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