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.