Recently, Institute of Chinese Financial Studies of SWUFE (ICFS) and Collaborative of Innovation Center of Financial Security (CICFS) were awarded the certificate of "Source Think Tanks of Chinese Think Tank Index (CTTI)" again and were shortlisted for "Source Think Tank of CTTI" in 2019-2022.

Chinese Think Tank Index (CTTI) is the first and largest vertical search engine of think tank and data management platform, independently developed by Center for Chinese Think Tank Studies and Evaluation (CCTTSE) and Think Tank Research and Release Center of Guangming Daily. CTTI has complete intellectual property rights in China. The selection of "Source Think Tanks of CTTI" started in 2016, and ICFS and CICFS of SWUFE were both selected into the first batch of its 2017-2018 list.

As the only national financial research base of the Ministry of education, ICFS, piggybacking on the first-class financial discipline strength and the construction level of SWUFE, has maintained long-term cooperation with the Financial Research Institute of the PBC, forming a first-rate domestic financial research team, which is committed to the research related to major theoretical and practical issues in China's financial reform and development. Since its establishment in 2012, the CICFS has always been committed to taking the national financial major demand as the guidance, gathering the innovative forces of industry, university and research, and focusing on solving fundamental, strategic, and forward-looking issues in the field of financial security in China through comprehensive and in-depth cooperation.