The School has always aligned its operations with the overall development goals of the China Communist Party and the country. Its top priority is cultivating well-rounded socialist builders and successors, particularly reserve talents for the cause of philosophy and social sciences in the new era. Guided by the principle of “high starting point, high quality, and small scale”, the School has formulated its educational philosophy: nurturing talents who possess political integrity, profound academic foundation, strong professional capabilities, and sound physical and mental health. To form its unique characteristics, the School focuses on three key approaches: the mentor-apprentice system, locally rooted internationalization, and integrated undergraduate-postgraduate education. It continuously refreshes its curriculum design, placing equal emphasis on rigorous grounding in basic economic theories and the cultivation of innovative thinking and practical capabilities.

The School currently is authorized to offer 1 undergraduate degree program (Economics), 11 master’s degree programs (including 10 academic master’s programs and 1 professional master’s program in Digital Economy), 9 doctoral degree programs, and 1 postdoctoral research station. The total student enrollment amounts to 556. The undergraduate Economics program of the School has been accredited as a National-level First-Class Undergraduate Program. The master’s and doctoral programs cover the major secondary disciplines under the first-level discipline of Theoretical Economics. The enrollment scope for master’s degree programs includes 8 majors, such as Political Economics, Western Economics, and Digital Economics. The enrollment scope for doctoral degree programs includes 7 majors, such as Political Economics, History of Economic Thought, Economic History, Western Economics, and Digital Economics. The enrollment scope for both master’s and doctoral degree programs also includes two majors under the first-level discipline of Applied Economics which are National Economics and Statistics.

The School has 98 regular faculty members and one visiting professor. Of the faculty, 94 percent hold senior professional titles, and all have earned postgraduate qualifications at either master’s or doctoral level. Among the faculty members, 4 have been recognized as talents under the National Cultural Masters and "Four Batches of Top Experts" Project, 2 as Leading Talents in Philosophy and Social Sciences, 5 as National Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talents, and 1 as the Young Outstanding Talent in National Communication, Ideological and Cultural Development. Nine faculty members have received the Sun Yefang Award in Economic Sciences, and 13 are State Council Special Allowance experts. Numerous faculty members serve as members of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, and presidents or vice-presidents of national and provincial-level academic societies.

Leveraging the academic strengths of the Institute of Economics and other institutes within the Division of Economics of CASS, the School is supported by key journals such as Economic Research Journal, Economic Dynamics, and Studies of Chinese Economic History, the Sun Yefang and Dong Fureng Economic Science Foundations, and several national-level economics societies. Adhering to the right political orientation, the School is dedicated to fostering high-level specialized talents who uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China, cherish a profound sense of patriotism and national identity, lay a solid theoretical foundation in economics, and develop a sound understanding of China’s national conditions. The training aims to equip them with the necessary expertise for future careers in economic research, teaching and administrative management within research institutions, institutions of higher education, Party and government organs, as well as enterprises and public institutions.

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