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The School of Economics and Statistics of Guangzhou University, which is developed from Department of Economics of Guangzhou University, was established in 1984. It was merged by Department of Economics, Department of Accounting of the Business School and Department of Statistics of School of Mathematics of Guangzhou University in March 2013.

The School is composed of Department of Economics, Department of Finance, Department of International Economics and Trade, Department of Statistics, and Department of Accounting. There are seven undergraduate majors to include economics, finance, financial engineering, international economics and trade, statistics, accounting, and data science and big data. Finance is a key major and accounting is a characteristic major in Guangdong Province. The innovation class is designed for students majoring in economics. The school has master’s degrees of applied economics and statistics to include academic master's programs for applied economics, statistics, and accounting, as well as professional master's programs for finance and accounting. Statistics is a key discipline of Guangdong Province. The School has a PhD program in first-level disciplines and a post-doctoral research station.

The School has high-caliber faculty with 120 members to include 99 full-time teachers, 27 professors and 27 associate professors. Among them, there are 17 doctoral supervisors and more than 60 master's supervisors and more than 85% of the teachers have PhD degrees. There are over 2,600 full-time undergraduates and nearly 260 master and PhD students.

The School insists on the philosophy of opening up. It has developed student exchange programs with many foreign higher education institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy and other countries, and it has started to cooperate with these institutions to run programs to include "3+2" and "2+1.5+0.5" modes. The School always takes the training of application-oriented, inter-disciplinary and innovative high-quality financial and economic talents as its tenet and always puts the quality of talent training in the first place.

Introduction to Undergraduate Programs

Economics Major

Degree: Economics in four years

Education Objectives: To educate interdisciplinary professionals with moral integrity, solid theoretical foundation, extensive knowledge, strong adaptability, strong innovation consciousness and application capabilities and a good understanding of China's national conditions from an international perspective. Students are required to learn modern economic analysis methods, foster broad knowledge, and possess the capabilities to expand and engage in relevant fields of economics. The school focuses on the combination of basic theory and social practice and foster students' decision-making, coordination and organizing capabilities through interactive teaching, simulation teaching and social practice.

Main Courses: Political Economy, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Finance, Econometrics, Development Economics, International Economics, Industrial Economics, Regional Economics, Information Economics, and Institutional Economics.

Employment Fields: This major emphasizes "wide scope, profound foundation and extensive adaptability" and is aimed at providing a stage for the growth and development of those young students who wish to become economic theorists, macroeconomic managers and business elites. Graduates can choose to work in government economic decision-making departments, policy research departments, financial institutions, teaching research institutions, companies and enterprises. The courses lay a solid foundation for students’ further study at home and abroad.

International Economy and Trade Major

Degree: Economics in four years

Education Objectives: To educate application-oriented and interdisciplinary professionals in economy and trade with a deep understanding of basic economic theories, a systematic command of the basic theories in international economy and trade, and a good knowledge of major national economic policies and international practices. Students are facilitated with strong capabilities to conduct international economic analysis and use foreign language and computer network for foreign business communication and business processing and with solid theoretical foundation, rich practice, multiple skills and high quality.

Main Courses: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, International Trade, Econometrics, International Trade Practice (Bilingual), Introduction to the World Economy, International Economic Cooperation, International Finance, International Settlement, Foreign Trade Transportation and Insurance, International Marketing (English), and Economic Law.

Employment Fields: Graduates will be able to conduct theoretical research on international economy and trade, world market analysis, interpretation and dissemination of international trade policies, international business communication, international logistics, commodity procurement, marketing, foreign finance, corporate finance and other relevant business operations and management. Graduates can choose to work in government departments, education and research institutions, foreign production and sales departments, the Internet industry, financial institutions, multinational companies, administrative departments to include the customs and commodity inspection departments, and other enterprises and public institutions in the production and circulation industry.

Finance Major

Degree: Economics in four years

Education Objectives: To educate innovative and application-oriented talented persons with strong capacity, moral integrity and basic theoretical knowledge of finance and who are proficient in commercial banking business processing, securities investment analysis, financial accounting and financial business marketing and with operating skills in banking and securities business. Graduates could undertake financial practice and management work in government departments, securities firms, commercial banks, insurance companies, trust agencies, postal financial institutions, and relevant intermediaries.

Main Courses: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, Investment, Finance, Securities Investment, Financial Management, Econometrics, Central Banking, Financial Engineering, International Finance, and Insurance.

Employment Fields: Graduates could work in the areas of commercial banking and management, securities market analysis and investment management, and insurance market business and management. Graduates can choose to work in commercial banks, securities firms, insurance companies, and government administrative departments.

Statistics Major

Degree: Science in four years

Education Objectives: To cultivate innovative talent with a systematic knowledge of statistical theory and application skills and a command of the main methods of statistics and relevant computer techniques, with capabilities to handle industry-specific data issues, and be able to be engaged in data collection, analysis and decision-making in the fields of economy, management, finance, insurance, commerce, information technology, education, environment, and medicine.

Main Courses: Mathematical Analysis, Geometry and Algebra, Probability Theory, Mathematical Statistics, Regression Analysis, Random Process, Data Mining, Mathematical Modeling, Computational Statistics, Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Time Series Analysis, Programming Language, Database Principles and Applications, and Practical Training of Statistical Software.

Employment Fields: Graduates can choose development, application and management work related to statistical investigation, data analysis, statistical information management and quantitative analysis in government departments, administrative organs at all levels, enterprises and public institutions, multinational companies and information consulting companies, as well as research and teaching in scientific research and educational departments. Graduates mainly work in government statistics departments, financial and insurance departments, investment, securities and social security agencies, market research, consulting and information industry departments, national statistics departments and other companies.

Accounting Major

Degree: Management in four years

Education Objectives: This major is designed to facilitate students with solid accounting professional foundation and skills and educate application-oriented talent capable of comprehensively applying knowledge of management, economics and statistics, proficient in accounting, audit and financial management. It is hoped that students are fostered with decision-making capabilities, moral integrity, and will be able to be engaged in accounting and financial management in enterprises, public institutions, accounting firms, and government departments.

Main Courses: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Management, Statistics, Basic Accounting, Intermediate Financial Accounting, Advanced Financial Accounting, Financial Management, Management Accounting, International Accounting, Science of Auditing, Cost Accounting, Budget Accounting, Financial Accounting, Tax Accounting, Accounting Practical Training, and professional internships.

Employment Fields: Graduates can choose accounting, financial work, auditing and other work in financial institutions to include enterprises, accounting firms and banks and government organs, public institutions, and non-profit organizations.

Data Science and Big Data Technology Major

Degree: Science in four years

Education Objectives: To educate patriotic and innovative graduates with promising prospects and the characteristics of possessing integrity, ability, a broad vision, a love for sports and an understanding of art. Students are educated to master basic knowledge, theories and techniques of data science to include statistics for big data applications, machine learning, data visualization and other basic subject knowledge and the basic theories, basic methods and basic skills for data preprocessing, data statistics, machine learning, data visualization, data computation, and data management. It is hoped that graduates are able to be engaged in data analysis and management, system design and development, big data processing and application in big data applications. Students are facilitated with certain abilities of big data scientific research and the basic ability and quality of data scientists and innovative spirit, practical ability and international vision.

Main Courses: Mathematical Analysis, Geometry and Algebra, Probability Theory, Mathematical Statistics, Regression Analysis, C Programming, Database Technology and Application, Data Structure, Optimal Theory and Algorithm, Data Warehouse and Data Mining, Machine Learning, Distributed Processing and Computing, Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Python Data Analysis, Object-oriented Programming, Artificial Intelligence Foundation, Cloud Computing Technology, Big Data Case Study, and Neural Network and Deep Learning.

Employment Fields: Big data has become China's basic strategic resource and it has become a global trend to use big data to promote economic growth, improve social governance, and enhance government service and supervision abilities. This major focuses on training talented persons who are urgently needed by society currently and in the future. The school is cultivating professionals and technical personnel in big data analysis, processing, services, development and utilization, big data system integration, management and maintenance for governments, enterprises, public institutions and other industries.

Graduate Programs

The Applied Economics program offers a master's degree in applied economics (academic degree of a three-year study) and a master's degree in finance (professional degree with a two-year study). After taking the required courses and under the guidance of their supervisors, students can acquire a basic knowledge in applied economics and the cutting-edge knowledge of some hot research topics. The school facilitates students with a solid foundation of knowledge in applied economics and provides students with the opportunities to participate in and conduct original research, which paves the way for them to make professional achievements. The courses offered by Master of Applied Economics program include Advanced Microeconomics, Advanced Macroeconomics, Advanced Econometrics, etc. The courses offered by Master of Finance program include Financial Theory and Policy, Financial Institutions and Markets, Investment. The Applied Economics program offers a master’s degree in applied economics academic degree of a three-year.

The Statistics program offers master's degrees and PhD degrees. PhD degrees are divided into two categories: mathematical statistics (conferring a degree in science with a four-year study) and economic statistics (conferring a degree in economics with a four-year study). PhD degrees facilitate students with background knowledge in statistics, quantitative economics or mathematics and the pursuit of research-oriented careers in academia or industry. PhD program gives equal consideration to these objectives and offers courses in mathematical statistics and economic statistics. The first-year courses in mathematical statistics cover the basic topics in probability, mathematical statistics and applied/computational statistics. The first-year courses in economic statistics cover the basic topics in higher economics, modern statistical methods and statistical calculation. After passing all the academic examinations in the first year, students will continue to finish their PhD thesis papers under the guidance of PhD supervisors with professional knowledge in various statistical disciplines. Please check the list of PhD supervisors on the School's website for more information on their research interests. The master's degree in statistics is also divided into two categories: Mathematical statistics (conferring a degree in science with a three-year study) and economic statistics (conferring a degree in economics with a three-year study). The school provides the students with a solid foundation of knowledge in statistics and the opportunities to participate in and conduct original research, which paves the way for them to make professional achievements. Achievements have been made by previous graduates of the master's program in pharmaceutical research and development, telecommunication, financial services, quality control, and consultation.

The Accounting program offers a master's degree in accountancy (academic degree with a three-year study) and a master's degree in accounting (professional degree with a two-year study). The courses offered by the master of accountancy program include Advanced Management, Advanced Financial Management, and Accounting Theory. The courses offered by the master degree of accounting program include Managerial Economics, Financial Accounting Theory and Practice, and Management Accounting Theory and Practice. Achievements have been made by previous graduates of the master's programs in the positions of accounting audit, project investment, investors relation management, risk control and supervision departments.

Academic Research and Exchanges

Scholars

Professor and Doctor Liu, Jinquan in Economics is a Doctoral Supervisor and a Distinguished Professor of the Changjiang Scholars Program of the Ministry of Education (MOE) (2009). He receives a special allowance from the State Council (2007) and is a Leading Talent in Philosophy and Social Science of the "Ten Thousand Talent Program" (2015). He is also one of the first group of winners of the "New Century Excellent Talent Support Plan" launched by the MOE (2000), Cultural Expert and winner of the "Four Groups of Talent" launched by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (2016), and one of the Instructors of the 100 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertations. He was the principal investigator of 12 scientific research projects above provincial and ministerial levels to include two major projects of the National Social Science Fund (NSSF), one NSSF major project, three NSSF general projects, three projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and three major research projects in humanistic and social science of the MOE. He published over 100 papers on magazines to include Social Sciences in China and the Economic Research Journal and received the Outstanding Achievement Award in Humanistic and Social Science of Chinese Colleges and Universities and outstanding achievement awards at provincial and ministerial levels for several times. He now serves as a review expert of the NSSF and the NSFC and anonymous reviewer of journals to include Social Sciences in China, the Economic Research Journal, the Journal of Management World, and the Journal of Quantitative & Technical Economics.

Ye Xiangsong is Level-II Professor and Doctoral Supervisor with PhD degree in Economics. He is a Guangzhou Outstanding Expert and chief expert of NSSF major projects. He is a leading Distinguished Professor of the Guangzhou Scholars Program. He works as Vice President of the World Economic Development Society and the Human Development Economics Society of China, Guangdong Economics Society, Executive Vice President of Guangdong International Corporate Social Responsibility (GDICSR), executive director of China Macro Economic Management Education Association and the Chinese Association for CAPITAL Studies. He used to be the Chairman of the Academic Committee of Guangdong University of Finance & Economics. Over the past two decades, he was the principal investigator of 12 NSSF scientific research projects or at provincial and ministerial levels to include one NSSF major bidding project and two NSSF projects as well as over ten projects at department and bureau levels. He published 180 papers in over 80 journals to include 115 academic papers in more than 30 authoritative and core journals to include Social Sciences in China, the Economic Research Journal, and the Journal of Management World. Over 40 academic papers were copied in full content or excerpted by Xinhua Digest, Chinese Social Science Digest, and the Information Center for Social Sciences of the Renmin University of China.

Professor and Doctor Zhang Wei in Economic who was a Post-Doctor in Management Science and Engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University is a Doctoral Supervisor in economic statistics. He is a Distinguished Researcher of the Resources and Environment Policy and Management Research Institute, School of Public Economics and Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, and Executive Director of the Energy Economics and Management Branch, Chinese Society of Optimization, Overall Planning, and Economical Mathematics. He was the principal investigator of five scientific research projects above provincial and ministerial levels to include one NSSF major project, one NSSF key project, and two NSFC projects. He published nearly 60 papers in domestic and foreign journals, 20 of which were published in important journals to include Energy Policy (SSCI), Sustainability (SSCI and SCI), the Economic Research Journal, Science Research Management, Studies in Science of Science, Chinese Journal of Management, the Journal of Quantitative & Technical Economics, Finance & Trade Economics, Management Review, and R&D Management. Main research fields include Industry chain and the industry sustainable development theory. Currently, he serves as a review expert of the NSFC and anonymous reviewer of Sustainable development, the Journal of Knowledge Management, the Economic Research Journal, and Contemporary Finance & Economics.

Sun Liuquan receives the Doctor Degree of Science in Peking University and was a Post-Doctor of the Institute of Applied Mathematics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He works as Vice President of the Chinese Association for Applied Statistics (CAAS), the Probability Statistical Branch of the Chinese Mathematics Society, the Higher Education Branch of the Statistical Education Society of China, and Beijing Applied Statistics Association, Executive Vice President of the Resource and Environment Statistics Branch, the CAAS, Executive Director of the Statistical Education Society of China, Executive Director, Vice Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and Deputy Director of the Competition Committee of the National Education Association of Industrial Statistics, and Executive Director of Beijing Big Data Association (BBDA). Moreover, he serves as an Associate Editor of Statistics and Its Interface, Statistics in Biosciences, the Journal of Biometrics & Biostatistics, the Journal of Systems Science and Complexity, the Journal of Applied Statistics and Management, and the Chinese Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics, member of the 2nd Mathematical Terms Review Committee, and Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Statistics Volume and Editor of the Mathematics Volume of the Encyclopedia of China (3rd Edition). He published over 120 academic papers in core journals at home and abroad and undertook or joined 973 major projects and 18 NSFC major, key, and general projects.

Professor and Doctor Li Yuan is a Doctoral Supervisor. He works as the Director of the Center for Statistical Science of Lingnan, Guangzhou University. In 1998, he obtained his Doctoral Degree in Science from Peking University. He works as the President of Guangdong Association for Applied Statistics and the Resource and Environment Statistics Branch, the CAAS, Vice President of the National Education Association of Industrial Statistics, a member of the National Statistics Textbook Compilation and Review Committee, and Editor of the Journal of Applied Statistics and Management, the Chinese Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics, and the Statistics and Information Forum. He undertook six NSFC projects and eight scientific research projects on other topics, published one monograph and one textbook, co-edited three textbooks, and published over 80 papers in authoritative journals at home and abroad to include Biometrika, Statistica Sinica, the Journal of Time Series Analysis, Science China, and the Chinese Bulletin of Science.

Professor and Doctor Deng Hongtu in Economics is a Doctoral Supervisor in economic statistics. He was the principal investigator of six scientific research projects above provincial and ministerial levels to include one NSSF major project, one NSSF key project, one NSSF general project, one project of the Philosophy and Humanistic and Social Science Fund of the MOE, one key project of Tianjin Social Science Fund and one project of the National Post-Doctorate Fund. He published over 100 papers in core journals to include ten papers on authoritative magazines (newspapers) to include China Economic Quarterly, the Economic Research Journal, Social Sciences in China, the Journal of Management World, and Guangming Daily (Theory). He serves as a corresponding review expert of the NSSF and anonymous reviewer of magazines to include Social Sciences in China, the Economic Research Journal, the Journal of Management World, China Economic Quarterly, South China Journal of Economics, Nankai Economic Studies, Economic Perspectives, and Open Times.

Professor and Doctor Chen Xiqiang is a Doctoral Supervisor in economic statistics. He used to be a member of the Steering Committee for the Education of Majors in Economics of (Higher Vocational Colleges) of Institutions of Higher Education of the MOE (2006 - 2010) and the Steering Committee for the Education of Undergraduate Majors in Economics of Universities in Guangdong Province (2015 - 2019). He has been the Vice President of Guangzhou Economics Society and expert in the argumentation of major administrative decisions of Guangzhou Municipal Government (2015 - 2020). He serves as the Executive Director of the World Economic Development Society and China Macro Economic Management Education Association. He has been committed to researching regional and public economies for years. He undertook three NSFC projects, one sub-project of an NSSF major project, and eight projects at provincial and ministerial levels and won three second prizes and three third prizes of outstanding scientific research achievements above provincial and ministerial levels. He published over 70 papers in core journals to include the Economic Research Journal, China Soft Science, and China Public Administration. Multiple papers were reprinted in full by the Information Center for Social Sciences of the Renmin University of China. He published six works at People's Publishing House to include the Study on the Coordination between Industrial and Employment Structures.

Professor and Doctor Fu Yuanhai, Dean of the School of Economics and Statistics, is a Post-Doctor in Economics of Nanjing University and a Doctoral Supervisor in economic statistics. He serves as the Executive Director of the World Economic Development Society and China Macro Economic Management Education Association. He was the principal investigator of nine scientific research projects above provincial and ministerial levels to include one NSSF key project, one NSSF general project and one NSFC general project. He published nearly 50 papers in core journals, wherein ten were published in authoritative journals to include the Economic Research Journal and China Industrial Economics. Multiple papers were reprinted by Xinhua Digest, Chinese Social Science Digest, and the Information Center for Social Sciences of the Renmin University of China. His main research fields include international investment, industrial structure, and economic growth. Currently, he works as a corresponding review expert of the NSFC and anonymous reviewer of Social Sciences in China, the Economic Research Journal, System Engineering Theory and Practice, Journal of Finance and Economics, and Contemporary Finance & Economics.

Professor and Doctor Zhang Chongqi was a Post-Doctor in statistics of the University of Hong Kong and the National University of Singapore and a Doctoral Supervisor in statistics. He is also a Distinguished Professor of the "Guangzhou Scholars" Program of Guangzhou University. He has engaged in teaching and research in higher education for a long time. His research fields include: Mathematical statistics, non-parametric statistics and experiment design. He visited many famous colleges and universities to include the University of Hong Kong, Princeton University, Hong Kong Baptist University, Victoria University of Wellington, and the University of Padova. He has won the following titles: Elected Member of the International Statistics Institute, Secretary-General of the Experiment Design Branch, the CAAS, Executive Director of the Uniform Design Branch, the Chinese Mathematical Society, and the High-Dimensional Data Statistics Branch, the CAAS, member of the National Statistics Textbook Compilation and Review Committee, and Editor of the Journal of Guangzhou University (Natural Science Edition). He was the principal investigator of five NSFC projects and one project of the Excellent Returned Student Fund of the MOE. In addition, he published over 80 papers in international journals on statistics to include Statistica Sinica and three textbooks on statistics. He won the title of Excellent Teacher of Guangzhou and the First Prize of the Teaching Excellence Award of Guangzhou University.

Professor and Doctor Yin Juliang is a Doctoral Supervisor. He was a Distinguished Professor of the Pearl River Scholars Program in (2019) and honorary professor of Deakin University in Australia in (2011) and joined the fourth group of training talents of the "Qian Bai Shi Project" in Guangdong Province (2006). He is an anonymous reviewer of domestic academic journals to include Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica, Journal of Systems Science and Mathematical Sciences, and System Engineering Theory and Practice, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and international academic magazines to include TAC, JMAA, AUTOMATICA, SPA, and SPL. He has devoted himself to research on random analysis and control, mathematical finance and actuarial science, and time series analysis for a long time. He published over 40 academic papers to include 21 on international SCI and SSCI journals and magazines, including AUTOMATICA, JMAA, AMC, and SCL, two of which were rated by Essential Science Indicators as highly cited papers.

Professor and Doctor Liu Hanzhong is a Doctoral Supervisor and a Distinguished Professor of the Guangzhou Scholars Program of Guangzhou University. He has engaged in the research on econometrics and resource allocation for a long time and followed the latest development in econometric theory, method, and application at home and abroad. He published over 30 papers on magazines of the Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI) to include the Journal of Quantitative & Technical Economics, System Engineering Theory and Practice, and Statistical Theory and Practice. A number of his papers were reprinted in full text by the Information Center for Social Sciences of the Renmin University of China. He recently undertook one NSSF key project, one NSSF general project, one project of the humanistic and social science fund of the MOE, and participated in three national projects to include NSSF key projects. He serves as an anonymous reviewer of journals to include the Journal of Quantitative & Technical Economics and Statistics & Information Forum. And he won several honorary titles for teaching, scientific research, and management.

Professor and Doctor Hu, Zhiyong is a Doctoral Supervisor in economic statistics and management decisions. He works as the Director of MPAcc, Guangzhou University, and the Smart Finance, Accounting, and Taxation Engineering Research Center of Guangdong. He is also a member of the Steering Committee for the Education of Accounting Majors of the 6th Academic Degrees Committee of Guangdong Province, Deputy Director of the Higher Education Committee of Guangdong Association of Management Accountants (GAMA), President of the Financial Accounting Society of Guangzhou, Vice President of Guangzhou Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Executive Director of the Accounting Society of Guangdong, and council member of Guangdong Provincial Tax Institute (GDPTI). He took charge of eight scientific research projects above provincial and ministerial levels and published over 40 papers in core journals, which include 10 papers published in authoritative journals like Accounting Research, the Journal of Financial Research, and the Journal of Applied Statistics and Management. His papers were reprinted by the Information Center for Social Sciences of the Renmin University of China. His main research fields include accounting information and investment analysis. At present, he is a corresponding review expert of the NSFC.

Professor and Doctor Tang Xuan is a Doctoral Supervisor in business administration. She focuses on scientific research and teaching of technological innovation, industrial economy, financial accounting, and corporate governance. She has undertaken over ten longitudinal scientific research projects to include projects of the NSSF and the Natural Science Fund of Guangdong, and projects on philosophy and social science of Guangdong, and participated in over ten national, provincial, and ministerial projects. She published one work and over 30 papers in important journals at home and abroad to include the Journal of World Economy, Economic Perspectives, China Soft Science, Academic Research, and Financial Economics Research. She won the first prize at the teaching competition of young teachers of Guangzhou University and used to be a short-term visiting scholar of the University of Alberta and the University of Western Australia. In addition, she takes the positions of the Vice President of Guangdong Institute of Finance and Culture, senior member of the Accounting Society of China (ASC) and member of Guangdong Economy Society. She serves as a reviewer of academic journals to include Financial Economics Research, Finance & Trade Economics, and Financial Regulation Research.

Professor and Doctor Ma Shuang is a Doctoral Supervisor in Economics and a Young Pearl River Scholar (2019). He has devoted himself to research on China's labor economy for a long time and made prominent academic achievements. Since 2010, he has published one paper on Journal of International Economics, one paper on Journal of Empirical Finance, one paper in China Economic Review, one paper on the Energy Journal, seven papers in the Economic Research Journal, six papers on China Economic Quarterly, two papers on Journal of Management World, two papers on Journal of Financial Research, and one paper on Journal of World Economy. He has co-authored two works to include one in both English and Chinese. He was the principal investigator of one NSSF project and one youth project of the MOE. He also participated in one NSSF major project as the principal investigator of a sub-project. Since 2012, he has won the "Outstanding Achievement Award for Philosophy and Social Science of Sichuan" for four times, "LIUSHIBAI Economics Award" for once and the "Outstanding Achievement Award of the MOE for Scientific Research of Institutions of Higher Education" for once. Since 2009, he has joined a survey on China's household finance as a core member and chief researcher. Moreover, he participated in and published the Report on the Gap in Household Income in China and the Report on the Urban Housing Vacancy Rate in China as the main contributor and exerted a significant social influence as demonstrated by the China Gini Coefficient of 0.61 and the urban housing vacancy rate of 22.4%. He was included in the 11th Group of Candidates for Academic and Technological Leaders of Sichuan in 2014 and the 13th Group of Excellent Experts with Outstanding Contributions to Sichuan in 2017.

Professor and Doctor Zhang Shaohua is a Doctoral Supervisor. He obtained his doctorate from Lingnan (University) College, Sun Yat-sen University, and Post-Doctoral degree from the School of Economics, Zhejiang University. He is a visiting scholar of the Department of Economics, Seoul National University, and academic leader of the "One Hundred Talent Program" of Guangzhou University. His research fields include resource misallocation and productivity, measurement and decomposition of energy efficiency, financial development and resource allocation and measurement and spillover of systemic financial risk. He has published over 30 papers in domestic authoritative journals so far to include the Economic Research Journal (two papers), the Journal of Management World (two papers), the Journal of World Economy, Statistical Research, the Journal of Quantitative & Technical Economics (three papers), Finance & Trade Economics (two papers), Studies of International Finance, the Journal of Nanjing University (Philosophy · Humanities · Social Science), the Journal of Finance and Economics, Economic Perspectives (three papers), and Science Research Management. He undertook and completed over ten projects at national, provincial, ministerial, department, and bureau levels. He serves as an anonymous reviewer of the Economic Research Journal, the Journal of Management World, the Journal of World Economy, China Economic Quarterly, the Journal of Quantitative & Technical Economics, South China Journal of Economics, and China Economic Studies. He is also a corresponding review expert of NSFC youth, regional, and general projects.

Main Research Projects and Achievements

Faculty in recent years undertook four NSSF major tendering projects, five NSSF major projects, over 20 NSSF and NSFC projects, and over 40 provincial and ministerial projects to include the Humanities and Social Sciences Planning Project of the Ministry of Education, the Social Science Fund Project of Guangdong Province, and the Natural Science Foundation Project of Guangdong Province. They published nearly 800 academic articles, over 50 of which were released in such authoritative periodicals as Social Sciences in China, Science China, the Economic Research Journal, the Journal of Management World, China Industrial Economics, and Statistical Theory and Practice. They published more than 30 academic works and served as the editors-in-chief of over 20 textbooks. Faculty won the third-level prize for humanities and social sciences achievements by the Ministry of Education and five awards for social science achievements by Guangdong Province.

Academic Meetings

Young Economist Society: Young Economist Society 2018 and 2019 in Guangzhou were sponsored by the School of Economics and Statistics of Guangzhou University and supported by the editing departments of China Industrial Economics, The Journal of World Economy, World Economic Papers, Comparative Economic & Social Systems, and China Economic Quarterly, and prominent scholars both in and outside China were invited to share their latest research accomplishments.

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, the school hosted the inauguration ceremony of the Research Center of New Structural Economics and the seminar on the Long-term Economic Growth in the 70th Anniversary of the establishment of the People’s Republic of China on November 3, 2019. Professor Lin, Yifu, a renowned Chinese economist, unveiled the nameplate of the research center and made a key-note speech. Other famous scholars to include Gong, Gang, Gong, Qiang and Wang, Yong also gave speeches on economic structural transformation and long-term economic growth. The ceremony and the seminar were also attended by Zheng, Hongliang, a research fellow and the associate editor-in-chief of the Economic Research Journal, Yang, Xinming, a research fellow and the director of the Editing Department of Economic Perspectives, Li, Rengui, the deputy director of the Editing Department of Economic Perspectives, and Liu, Qingtian, a senior editor from Higher Education Press.

Lectures on labor economics were hosted by Professor Ma, Shuang, where the scholars in relevant fields were invited to make speeches on "Railway Construction, the Internal Commuting Time of Enterprises and the Branches of Subsidiaries in Other Places" and "High-Speed Rail Network, Industry Agglomeration and Urban Water Environment: Evident from China". These lectures were well received by the teachers and the students.

The school holds academic lectures on a regular basis and has invited many scholars to share their latest achievements. For instance, Hu, Feifang, a professor of the Thousand Talents Program of China and from the Institute of Statistics and Big Data at Renmin University of China, made a speech of "How to Design Big Comparative Studies?". Chang, Jinyuan, an executive director, professor and PhD supervisor of the Data Science and Commercial Intelligence Joint Lab of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, a distinguished expert of Sichuan Province, a member of Sichuan Province Statistical Expert Consultation Committee, a distinguished expert of the National Youth "QR Program", and a Young Changjiang Scholar of the Ministry of Education, gave a speech entitled "A Power One Test for Unit Roots Based on Sample Autocovariances"; Zhou, Shiyong, a professor of School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, the director of the Special Seismology Committee of Seismological Society of China, and the former director of Institute of Geophysics, Peking University from 2012 to 2018, gave a lecture of "Discussion on the Prospect of the Application of the Bayes Method to Geophysical Inversion; Professor Li, Zhongfei from Sun Yat-sen University made a speech of "Will Simultaneous Management of FOF Reduce Investment Risk and Improve the Performance of Fund Managers?" Dr. Yan, Xing gave an introduction to School of Data Science, City University of Hong Kong". Professor Liu, Zhi introduced the faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau. All these lectures were highly popular among the teachers and the students.

Cai, Xiaozhou, received the Bachelor of Economics degree from Guangzhou University and graduated with distinction in June 2010. During his undergraduate studies, Cai served as the executive chairman of the Guangdong Students' Federation and the president of the Student Union of Guangzhou University. At the same time, he was selected as the deputy manager of venue human resources for the 16th Guangzhou Asian Games.

After graduation, Cai worked as a senior financial advisor at Citibank, a relationship manager at China Merchants Bank, the director of the Private Banking Department of Industrial Securities and a business manager at AIA. He is a national financial planner and a certified personal financial planner with rich experience in Chinese wealth management market. During this period, Cai also founded Shenzhen Zhengda Gaosheng Investment Co., Ltd. where he now serves as the investment director and Qixin Laces and Clothing Accessories Co., Ltd. where he now serves as the general manager.

Fang, Jiana received the Bachelor of Economics degree from the Business School of Guangzhou University in June 2010. Fang performed outstanding during her undergraduate studies. She actively participated in various competitions and obtained excellent results to include a silver medal at the 6th "Challenge Cup" National College Student Business Plan Competition, a gold medal at the 6th Guangdong College Student Business Plan Competition, the first prize at the 2009 National English Competition for College Students (Non-English Majors), and the "Excellent Student" title in the 2007–2009 academic year.

After graduation, Fang worked at HSBC and China CITIC Bank and engaged in retail, wealth management and lending, and her work performance was among the best. During her employment with the banks, Fang accumulated abundant experience. In 2016, she saw the prospects and blue oceans of the preschool education industry with keen market vision. After nearly a year of learning and exploration of the domestic and foreign preschool education markets, Fang founded an education company in 2017. In just two years, the company has established a childcare center, a Lego center, and a children's reading center. The company is in good business condition and keeps growing. It will be committed to the in-depth exploitation of the preschool education market.

Zhao, Qianxian received the Bachelor of Accounting degree from Guangzhou University and graduated with distinction in June 2013. During her undergraduate studies, Zhao served as the deputy secretary of the Communist Youth League Committee of the School of Economics and Statistics and the vice chairwoman of the Economics Society of Guangzhou University. Moreover, Zhao was elected as one of the top ten students of the School and awarded a national scholarship for two consecutive years. After graduation, Zhao participated in the Master of Science in Applied Accounting and Finance (MScAAF) program of Hong Kong Baptist University. She graduated with excellent academic performance in 2015 and received an ACCA scholarship.

Since 2015, Zhao has been working at Ernst & Young Tax Services Limited in Hong Kong, one of the top four accounting firms in the world. She is now a senior consultant in international tax transfer pricing. Because of her outstanding work performance, Zhao was rated excellent in three consecutive year-end reviews and was sent to Ernst & Young Australia in 2019 for work and further studies. During her employment with Ernst & Young Hong Kong, Zhao has assisted several multinational companies with transfer pricing review and successful listing. Zhao has obtained the ACCA qualification and is now an ACCA member.

Zhang Mengyuan, member of the Communist Party of China, received the Bachelor of Finance degree by the School of Economics and Statistics of Guangzhou University in June 2015. During her undergraduate studies, she served as the chairwoman of the Student Union of the School of Economics and Statistics and a member of the Student Congress of Guangzhou University.

After graduation, Zhang joined Guangzhou Branch of Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. as a public relations manager of WeChat. She participated in the planning of projects to include WeChat open classes and WeChat red envelopes and organized nearly 100 events with more than 500 participants.

In 2017, Zhang joined Nanfang Media Group Nanfang+ Client as an operations manager responsible for the Nanfang platform. She planned activities to include Guangdong Government Affairs New Media Forum and the Nanfang Popular Issues Contest and discussed the government affairs new media development plan of Guangdong with the outstanding government affairs new media representatives in the province.

Mao, Mingjun received the Bachelor Degree of Finance and the Bachelor Degree of Law by Guangzhou University in 2016. Mao is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Business Administration in Finance (FMBA) Degree at Xiamen University.

During his undergraduate studies, Mao won the first place in terms of comprehensive performance in the Department of Finance, as well as dozens of honors and awards to include the "Excellent Student of Guangzhou City", the "Excellent Graduation Thesis" of Guangzhou University, the "Top Ten Students" of the School, the Graduate with Distinction, and the National-level Project for Innovation Training in Guangdong Province.

After graduation, Mao worked as a researcher at a FOF hedge fund well-known in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and an investment manager at a PE fund. He participated in the investment and management of close to RMB200 million funds. Mao currently focuses on hard & core technology fields to include biomedicine and semiconductors, as well as consumer-oriented fields like education. The representative cases include Anbai Technology, and New Economy FOF.

Additionally, Mao has co-founded an EBS reading club with his friends, and acts as an FA (financial advisor) for several early-stage enterprises to help them with financing and strategic planning.