On the afternoon of December 29th, the International Politics and Financial Security Institution was officially inaugurated at 109 Hongyuan Building, Liulin Campus of SUFE. ZHANG Yuyan, Director of the Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Director of the International Politics and Financial Security Institution, SU Jie, Editorial Director of The Journal of World Economy, HUANG Wei, Director of Global Governance Research Office, Institute of World Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, International Political Economy Research office director Weijiang Feng, Xiujun Xu, deputy Director of International Political Economy Research Office, principal of SUFE, ZHANG Zongyi, vice president, YIN Qingshuang, heads from the ICFS, School of Finance, Securities and Futures School and related functional departments attended the openning ceremony and forum on construction and development .

ZHANG Zongyi, president of SWUFE, expressed his sincere congratulations on the establishment of the International Politics and Financial Security Institution in his speech. He said that the International Politics and Financial Security Institution is a high-end think tank collaborated by the Collaborative Innovation Center of Financial Security of SUFE and the Institute of World Economics and Politics of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, which aims to study major strategic and forward-looking issues in the field of financial security. The in-depth and pragmatic cooperation officially today is an important beginning for the analysis and research of major issues in the field of financial security in response to the major strategic needs of the country’s political and economic development for financial security, transcending the single perspective of finance and the economy, and beyond the limitations of a country’s internal governance. It will effectively promote mutual complementary and collaborative innovation, enhance applied research capabilities, produce more fruitful results, and make much greater contributions to China's financial reform and economic development. More effective support for the construction and development of International Politics and Financial Security Institution will be further provided by SWUFE!

Whereinafter, ZHANG Zongyi, President of SWUFE, and Director ZHANG Yuyan of Institute of World Economics and Politics of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences jointly unveiled the mask of the International Politics and Financial Security Institution. WANG Qing, director of theICFS of SWUFE, and FENG Weijiang, Director of the Institute of World Economics and Politics of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences signed a cooperation agreement between the two parties.

Researcher ZHANG Yuyan said that the establishment of the International Politics and Financial Security Institution is for the best of both parties in realizing the complementary advantages and mutual benefit. The institution has a powerful research team and flexible operating mechanism. With the joint efforts and support of both Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, it is believed that the institution can provide forceful intellectual support for national development. He also expressed his confidence to build the International Politics and Financial Security Institution into a first-class high-level institution in China.

After the opening ceremony, At the symposium for further construction and development after the opening ceremony, leaders, experts and scholars expressed their opinions and put forward many valuable opinions and suggestions for the operation and development of the International Politics and Financial Security Institution.

The International Politics and Financial Security Institution is committed to the tracking and analysis of major international events and international finance, and also studies major theoretical and practical issues in the field of financial security from the perspective of the intersection of politics and finance. The institution is in accordance with the idea of openness, gathering together outstanding experts and scholars at home and abroad to offer advice and suggestions for national development. The institution is to publish the International Politics and Financial Security Review and conduct a series of research on major issues such as the Belt and Road Initiative, international investment, international financial system reform, and the internationalization of RMB. The International Politics and Financial Security Institution is another important research platform founded by the Institute of Chinese finance studies of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics after the Internet Finance Research Center, Global Financial Strategy Laboratory, Macro Operation and Financial Security Research Institute.

(This report is provided by the Institute of Chinese finance studies of SUFE)