Milestones-The Institute of New Structural Economics at Peking University (INSE)

On May 26-28	the New Structural Economics Excellent Students Summer Camp was successfully held.
On June 11	the Center of New Structural Economics Research at Central University of Finance and Economics was officially established, and the North China New Structural Economics Research Alliance meeting was successfully convened.
On June 16	a series of activities on talent cultivation and discipline development by the Central China New Structural Economics Research Alliance were successfully held.
On June 28	the INSE's 2024 graduation ceremony was successfully concluded.
In September	Associate Professor Wang Xin was awarded the 2024 Peking University Teaching Excellence Award.
On September 9	the INSE's 2024 welcome ceremony for new students was successfully held.
On October 15	the New Structural Life Economy - Pharmaceutical and Health Industry Seminar was successfully concluded.
On October 19-20	the symposium commemorating the 30th anniversary of "China's Miracle" publication and the seminar on building China's independent economics knowledge system were held at Shanghai University.
On November 7	the Economics "101 Plan" research and promotion meeting was held at Peking University.
On November 22	INSE was awarded the inaugural "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Prize.
In December	" Demystifying the World Economic Development" (English edition) was selected for the 2024 "Classic China International Publishing Project."
On December 21-22	the 4th New Structural Economics Ph.D. Workshop was successfully held.
On December 24	the symposium on "Aging with Chinese Characteristics" was held at INSE.
On December 28	the New Structural Silk Road Development Research Center at Northwest University was established, and the West China New Structural Economics Research Alliance working meeting was successfully held.
In December	"New Structural Economics" was selected as one of China's Top Ten Original Theories in Philosophy and Social Sciences.

In April	the course "New Structural Economics" awarded as the National First-class Undergraduate Course.
On April 24	the Center of New Structural Economics at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies was established.
On April 26	the Center of New Structural Economics at Liaoning University was established.
On May 14	the NSE Parallel Session of the 22th China Economics Annual Conference was held.
On July 2-4	the 2023 Summer School on New Structural Economics was held.
In July	the first class of undergraduate and doctoral students of the INSE graduated, and the INSE held the First Graduation Celebration on July 6-7.
In August	A total of 4 programs of the INSE were approved and granted by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, including 1 program of Excellent Young Scientists Fund and 3 General Programs.
On October 12	the report "A Study on the Effectiveness of China's Sovereign Financing in Africa" released at the NSE International Development Forum.
On October 15	the Center of New Structural Economics at Xinjiang University of Finance & Economics was established.
On November 27	the Institute of New Structural Industrial Development at Shandong Normal University was set up.
In December	Justin Yifu Lin was awarded the IEA Schumpeter-Haberler Distinguished Fellowship Award 2024.
In December	the program "Research on the Development of Strategic Emerging Industry Integration Clusters" presided by Yong Wang, was approved as a major research program of philosophy and social sciences of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China in 2023.
On December 3	the NSE Parallel Session of the 23th China Economics Annual Conference was held.
On December 9	the First Board Meeting and Executive Board Meeting of the NSE Research Alliance was successfully held.
On December 15	the research report on Foshan's Path of High-quality Development of Manufacturing Industry officially released.
On December 18-19	The Tenth International Annual Workshop on New Structural Economics (NSE) was successfully held.
On December 19	INSE held its Sixth Academic Advisory Council Meeting.
On December 22-23	the 3rd NSE Ph.D. Students' Workshop was successfully held both online and offline.

On June 12	the 2022 Guiyang Forum on New Structural Economics was successfully held online and offline under the theme of "Digital Economy, Platform Economy and Industrial Structure Upgrading".
On July 27	the 9th Summer School on New Structural Economics was held.
In July	Professor Justin Yifu Lin won the Outstanding Contribution Prize of the first PKU Tongxin Award for Political Participation for Development.
On August 2	the 9th International Annual Workshop on New Structural Economics (NSE) was successfully held online.
On August 3	the 5th International Academic Advisory Council Meeting was successfully held.
In September	the Institute recruited 10 doctoral freshmen to the school, and held a meeting for the 2022 freshmen on September 2.
On September 30	the opening ceremony of the 3rd Experimental Class of New Structural Economics was held, and 6 undergraduates were admitted.
On October 29	a development planning meeting for the NSE Virtual Teaching and Research Section, a second-batch pilot project of the Ministry of Education (MOE), was successfully held.
On November 14-16	INSE hosted the 4th annual conference of the Global Research Consortium on Economic Structural Transformation (GReCEST).
On December 23	the 2nd Doctoral Workshop on New Structural Economics was successfully held.

On April 24	the Symposium on Macro Theory of New Structural Economics was held.
On May 9	the Center of New Structural Economics at Nankai University was established.
On May 22-23	the International Conference on Recent Development in New Structural Economics and Finance was successfully held.
On May 30	the Institute of New Structural Economics at Zhengzhou University was inaugurated.
On June 6	the Institute of New Structural Economics at Nanchang University was set up.
On June 18	the New Structural Economics Development Financing Reports were launched and the symposium on development finance was held in Beijing.
On June 28-30	the 3rd China International Conference in Macroeconomics (CICM) was held.
On July 23	the online seminar on regional economic quality development and industrial upgrading from the perspective of new structural economics was held.
In September	the institute recruited 10 doctoral freshmen to the school, and held a meeting for the 2021 freshmen on September 6.
On September 9	the Institute held its First New Structural Economics Disciplinary Development Conference and Working Group Meeting.
On September 25	the Center of New Structural Economics at Hohai University was inaugurated.
On October 15	Professor Justin Yifu Lin won the Master Teaching Award” in 2021.
On October 19-20	INSE launched the first global database on public development banks (PDBs) and development financing institution (DFIs) in collaboration with French Development Agency at the Finance in Common Summit (FiCS).
On October 20	the opening ceremony of the second Experimental Class of New Structural Economics was held in the School of Economics of Peking University, and 5 students were admitted.
On October 24	the third anniversary of the Yangtze River Delta (Shaoxing) Research Center of New Structural Economics and the first Conference on Discipline Construction and Think Tank Cooperation of the New Structural Economics Research Consortium were successfully held.
On December 5	the NSE Parallel Session of the 21th China Economics Annual Conference was held.
On December 13-14	the 8th International Annual Workshop on New Structural Economics (NSE) was successfully held online.
On December 15	the 4th International Academic Advisory Council Meeting was successfully held.

On April 20	the unveiling ceremony of the Institute of New Structural Economics & Intellectual Property was held in Nanjing Jiangbei New Area.
On April 28	the first session of the New Structural Economics MOOC in English was launched on UMOOCs.
From June 22 to 25	International Research Initiative of DFI Working Groups held a virtual mid-term review workshop.
From July 1 to 3	the Seventh Summer School on New Structural Economics was held by INSE.
On July 26	the First Cooperative Development Seminar of NSE Research Consortium in Yangtze River Delta Region was held in Shaoxing.
On August 27	a close-door meeting of NSE Research Consortium on the construction of macro and growth-related disciplines was held.
On August 28	the Symposium on the Frontiers of New Structural Economics was held.
On September 9	the First New Structural Economics and Intellectual Property Forum and the unveiling ceremony of the School of Intellectual Property were held.
On September 9	a seminar on innovative research into NSE was held, during which attendees exchanged ideas on how to integrate NSE with intellectual property as well as how to promote academic and teaching cooperation, and put forward proposals for cooperation.
On September 10	a forum on industry transformation and economic high-quality development in Yangtze River Delta region against the backdrop of new development pattern was held in Nanjing Jiangbei New Area.
On September 18	the Experimental Class of New Structural Economics of Peking University welcomed its first students.
On September 20	a seminar on the construction of international trade-related disciplines under the frame of NSE was held virtually.
On September 24	Beyond US Hegemony in International Development by Jiajun Xu, Executive Deputy Dean of INSE, was awarded the Pei Kang Chang Distinguished Award in Development Economics.
On September 26	the second academic symposium on NSE was held on hybrid format.
On October 20	the Yangtze River Delta New Structural Economics Forum was held, with cooperation initiatives released.
On November 7	a seminar on the construction of energy and environment-related disciplines under NSE framework was held.
In early November	International Research Initiative of DFI Working Groups held a series of webinars.
In November	the enrollment of the NSE Industry Development Workshop (the first session) of Peking University began.
From November 11 to 13	the NSE Symposium and the 2020 Academic Annual Meeting of the Center for Economic Development Research of Wuhan University were held at China Three Gorges University.
On November 15	the seminar on the construction of Regional Economics-related disciplines under NSE framework was held virtually.
On November 21	the inauguration ceremony of the NSE Research Center of the Institute of State Governance at Sun Yat-sen University and the First Seminar on the Frontiers of New Structural Finance were held.
On November 22	the Research Center of Shenzhen Institute of High-Quality Development and New Structural Economics was established in Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen).
On November 22	INSE co-organized the NSE Parallel Session of the 14th China Development Economics Annual Conference.
On November 27	a special session themed “New Structural Economics and Deepening Reform of State-owned Enterprises” of the 20th China State-owned Economic Development Forum was held in Beijing.
On December 5	the NSE Parallel Session of the 20th China Economics Annual Conference was held at Peking University HSBC Business School (Shenzhen).
On December 12	the Fifth Anniversary Celebration of the Establishment of the INSE was held at the Qunying Banquet Hall of Zhongguanyuan Global Village PKU.
On December 12	the third meeting of NSE Research Consortium on discipline construction was held.
In December	Professor Justin Yifu Lin from INSE won the Best Paper Award presented by the Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies.
From December 12 to 15	the Seventh International Conference on NSE was held virtually.

On May 25	the NSE Research Consortium was established.
On May 25-26	the First NSE Academic Symposium was held in Wuhan.
From May 25 to 26	the First NSE Academic Symposium and the inauguration ceremony of Peking University - Zhongnan University of Economics and Law Center for New Structural Economics were held.
On May 27	the Center for New Structural Economics at Wuhan University was unveiled and the 2019 Luojia Forum on New Structural Economics was held.
On May 28	an international seminar themed “Realizing the Full Potential of NDBs: Supporting the SDGs and Structural Transformation” was held.
On June 28	the Center for New Structural Economics at Lanzhou University was unveiled.
From July 5 to 8	the Sixth Summer School on New Structural Economics was held.
In August	the first NSE textbook, Introduction to New Structural Economics, was published, marking a milestone for NSE theory development.
From August 9 to 11	the Sixth International Conference on NSE themed “Economic Development and Development Economics: Experience in the Past 70 Years” was held.
From August 12 to 14	INSE co-held the first NSE faculty training workshop with the Higher Education Press.
In September	six doctoral students were enrolled.
On September 18	the Center for New Structural Economics at Xi’an Jiaotong University was unveiled.
On September 22	the Seventh Workshop of the Young Economist Society (YES) was held.
In October	together with National School of Development at Peking University, INSE started the 2020 “application-and-examination” doctoral admission.
On November 3	the Center for New Structural Economics at Guangzhou University was unveiled and a seminar themed “70 Years: Long-term Economic Growth” was held.
From November 7 to 8	the 2019 annual meeting of the Global Research Consortium on Economic Structural Transformation (GReCEST) was held.
On November 10	the Center for New Structural Economics at Nanjing Audit University was unveiled.
On December 14	INSE held the academic seminar themed “Research on Growth Paths and External Risks of Great Powers” with the editorial department of Social Sciences in China.
From December 15 to 18	the Fifth Symposium (Winter Camp) on New Structural Economics was held.
On December 25	the Center for New Structural Economics at Shanghai University was unveiled.

On April 21 2018	the Center for New Structural Economics at Jilin University was unveiled.
On June 1 2018	the Memorandum of Understanding was renewed with the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC).
On June 21 2018	the Ningbo Centre for New Structural Economics was unveiled.
On July 16 2018	the Center for New Structural Economics at Yunnan University of Finance and Economics (YUFE) was unveiled.
In September 2018	the first six doctoral candidates of the Institute of New Structural Economics (INSE) at Peking University were enrolled.
In October 2018	the Yangtze River Delta Research Center for New Structural Economics, Shaoxing was unveiled.
On October 14 2018	the Research Center of New Structural Economics at Zhejiang University was unveiled.
On December 14 2018	the inauguration ceremony of the Institute of New Structural Economics (INSE) at Peking University with the theme of “Theoretical Innovation and Disciplinary Development” was held.

In April 2017	the Research Center for New Structural Financial Economics was launched by the Tsinghua University National Institute of Financial Research.
On April 13 2017	a Memorandum of Understanding on In-depth Cooperation was signed with the China Association for the Promotion of Development Financing (CAPDF).
In July 2017	the Peking University CNSE Xinjiang Hetian Workstation was established.
In September 2017	the Institute of New Structural Economics (INSE) at Peking University, Tibet was unveiled.
On July 8 and 9 2017	a special session was convened at the 11th China Development Economics Annual Conference and the first NSE Parallel Session of China Development Economics Annual Conference was held.
From October 13 to 15 2017	a special session was convened at the 17th China Economics Annual Conference and the first NSE Parallel Session of China Economics Annual Conference was held.
In December 2017	the Center for New Structural Economics (CNSE) at Peking University was upgraded to the Institute of New Structural Economics (INSE) at Peking University.

On February 23 2016	a Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC).
In March 2016	a strategic cooperation agreement was signed with the Policy Research Office of the People's Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
On March 21 2016	the NSE International Development Forum was launched and the first forum was held.
On March 21 2016	a Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the International Food Policy Research Institute.
On May 18 2016	the Global Research Consortium on Economic Structural Transformation (GReCEST) was launched in the headquarters of the United Nations in New York.
On May 18 2016	a Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Cooperation was signed with the United Nations Development Programme.
On May 21 2016	Forum on Transformation and Upgrading of Enterprises and Provincial/Municipal/County Governments from the Perspective of New Structural Economics was officially launched.
From June 14 to 16 2016	an agreement on strategic cooperation was reached with the Republic of Benin.
In August 2016	an agreement on strategic cooperation was reached with the Jilin Provincial Development and Reform Commission.
On September 12 2016	the New Structural Economics Seminar was launched and the first session was held.
On October 27 2016	a strategic cooperation agreement was signed with the Zhongshan Municipal People’s Government.
On November 29 2016	a Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the Institute of Social Science Survey (ISSS) of Peking University.
On December 13 and 14 2016	the launching conference for the Global Research Consortium on Economic Structural Transformation (GReCEST) was held.
On December 26 2016	a Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the Ethiopian Development Research Institute.

In July 2015	the 2nd International Summer School on New Structural Economics（NSE）was successfully held.
On December 15 2015	the Center for New Structural Economics at Peking University was officially established.
On December 14 and 15 2015	the 2nd International Conference on New Structural Economics was successfully held.
On December 16 2015	the first New Structural Economics Symposium (Winter Camp) was successfully held.
In mid-December 2015	the first Special Foundation for New Structural Economics was established and awarded.