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On January 3rd, “Fudan Financial Public Course” welcomed its 100th course, focusing on the topic of “looking into the world economy, technology and capital market in 2024”. Having come up with 100 courses over the past four years, the course gathered 95 heavyweight experts from nine countries and regions globally, attracted over 100 million audience online and covered all the 34 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and special administrative regions nationwide, pioneering the online education of universities in China.
On September 22nd, at the “7th Pu Shan Foundation Annual Conference 2023 & Bund Summit Plenary Session”, Shang-Jin Wei, Academic Visiting Professor at FISF and Tenured Chair Professor at Columbia University, Yi Huang, Professor in Finance at Fudan University, Yang Jiao, Assistant Professor in Economics at FISF, and Xiaxin Wang, Associate Professor in Economics at FISF, honorably received the “Pushan Award for Excellent Papers on International Economics (2022)”.
On August 27th, the first year of Financial (fintech-oriented) Undergraduate welcomed 32 freshmen. The program was taught in full English. All the students from Mainland China had their scores in the College Entrance Examination rank top 0.5% in their respective regions, and the international students were from Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea and Panama. The program actively implemented the “people-oriented” mission of Fudan University.
On August 27th, the “2023 FISF Opening Ceremony” was solemnly held in Xianghui Hall at Fudan University. FISF leaders, professors and lecturers, together with 324 freshmen of the five-degree programs of Financial (fintech-oriented) Undergraduate, EMF, FMBA FT+, FMBA PT+ and FEMBA gathered at the ceremony and started a new journey at Fudan University.
On August 10th, all the graduates in both EMF and FMBA FT+ in 2023 reached an employment rate of 100%.
On July 2nd, the “2023 FISF Graduation Ceremony and Degree Awarding Ceremony was solemnly held in Xianghui Hall, Handan Campus, Fudan University. FISF leaders, professors and lecturers, together with 245 graduates of the three-degree programs of EMF, FMBA and FEMBA in 2023 along with their friends and families were present at the ceremony to witness this honorary moment.
On May 13th, the “Investment Choice Theme Forum in the Changing Era” and “2023 Fudan Financial Investment Course Launching Ceremony·2022 Fudan Financial Investment Course Completing Ceremony” hosted by Fudan Financial Online Education were successfully held in Xianghui Hall, Handan Campus, Fudan University.
On May 8th, the “2023 Fudan Financial Investment Course” was launched. The course focused on investment practices and aimed to help the wealthy population in China shape the financial investment frame, identify macro policy trends, grasp industrial direction and dynamics, analyze the essence of financial products and develop the brilliance of humanistic thoughts.
On April 19th, Xiaolin Shi, Standing Member of the Sichuan Party Committee and Secretary of Chengdu Party Committee, and Xin Qiu, Secretary of the Party Committee of Fudan University, jointly inaugurated Chengdu Fudan Western International Financial Research Institute. The inauguration ceremony was hosted by Zheng Xu, Executive Vice President of Fudan University. On that very day, the 1st conference of the 1st Administrative Council of Chengdu Fudan Western International Financial Research Institute was also held successfully at Chengdu Jiaozi Fintech Center.
On March 28th, Elsevier announced the “2022 Rank of Highly Cited Chinese Researchers”. After successfully being included in the list, Jun Qian, Executive Dean of FISF, Professor in Finance and Standing Member of the 14th Shanghai Committee of CPPCC; Shiyi Chen, Deputy Party Secretary and Executive Vice President at Anhui University, Director of Fudan Green Finance Research Center and Distinguished Professor at FISF; and Jarrad Harford, Professor in Finance and Director of Department of Finance and Business Economics at Washington University and Distinguished Professor at FISF, won the honor once again.
On March 9th, the 5th Plenary Conference of Binjiang Party Building·Financial Bund Regional Party Building Joint Conference was held, and the two programs of “Financial Training Institute” and “Financial Female Creation Camp” that FISF had actively undertaken were honorarily ranked among Top 10 brands of “Binjiang Party Building·Financial Bund”.
On January 14th, the 1st Session of the 14th Shanghai Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference held a plenary conference. Jun Qian, Chairman of the Fudan Committee of China National Democratic Construction Association, Executive Dean of FISF and Professor in Finance, was selected as the standing member of the 14th Shanghai Committee of CPPCC and gave a speech at the conference focusing on improving the support system of technology finance and promoting the construction of Shanghai International Science and Technology Innovation Center.
On November 24th, Jun Qian, Executive Dean of FISF and Professor in Finance, was invited to attend the Expert Symposium on Economic Situation held and hosted by Mayor Zheng Gong and give a speech as the first expert representative. Yu Shao, a Distinguished Practice Professor at FISF and Chief Economist of Orient Securities, and Yugen Xun, Teaching Professor of “2022 Fudan Financial Investment Course” at FISF and Chief Economist of Haitong Securities, were also present at the symposium.
On October 24th, Jun Qian, Executive Dean of FISF and Professor in Finance, and Yi Huang, Professor in Finance at Fudan University, joined Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER) and respectively acted as the senior researcher and researcher, contributing the Chinese wisdom to the academic research of Asian finance and economy and Chinese strength to governance decisions of Asian finance and economy.
On October 1st, Wenrui Huang, Professor in Finance at FISF and Executive Director and Senior Partner of US Motif Art Group, published the new book Rebellion and Succession: Art Theories and Criticism in the Modernist Era. The book expounded on the nine major topics in modern art from the perspective of art theory research and criticism, and drew an insightful picture of the social background, development history and aesthetic value of various ideological trends and genre development of modern art, and thus was of high theoretical status and academic value.
On September 3rd, the “2022 FISF Opening Ceremony” was solemnly held at Shanghai Grand Theater.
On August 28th, the “2022 FISF Graduation Ceremony and Degree Granting Ceremony” was successfully held at Shanghai Grand Theater.
On August 27th, the “Founding Ceremony of FISF Alumni Association” was successfully held at Shanghai Grand Theater. FISF students from all over the world gathered and cooperated with this celebration. The alumni association was founded to enhance the deep connection between the school and alumni and among the alumni, achieve mutual growth and long-term development of both the school and the alumni, and contribute the alumni forced brought together to the thriving of China’s financial business and the construction of the Shanghai International Financial Center.
In July, Donghui Shi, Professor in Finance at FISF and Former Director of the Capital Market Research Institute of Shanghai Stock Exchange, published the new book Crisis and Reform: The World Economy in a Century of Changes. The book presented a vivid picture of the development and reforms of the world economy and Chinese economy, made comprehensive analyses of the academic research achievements and industrial empirical cases, and profoundly elaborated the principles of macroeconomics in simple but vigorous words.
On July 23rd, FISF officially launched the undergraduate program of finance (fintech-oriented). The program was a four-year academic program for undergraduates in finance that focused on data analysis and technology application. It aimed to provide comprehensive cultivation in finance, business, data science, financial technology and other fields, helping students to have an in-depth understanding of China from a global perspective. The professional courses of the program were given fully in English.
On July 11th, the 14th Shanghai Congress of China National Democratic Construction Association was grandly held at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. At the conference, the members of the 14th Shanghai Committee and the list of representatives to attend the 12th National Congress were selected through a secret ballot. Jun Qian, Executive Dean of FISF and Professor in Finance, was selected as a standing committee member.
On June 23rd, the 5th anniversary of FISF was held to celebrate its five years of prosperity and continue to achieve brilliant achievements.
On June 21st, the “Fudan Financial Public Welfare Course” jointly produced by Fudan University and Ant Group and jointly developed by FISF and Ant Financial Education Base was officially launched. The course aimed to promote the publicity of financial knowledge, increase national financial literacy, optimize family wealth levels and ultimately stimulate the high-quality development of national inclusive finance and national financial health.
On June 20th, the employment rate of 2022 EMF reached 100% once more.
On May 25th, FISF signed an official agreement with the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Columbia University, agreeing to comprehensively promote the dual degree cooperation and carry out the joint cultivation plan of dual master’s degrees in finance and science.
On May 5th, the “2022 Fudan Financial Investment Course” officially launched. The course returned to the essence of finance and focused on investment practices, especially presenting the four major modules of macro policies, industry tracks, investment products and wealth management in 30 sessions of elective courses, aiming to use the top education resources in China to help Chinese people upgrade their cognition, keep lifelong learning and achieve value maintaining and adding of wealth management.
In April, Shiyi Chen, Deputy Party Secretary and Executive Vice President at Anhui University, Director of the Fudan Green Finance Research Center and Distinguished Professor at FISF, published the new book Advanced Econometrics. The book systematically introduced the basic theories and methods of modern econometrics and thus could act as a core curriculum textbook of advanced econometrics for doctors and masters in economics, finance, statistics, applied mathematics, management and other relevant disciplines. The book also served as a reference for teachers and scholars engaging in econometrics teaching and research.
On April 14th, Elsevier announced the “2021 Rank of Highly Cited Chinese Researchers”. Jun Qian, Executive Dean of FISF and Professor in Finance; Shiyi Chen, Deputy Party Secretary and Executive Vice President at Anhui University, Director of Fudan Green Finance Research Center and Distinguished Professor at FISF; and Jarrad Harford, Professor in Finance and Director of Department of Finance and Business Economics at Washington University and Distinguished Professor at FISF, were included in the list.
On March 1st, Huasheng Gao, Deputy Dean of FISF, Deputy Secretary of the General Party Branch, Deputy Dean of Faculty and Research and Professor in Finance at FISF, together with his team, wrote and published New Landscape of Global Family Wealth Management. The book gave an incisive exposition of the key elements in family wealth management from four development sectors of the frontier trends, industrial development, institutional evolution and wealth inheritance, and systematically combed the market situation, pain spots and direction of family wealth management, enabling readers to understand family wealth management with one book.
On February 27th, CUHK-FISF Joint DBA was officially launched, gathering domestic and overseas teaching forces top in financial management to jointly construct a specialized curriculum system integrating the three fields of Finance, Technology and Business.
On January 8th, the “first FISF 2022 Alumni Annual Forum” was jointly held on both the Huangpu Campus and Fosun Foundation, focusing on the topic of “Welcoming the New Year and Looking into the Future”. Together, the alumni talked about new knowledge, welcomed the new year and made fresh progress.
Professor Jun Qian, Executive Dean of FISF, was elected as Chairman of the Democratic Construction Fudan University Committee. The 5th representative conference of the Democratic Construction Fudan University Committee was held at the Multi-function Hall of Yifu Science Building, where ten comrades were elected as the members of the new Democratic Construction Fudan University Committee, namely Xiaodong Zhu, Bojie Yang, Wanlin Wu, Yiwen Shen, Shenghai Zhang, Zhongzhou Luo, Ting Zhu, Lixing Zhao, Lin Yu and Jun Qian. At the first work conference of the committee subsequently held, Professor Jun Qian was nominated as Chairman and Lixing Zhao and Yiwen Shen as Vice Chairman.
The solemn 2021 FISF Opening Ceremony was held. Darrel Duffie, Distinguished Chair Professor of Finance at Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and Former President of American Finance Association, Shang-Jin Wei, Academic Visiting Professor at FISF and Tenured Chair Professor at Columbia University, Yuejiang Li, Secretary of FISF Party General Branch, Professor Jun Qian, Executive Dean of FISF, Professor Charles Zhang, Deputy Dean of Academics, Professor Huasheng Gao, Deputy Dean of Faculty and Research, gathered with many other academic leaders and industrial gurus and presented a fabulous ideological event for students. In the meantime, representatives of the new students also gave passionate speeches to share their beliefs with their fellow students.
Shiyi Chen, Distinguished Professor in Economics at FISF, gained funds for the group project of innovation research of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The National Natural Science Foundation of China announced the review result on various funds in 2021, granting support to the innovation research group project entitled “Research on the laws and governance mechanisms of China’s economic development” declared by Professor Shiyi Chen as the leader. The support lasted for 5 years with a direct expense of 8 million yuan. The Innovation Research Group Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China was established in 2000 and is now one of the most competitive projects with the biggest academic influence.
Total Trade Accounting: official trade statistics and measurement of global value chain (published on Social Sciences in China, the 9th issue of 2015) co-authored by Shang-Jin Wei, Academic Visiting Professor of FISF and Tenured Chair Professor of Columbia University, Zhi Wang, Senior Researcher of George Mason University and Former President of Research Institute for Global Value Chains of the University of International Business and Economics, and Kunfu Zhu, Associate Professor of the School of Economics at Renmin University of China, won the 19th Sun Yefang Economic Science Award. This was the second time that Professor Shang-Jin Wei had won the Sun Yefang Economic Science Award.
Shang-Jin Wei, Academic Visiting Professor of FISF and Tenured Chair Professor at Columbia University, officially published his latest work in economics, Seeking Optimal Balance in Economy and Globalization. In the book, Professor Shang-Jin Wei observed social problems from economic perspectives and sought solutions, focusing on the economic development speed, the globalization progress as well as social equity and climate change. He pointed out that the most important thinking method in economics was to realize the fact that the objective function of the optimal solution found under the constraint of limited total resources could cover social equity and human long-term survival.
Professor Jun Qian, Executive Dean of FISF, led his research team to the first heavyweight publication of Taking STAR Market as Standard: A Rating Method for Potential Scientific Innovative Enterprises. Based on the analytical framework in relevant fields of corporate finance, capital market and corporate governance, and in combination with the features of China’s capital market and the reform of the registration system, the method conducted rigid statistics and econometric analysis to screen and excavate potential science and technology innovation enterprises and comprehensively assess the gap between such enterprises and those already listed on the STAR Market, so that a relatively overall assessment result and improvement direction could be provided for the subsequent development and strength enhancement of these potential enterprises.
FISF held the graduation ceremony and degree-granting ceremony at China Financial Information Centre. Present were Shang-Jin Wei, Academic Visiting Professor of FISF and Tenured Chair Professor at Columbia University, Yuejiang Li, Secretary of FISF Party General Branch, Professor Jun Qian, Executive Dean of FISF, Professor Charles Zhang, Deputy Dean of Academics and Professor in Finance, Professor Huasheng Gao, Deputy Dean of FISF and Deputy Secretary of General Party Branch, and other school leaders and professors, as well as Mr. Wen Li, Board Chairman of China Universal Asset Management Co., Ltd, graduates of the first session of Elite Masters in Finance and Financial MBA along with their friends and relatives, witnessing the fulfilled youth and setting out for the future.
FISF issued the employment report of the first-year EMF students online. With the joint efforts of all the teachers and students, a total of 50 EMF students graduated in 2021 (excluding international students and those from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), among whom nearly 80% had received their ideal offers before the spring festival and determined their new start points of career life. All the students reached an employment rate of 100%.
FISF held the faculty meeting at Huangpu Campus, announcing the decision of the establishment of the General Party Branch and the appointment of its secretary. Zhiqing Li, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Economics, read out the approval of FISF’s establishment of General Party Branch: through discussion of the Party Committee, it is hereby approved to establish CPC FISF General Branch Committee; and appoint Yuejiang Li as the Secretary of FISF General Party Branch and Huasheng Gao as the Deputy Secretary.
The Fudan Financial Elaborate Course was officially launched, with Professor Shang-Jin Wei acting as the academic director. There were 25 courses in total covering four major modules. Converging 24 globally top financial experts including Yifu Lin, Shusong Ba, Zhiwu Chen, Yiping Huang, Yudong Yao, Tao Wang, Shang-Jin Wei, Shiyi Chen and Jun Qian, the courses concentrated on financial and economic hot issues, analyzed the rapid changes in the world and looked out into China’s development. They were the bright lights that guided China’s finances to march far and firmly and enlightened unlimited ideological surge, striving to build a series of paid online financial courses top in China.
Upon the publicity of “Pushan Award for Excellent Papers on International Economics” (2020), Professor Shang-Jin Wei and Professor Chang Ma respectively won the “2020 Pushan Award for Academic Research” and “the 2020 Pushan Young Scholars Award” with their excellent papers. The two awards not only show the solid scientific research strength of the professor team at FISF, but also encourage young scholars to devote themselves to research and innovation to assist in promoting FISF to sail far and smoothly.
The new work of Huasheng Gao, Deputy Dean of FISF, Professor in Finance and Doctoral Supervisor, Watch Movies and Learn Finance, was officially published. The book vividly described and analyzed the plots involving financial knowledge from multiple popular films and television shows like Margin Call, Barbarians at the Gate, The Big Short, Empire of Silver and In the Name of People, introducing financial knowledge points on this basis, including the “rank-order tournaments,” “leveraged buyout”, “holding through bonds” and “debt-collection industry”.
The 20th China Economic Annual Conference and Contemporary Economics Awards Ceremony was solemnly held in Shenzhen. Shang-Jin Wei, Academic Visiting Professor of FISF and Tenured Chair Professor at Columbia University, and Yifu Lin, Peking University Boya Chair Professor and Dean of the Institute of New Structural Economics, were granted the 4th Contemporary Economics Awards in 2019 altogether.
FISF officially passed the AACSB unit certification and successfully obtained membership, entering the qualification certification process. AACSB is an authoritative certification for top business schools recognized globally and passing this certification is a key sign of excellent management education of business schools. FISF’s winning AACSB membership this time was of great significance to it enhancing the cultivation quality of curriculum programs and promoting international exchange and cooperation.
The book, From Closure to Openness - Progress and Reform Trend of 40 Years’ International Development of China’s Financial Industry and From Pujiang to the World - Construction of an International Financial Center: International Comparison of Shanghai written by Professor Shang-Jin Wei and Dr. Qingjuan Li respectively were published, closely focusing on key nodes of financial openness in China and the construction of Shanghai International Financial Center.
FISF grandly initiated the “First Class in the New Term” for 2020 freshmen. Shang-Jin Wei, Academic Visiting Professor of FISF and Tenured Chair Professor at Columbia University, Bengt Holmstrom, Member of FISF International Advisory Committee, Chair Professor of Paul Samuelson Economics at MIT and Winner of 2016 Noble Prize in Economics, Ye Zhou, Member of FISF International Advisory Committee and Board Chairman and CEO of China PNR Co., Ltd, and other domestically and globally leading experts and industrial gurus who brought brilliant wisdom collisions and thought confrontation for the students.
In order to salute the great financial achievements of the 70th anniversary of the new China, comb the system context of China’s finances and identify the opportunities and challenges for China’s finance, FISF cooperated with Yi Cai and launched a series of high-end financial interviews which aired on the TV program, The Power of China’s Financial System. As the program interviewer, Professor Jun Qian, Executive Dean of FISF, with his profound research and insights on China’s finance, looked back on the development path of China’s finance, grasped the pulse of China’s finance in the new time, talked about the drives and engines of China’s finance, and presented together with other heavyweight guests the essence and power of China’s finance. The book with the same name was officially published by Orient Publishing Center of China Publishing Group.
The selection results of the bidding for key research topics in the “14th Five-year Plan” for the construction of Shanghai International Financial Center was announced, and the subject of Research on Medium- and Long-term Development Trend of International Financial Center and Status Upgrading of Shanghai International Financial Center in the Context of COVID-19 led by Professor Jun Qian, Executive Dean of FISF was included in the list. Members participating in the research group also included: Professor Huasheng Gao, Deputy Dean of FISF, Professor Huafeng Chen, Assistant Professor Lin Sun, Assistant Professor Sili Zhou and Assistant Researcher Yan Gu.
The book entitled Economic Battle Against “Epidemic”: Impact of COVID-19 on Economy and Countermeasures and co-authored by over 40 expert scholars including Professor Shiyi Chen, (then) Secretary of Party Organization of FISF and Secretary of Party Committee of the School of Economics, Jun Qian, Executive Dean of FISF and Dr. Qingjuan Li, Director of FISF Research Center, was created by the authors by briskly writing against time, providing immediate advice on post-epidemic return to work, production and city running and contributing to enhancing public management, constructing the emergency system and improving mega city governance. Professor Shiyi Chen acted as the editor-in-chief and Yang Jiao, Secretary of Fudan University Party Committee, prefaced the book.
The think tank report entitled Evaluation and Countermeasure Analysis on Construction of Shanghai International Financial Center Based on GFCI Edition-27, coauthored by Professor Jun Qian, Executive Dean of FISF, Professor Huasheng Gao, Deputy Dean, and Dr. Yan Gu, Senior Research Associate of Research Center, was adopted by Shanghai COVID-19 prevention and control leading group and won the affirmative comments of Qiang Li, Secretary of Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, and Qing Wu, Deputy Mayor, as well as highlighted review of Mayor Zheng Gong. Additionally, the report of the Spillover Effect of Undertaking China International Import Expo to Promote Integration of the Yangtze River Delta written by Dr. Qingjuan Li, Director of FISF Research Center, also won the comments of Qiang Li, Secretary of Shanghai Municipal Party Committee.
The selection results of the bidding for key research topics in the “14th Five-year Plan” for the reform and development of Shanghai state-owned assets and enterprises were announced, and the Research on Shanghai Municipal State-owned Enterprises Relying on Listing Platforms to Enhance Capital Operation Capability led by Professor Jun Qian, Executive Dean of FISF, and Professor Shiyi Chen, (then) Secretary of FISF Party Organization, was included in the list. Members participating in the research group also included: Yongqin Wang, Professor at School of Economics, Fudan University, Sili Zhou, Assistant Professor in Finance at FISF, and Yan Gu, Researcher of FISF.
“Fudan Financial Public Course” is a free high-end online financial course grandly launched by FISF in 2020. The course focused on hot topics in financial and economic fields and invited Jeffery Sachs, Shusong Ba, Xiaosong Meng, Daokui Li, Zuliu Hu and other expert guests worldwide to have a wide-ranging discussion on world changes and the pulse of China’s development, striving to break the hedge of higher education and explore the path of inclusive education for financial elites so that more people can have access to financial knowledge and feel the charm of finance.
The first meeting of the first FISF International Advisory Committee was held at Zibin Building, Fudan University. Qing Wu, (then) Party Committee Standing Member and Deputy Mayor of Shanghai, met with the Chinese and foreign committee members of the first International Advisory Committee. Yang Jiao, Secretary of Fudan University Party Committee, Ningsheng Xu, (then) President, Zhimin Chen, Vice President, Shang-Jin Wei, Jun Qian, Shiyi Chen, Charles Zhang, and Huasheng Gao from FISF, were also present at the meeting. Franklin Allen, Chair Professor of Business School of Imperial College London, Director of Brevan Howard Financial Research Center and Former President of American Finance Association; Darrell Duffie, Distinguished Chair Professor of Finance at Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and Former President of American Finance Association; Randall Kroszner, Deputy Dean of Booth School of Business, the University of Chicago and Norman Burbins Chair Professor in Economics; Zuliu Hu, Chairman of Primavera Capital Group and Former Partner and Head of Greater China of Goldman Sachs Group; Ruigang Li, Founding Partner of CMC Capital and Chairman and CEO of CMC Inc. Chinese Culture Group Company; Jianzhang Liang, Co-founder and Board Chairman of Ctrip; Yingyi Qian, Vice Chairman of All-China Federation of Industry & Commerce and Former Dean of Tsinghua School of Economics and Management; Naifen Yu, Honorary Board Chairman of Shanghai GreenCourt Investment Holdings Group Co., Ltd and Founder of GreenCourt Group; Jun Zhang, Dean of School of Economics, Fudan University; Yang Zheng, Party Committee Secretary and Board Chairman of Pudong Development Bank; Ye Zhou, Board Chairman and CEO of China PNR Co., Ltd, and other members of FISF International Advisory Committee, also attended the meeting.
Contemporary Economic Fund decided to grant the “2019 Contemporary Economic Award” to Shang-Jin Wei, Academic Visiting Professor of FISF, to commend his distinguished contribution to development economics in the two fields of competitive savings and a unified calculation framework for international trade under economic globalization.
The paper Dynamic Evolution of Resource Allocation Efficiency in China - A New Perspective on Incorporating Energy Elements coauthored by Professor Shiyi Chen, Secretary of Party Organization of FISF and Secretary of Party Committee of the School of Economics, and Dr. Dengke Chen from the School of Economics, Fudan University, won the 18th “Sun Yefang Economic Science Award”.
The school successfully held the opening ceremony for freshmen in 2019. Professor Zhimin Chen, Vice President of Fudan University, Professor Yongquan Chu, Deputy Dean of the Graduate School, Professor Shang-Jin Wei, Academic Visiting Professor at FISF, Professor Shiyi Chen, (then) Secretary of Party Organization, Professor Jun Qian, Executive Dean of FISF, Professor Charles Zhang, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Professor Huasheng Gao, Deputy Dean of Faculty and Research, and Gang Wei, (then) General Manager of Issuance and Listing at Shanghai Stock Exchange, attended the ceremony, gathering with 183 freshmen in 2019 to welcome a new chapter of FISF together.
Representing Fudan University, FISF signed the Strategic Cooperation Memo with Shanghai Yangpu People’s Government and Shanghai Stock Exchange. The three parties would work together to build the “Pujiang Capital Market Training Base,” focusing on providing innovative advisory services for enterprises planning to be listed and already listed in the Yangtze River Delta.
FISF successfully set up a special course on the registration system on the STAR Market that was the first in China to be jointly designed and authorized by academia and industry, “Registration System on STAR Market and New Opportunities in Capital Market”.
FISF successfully held the “Second Shanghai International Financial Forum in 2019”. Distinguished guests top in China and overseas gathered at Fudan University to have a profound discussion on the development trend of the world economy, explore the reforms and transformation of Chinese finance, and look out for the new global economic and financial pattern in the future.
The preparatory meeting of FISF International Advisory Committee was successfully held. Seven members, namely Guangshao Tu, Jianqing Jiang, Ruigang Li, Naifen Yu, Yu Jin, Ye Zhou and Jun Zhang, attended the meeting, and carried out in-depth discussion with Zhimin Chen, Vice President of Fudan University, Professor Shang-Jin Wei, Academic Visiting Professor of FISF and Tenured Chair Professor at Columbia University, Professor Jun Qian, Executive Dean of FISF, Professor Charles Chang, Deputy Dean of Academics, and Professor Huasheng Gao, Deputy Dean of Faculty and Research, making joint efforts to explore the development plan of the school.
The first issue of Fudan Financial Review was inaugurated by FISF and the School of Economics, Fudan University jointly. Professor Shang-Jin Wei, Academic Visiting Professor of FISF and Tenured Chair Professor at Columbia University, acted as the editor-in-chief, and Professor Jun Zhang, Dean of the School of Economics, Fudan University, acted as the co-editor-in-chief. ß
The Financial EMBA program was officially launched, aiming to cultivate financial elites and physical enterprise leaders having extraordinary global visions, insights into Chinese finance and capital environment, and an integration of financial thinking and strategic leadership.
FISF officially launched the “Financial Stability Index of Real Estate in China,” which was jointly completed by FISF and China Real Estate Data Academy. The Financial Stability Index of Real Estate in China covers the finance, scale, project risks, policy deviation and other information of enterprises calculated by the ZSP model developed by us. Its research findings were of significant reference value to governments, financial institutions, real estate development enterprises, and other stakeholders.
The Financial MBA program was officially launched at FISF, aiming to cultivate global financial leaders with global financial visions, experts in international finance, familiar with Chinese financial practices, competent to manage financial operations, and able to contribute advice and suggestions to the thriving of China’s financial business and reforms of the international financial era.
FISF officially announced the Report on Green Transparency Report of Chinese Enterprises and “Enterprise Green Transparency Index.” The Report on Green Transparency Report of Chinese Enterprises was jointly conducted by Fanhai International School of Finance, School of Economics, and Green Finance Research Center of Fudan University, aiming to measure the performance of listed companies in environmental information disclosure. By constructing the green transparency index, a set of assessment systems were available for the degree of environmental information disclosure of listed companies in heavy pollution industries.
The school officially launched the first senior management financial education program, the course of Globalization and M&A of Chinese Enterprises, given by a teaching faculty globally top in the field of M&A and capital market.
Professor Bengt Holmstrom, the 2016 Noble Prize in Economics, paid a visit to the school and discussed the rise and fall of the international monetary market.
The Huangpu Campus was officially put into use. With Handan Campus functioning mainly in academic research and Huangpu Campus mainly in talent cultivation, a two-way linkage effect was formed to promote the great-leap forward development of the school.
The school held the first think tank work conference. Yang Jiao, Secretary of Fudan University Party Committee, Zhiping Tang, (then) Deputy Secretary General of Shanghai Municipal Government, Director of Municipal Development and Reform Commission and Secretary of Party Group, Yun Gao, Party Secretary and Head of Huangpu District, Shanghai, Zheng Xu, (then) Deputy Secretary of Fudan University Party Committee, Zhuofu Chen, Standing Member of Party Committee and Deputy Head of Huangpu District, Shanghai, Xizhou Jiang, Party Group Member and Associate Counsel of Huangpu District Government, Shanghai, Changsheng Tao, (then) Director of Research Office of Shanghai Financial Office, Zhimin Chen, (then) President Assistant of Fudan University, Shang-Jin Wei, Academic Visiting Professor of FISF, Shiyi Chen, (then) Secretary of Party Organization of FISF, and Jun Qian, Executive Dean of FISF, were present at the conference. At the conference, the strategic focus of the school’s future think tank work was discussed and determined.
FISF successfully held the “First Shanghai International Financial Forum”, inviting a wide range of domestic and overseas political leaders, industrial elites, and academic experts to jointly discuss “transformation and upgrading in the new era” and look out on the new global economic and financial pattern in the future.
The first FISF Administrative Committee was officially established, with Ningsheng Xu, (then) President of Fudan University, as the chairman, Zheng Xu, (then) Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Fudan University, Zhimin Chen, (then) President Assistant of Fudan University, and Shang-Jin Wei, Academic Visiting Professor of FISF, as the members.
The school officially determined the school-running motto of “Excellence, Responsibility and Innovation.”
The party committee of Fudan University officially appointed Professor Shiyi Chen as the secretary of the party organization at FISF.
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University was officially founded. The school adopted the responsibility system of party-government joint meetings under the guidance of the administrative committee, with the main leaders of Fudan University acting as the administrative committee members, excellent scholars recruited globally forming the core teaching faculty, and famous figures in various fields both domestically and internationally constituting the international advisory committee. It has upheld the mission of broadening the global vision, serving national financial strategies, shaping top financial talents and achieved leading financial think tanks.
A Tripartite Cooperation Agreement was signed by Fudan University, China Oceanwide Holding Group and Huangpu District Government of Shanghai in preparation for the establishment of Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University.
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