[Time：2023-09-01 16:19:01]
As one of the University's four earliest teaching units, the School of International Economics and Politics traces its origins to the Department of Trade and Economics of Jiangxi College of Finance and Economics, founded in 1958. It was renamed the Department of International Trade in 1995, established as the School of International Economics and Trade in July 1998, renamed the School of International Trade and Economics in June 2009, and adopted its present name in October 2024.
The School is home to four research institutes: the Belt and Road Research Institute of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, the Research Center for International Commodity Prices, the Research Center for Trade and Environment, and the Research Center for Global Governance and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Shenzhen). It offers one doctoral program in International Trade; three master's programs in International Trade, World Economy and International Business; and four undergraduate programs in International Economics and Trade, E-Commerce, International Business, and International Economic Development and Cooperation. International Economics and Trade is a specialty directly administered by the Ministry of Education and a flagship program among Jiangxi's higher education institutions. The School operates a well-structured system of talent development across all degree levels and maintains a balanced and healthy disciplinary ecosystem.
Seizing the strategic opportunities created by the coordinated advancement of China's new development pattern of dual circulation and the Belt and Road Initiative, the School takes Answering the Questions of the Times, Cultivating Talent for the Nation as its mission and Connecting the Domestic and the Global as the core of its educational philosophy. In line with China's efforts to build a unified national market and pursue high-standard opening-up, the School is committed to building a top-notch and innovative talent development system driven by two complementary capabilities — depth in the domestic economic cycle and reach into the global market — and to equipping students with the strategic thinking and practical skills to coordinate domestic and international markets and resources.
Capitalizing on major strategic opportunities — building a strong trading nation, advancing the dual carbon strategy and pursuing high-standard opening-up — the School focuses its interdisciplinary development on the intersection of greening, digitalization and global governance, and integrates national priorities such as green trade development, digital trade innovation and Belt and Road cooperation into its teaching and research. It has established a new paradigm of education and teaching that combines strategic, innovative and practice-oriented training, cultivating professionals of the new era who unite a strong sense of national commitment with global competence — talents ready to serve the new development pattern and advance high-quality Belt and Road development.
Deep roots yield luxuriant foliage; a distant source gives rise to a long stream. The School's founding and growth have always been bound up with the destiny of the nation, in step with the development of the University, and advancing together with its faculty and students, providing strong support for building a century-old prestigious university. In the new era, the School of International Economics and Politics will surely achieve new successes and make new contributions as it advances the University's Three Transformations toward a high-level research university, a first-class digital university of finance and economics, and a benchmark university serving Jiangxi — supporting the comprehensive modernization of Jiangxi and helping build China into a powerhouse in education, science and technology, and talent.
