On October 24, 2023, the School of Management, JINAN UNIVERSITY signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Faculty of Business, LINGNAN UNIVERSITY in Hong Kong to establish the Research Center of Inclusive Finance and Digital Economy. The signing ceremony was held at the Faculty of Business, LINGNAN UNIVERSITY. Wenjing LI, Dean of the School of Management, JINAN UNIVERSITY, Executive Associate Dean Zishan LING, Assistant Dean Jun QI, and Associate Director of the Department of Accounting Youchao TAN were all invited to attend. Dean of the Faculty of Business, LINGNAN UNIVERSITY Mingming LENG, Associate Dean Yifeng CHEN and other faculty members attended the signing ceremony.

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Mingming LENG, Dean of the Faculty of Business, LINGNAN UNIVERSITY, expressed his warm welcome to the delegation from SoM and introduced the development of the Faculty of Business, LINGNAN UNIVERSITY in terms of discipline construction, faculty team and student development. He said that both schools have outstanding achievements in research, business education and student development, which has built a good foundation for both schools to integrate resources and establish a solid partnership. The joint establishment of the Research Center of Inclusive Finance and Digital Economy will foster the application of relevant research results in the field of financial technology and digital economy, and provide decision-making and policy support for related industries.

Mingming LENG Expressed Welcome to the Delegation

Dean of SoM Wenjing LI expressed his gratitude to Mingming LENG for his warm welcome. He introduced the long history of SoM and its remarkable achievements in recent years. He said that SoM is approaching its 25th anniversary, in the new historical period, SoM will adhere to its mission, vision and strategy of internationalization, and will firmly move forward to become a first-class business school. By continuously promoting broad, in-depth and diverse cooperation, SoM will combine the resources and advantages of Hong Kong and Mainland, make strong alliances to jointly enhance high-level research and cultivate talents in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and further contribute to the construction of the Greater Bay Area.

Wenjing LI Delivered a Speech

Later, leaders and faculty members from both schools had an in-depth discussion on the opportunities for diverse cooperation between the two schools and formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Research Center of Inclusive Finance and Digital Economy.

The Two Schools Signed Memorandum of Cooperation

SoM and the Faculty of Business, LINGNAN UNIVERSITY signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in November 2022 through an online meeting. Based on the principle of "advantages complementation, resource sharing, and win-win co-operation", the two schools will work together to promote cooperation in high-level research, joint cultivation of high-level talents, and exchange of faculty and students. The establishment of the Research Center of Inclusive Finance and Digital Economy is the first concrete project under the original cooperation framework, marking a new stage of cooperation between the two schools. The research center aims to build a platform for pooling the research resources and talents of the two schools, which will be conducive to developing diverse research and promoting synergies, and it is a new mode between the two schools in exploring the innovation of cooperation of colleges and universities.

Written & Image: Weiyuan Huang

Edited: Guitong Chen, Jiecong Li

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