Published by SUFE-DAFI at 19:34, Sep 9, 2023 in Shanghai
The following article comes from SUFE, written by News Center
Founded in 1917, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE) was the first commercial university in China's history of education. It is now subordinate to the Ministry of Education and is also a member of the Double First-Class University Plan. Over the past century, SUFE students have remained faithful to the mission of “serving society, seeking the truth, strengthening morality, and benefiting the country” from generation to generation. By sparing every effort and forging ahead, we aspire to make SUFE an internationally renowned research university specializing in finance and economics!
By Dishui Lake, we pursue dreams and embrace a finance-driven future. On the morning of September 9, the 1st Opening Ceremony of Dishui Lake Advanced Finance Institute, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE-DAFI) was held amid the loud and solemn national anthem. The first classes of the Master of Finance Program and the New Finance Global Pioneer Program have started a new chapter of life and a journey of discovery at SUFE-DAFI.
Shang Fulin, former Chairman of China Banking Regulatory Commission, and Chen Jinshan, Member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal CPC Committee, Secretary of the CPC Working Committee of Lin-gang Special Area and Director of Lin-gang Special Area Administration, among others, attended the opening ceremony.
Yuan Guohua, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Working Committee of Lin-gang Special Area, Secretary of the CPC Committee and Chairman of Lingang Group, delivered a speech. Yuan said that since its establishment in 2019, Lin-gang Special Area has maintained the same openness, reforms, and momentum, which has led to high speed, broad influence and great vitality. In the field of emerging finance, Lin-gang is also striving to establish itself as the “third pole” for Shanghai to grow into an international financial center. The Dishui Lake Financial Bay, as a crucial functional platform for coordinating the development of onshore and offshore finance, has identified its core brand value as “financial innovation, financial openness, and financial leadership”. Included in the new financial development pattern of “one city, one belt and one bay” under the 14th Five-Year Plan for Building Shanghai as an International Financial Center, the Bay is expected to complement and coordinate with the Lujiazui Financial City and the Bund Financial Belt.
Yuan added, the era of openness requires theoretical innovation, and vigorous practice calls for talents from both home and abroad. SUFE-DAFI, jointly established by the Lin-gang Special Area Administration, SUFE, and Lingang Group, aims to serve as crucial infrastructure for the high-quality development of emerging finance, new international trade, and other sectors, as well as a “wall-less” university close to financial institutions and trading and industrial enterprises. By establishing a talent introduction and education system that “pays equal attention to innovative theory and practice and blends local and international”, it is committed to developing globally leading financial talents for Lin-gang.
Yuan Guohua delivering a speech
Liu Yuanchun, President and Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee of SUFE, and Dean of SUFE-DAFI, stated in his speech that following new development concepts, the Institute is determined to cultivate exceptional, globally leading, innovative financial professionals. By doing so, it aspires to comprehensively promote Lin-gang Special Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone to grow into a special economic function zone with stronger international influence and competitiveness, support the all-round function upgrading of Shanghai as an international financial center, and contribute wisdom and strength to the national and even global financial development.
Meanwhile, as President of SUFE and Dean of SUFE-DAFI, Liu urged all of the students to be the “pioneers” and ambassadors of Lin-gang Special Area, standing firm and pressing forward in the financial sector, and blazing the trail with innovations in the new era. Additionally, he anticipated that they could participate in Lin-gang’s development as a hub for emerging finance as well as Shanghai’s growth into an international financial center and inject enormous financial strength into the motherland!
President Liu Yuanchun delivering a speech
Then, Vice President of SUFE Yao Lingzhen and Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee of SUFE Zhu Mingxiong endowed school badges to the freshmen representatives, marking the start of a new academic journey. It is hoped that the students could keep in mind SUFE’s century-old motto of “serving society, seeking the truth, strengthening morality, and benefiting the country”, remain diligent in learning, research, and practice, and strive to become a new force taking on the responsibility of national rejuvenation!
During the opening ceremony, SUFE-DAFI held an appointment ceremony for exceptional SUFE teachers and adjunct professors, as part of its efforts to hire top-notch teachers from SUFE internally and recruit first-class financial professionals externally. In the future, SUFE teachers will provide students with meticulous instructions and state-of-the-art researches, working with other sides to establish a new interdisciplinary academic hub and support Lin-gang’s development as a hub for emerging finance. As adjunct professors, executives and specialists from leading financial institutions, enterprises, and industrial clusters across China will assist students in gaining access to cutting-edge techniques and expertise in the field, enabling them to contribute more to social and economic advancement.
Appointment ceremony for exceptional SUFE teachers
Appointment ceremony for adjunct professors
Chen Xuanjuan, Executive Dean of SUFE-DAFI, said that the Institute will provide graduate programs as well as premium training in order to realize its vision of becoming a world-class finance school leading the development of emerging finance. In the process of talent training, it will be dedicated to the combination of new finance + new industry + new technology. With a focus on ESG finance, cross-border finance, technology finance, supply chain finance and other new financial formats, it is committed to cultivating exceptional, globally leading, innovative financial professionals in line with the future industrial layout of Lin-gang and the demand for future financial talents.
Professor Chen Xuanjuan reporting
Wei Hang, Secretary of the CPC Committee of the College of Business, SUFE, and Li Xunlei, representative of adjunct professors and Chief Economist at Zhongtai Securities, also gave brilliant presentations at the ceremony. Zhou Guangyu, representative of the candidates in 2023 Master of Finance Program, and Wang Fei, a student in the first class of the New Finance Global Pioneer Program and President of the Lin-gang Special Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Branch of ICBC, shared their expectations for the new study journey.
Professor Wei Hang speaking
Professor Li Xunlei speaking
Zhou Guangyu speaking
Wang Fei speaking
Finally, Xu Tao, Secretary of the CPC Committee of SUFE, sent his sincere wishes to the students. He urged them to forge ahead in the new era with patriotism; to grow amid new challenges with resilience; and to innovate on the new journey with a strong sense of duty!
Face up to due responsibilities against all odds while you’re young! Xu inspired to the inaugural class of SUFE-DAFI to maintain high spirits, indomitable courage, and the ambition to be the first in the world and to pen a magnificent tale of life on the motherland through unending and unrelenting love and efforts!
Secretary Xu Tao delivering a speech
This marks a new beginning for the freshmen, as well as a new journey for SUFE-DAFI to foster future talents in finance and shoulder the great responsibility of the nation! It is hoped that the students would succeed in their studies, live up to their youth, and contribute to the financial development of Lin-gang, China and the world!
Gao Rongkun, Chief and Secretary of the CPC Committee of Shanghai Customs, Cao Guangqun, Deputy Director of the Shanghai Regulatory Bureau of the National Administration of Financial Regulation, and Liu Bin, Deputy Director of the Shanghai Regulatory Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, among others, were also present at the opening ceremony to witness this momentous occasion!
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