Date: March 31, 2023 

Source: Institute for Economic and Social Research 

Author: XU Mengyao

Translators: WEN Chongyu, ZHU Huilian

JNU's Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR) held the opening ceremony and the first lecture of the second New Liberal Arts and Economics Top Talent Program on March 27. Participants were 27 students from the College of Economics and IESR who had passed a written test and interviews.

(Scene of the opening ceremony)

Based on the high-level faculty team and specialized training platform of JNU's economics discipline, the Top Talents Program advocates a student-centered, talent-based approach to cultivating undergraduate research talents.

At the ceremony, IESR Dean Feng Shuaizhang shared his opinions on the purposes, proper attitudes and methods of scientific research on economics. He emphasized the importance of a pure purpose and a truth-seeking spirit in the process of academic research; pointed out that honesty is researchers' most valuable asset; and summarized three major approaches to academic research on economics: diligence, critical thinking, and interdisciplinary thinking.

 The selected students came from all the undergraduate majors offered by the College of Economics and IESR: economics, finance, international economics and trade, public finance, taxation, and economic statistics.