led by core faculty members of our institute and building upon the National University Think Tank Alliance on Major Regional Strategies, the “Nankai University Research ...

Recently, the Tianjin Municipal Development and Reform Commission sent a letter of appreciation to the Nankai University Institute for Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development, expressing sincere thanks to Professors Liu Binglian, Li Lanbing, Zhou Mi, and Zhang Gui for their intellectual contributions to the region’s coordinated development efforts. The commission also expressed its desir...

Recently, the Tianjin Municipal Education Commission announced the list of winning projects for the 5th Tianjin Excellent Policy Advisory Research Awards for Universities (2022–2023), recognizing outstanding contributions in policy advisory research.Four research achievements from our institute were selected for awards. Among them, two projects submitted by the teams of Professor Zhou Mi and P...