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.