In recent years, the School has adhered to the philosophy of opening-up education and strengthened exchanges and cooperation with domestic and international universities and research institutions. It signed an agreement with Central University of Finance and Economics on joint training bases for postgraduates, strategic cooperation agreements with Taiyuan Central Sub-branch of People’s Bank of China etc. and memorandums of cooperation with 3 organizations, including Shanxi Provincial Supervision Bureau of China Securities Regulatory Commission, Shanghai Stock Exchange. The School of Finance also made school-enterprise cooperation agreements with the Taiyuan Finance and Asset Management Company Limited etc., and county-school cooperation agreements with the Qixian County Party Committee and the county government. In 2021, it was awarded the honorary title of “Outstanding Group of Industry-Education Integration in Shanxi Province” by Shanxi Professors’ Association. In 2022, Shanxi Modern Finance Industry-Education Integration Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance, built with governments, financial industries and enterprises, was listed as “the First Batch of Pilot Construction in Shanxi Province” by the Provincial Development and Reform Commission.

The School of Finance co-organized the national academic conference, “the 7th (2020) China Financial Management Annual Conference” both online and offline with the Shanxi Society of Finance, assisted the Discipline of Applied Economics organizing the “2020 Summer School for Postgraduate Students of Applied Economics in Shanxi Province”, and held the “Forum on the Development of Postgraduate Education in Finance” with Sanli Futures Brokerage Co. Ltd. It also co-organized “the 12th ‘China Financial Education Forum’ and ‘Fintech Core Course Workshop for Backbone Teacher’” and the “2021 Finance Professional Teaching Experience Exchange in Higher Education Institutions and Presentation of Outstanding Teaching Papers of China Financial Education Forum” with the Secretariat of China Financial Education Forum, First-class Courses Alliance for Financial Education of Chinese Universities (FCCAFE), and the School of Finance at Central University of Finance and Economics.

“The 11th China Annual Conference in Regional Finance” was held with the Council of China Regional Finance Annual Conference and other groups, receiving high attention from many mainstream medias, such as Xinhuant in Finance and Economics Column, whose single report was viewed 317,000 times. The School has maintained long-term and stable academic exchanges with the Institute of Finance and Banking of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Renmin University of China, Central University of Finance and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Nankai University, Xiamen University, and other famous domestic universities. Teachers have participated in various academic activities over 300 times and the School invited experts to give lectures for more than 160 times.

The School further promoted articulation agreements with Deakin University of Australia on the “3+1” dual degree program for undergraduates, and 10 students participated in the intercollegiate exchange program with the University of Silesia in the Czech Republic. A program of Shanxi Province government-sponsored study abroad for students was established and 5 new international students were enrolled. A number of foreign scholars were invited to the School for academic exchanges. “The International Conference on Financial Regulation and Financial Stability” was held for four consecutive years, and scholars from more than 60 higher education Institutions, including the University of London, the London Business School, the University of Edinburgh, the FOM University of Applied Sciences, Zhejiang University, the University of Macau, Nanjing University, Xiamen University, Southeast University, Shandong University, Hunan University, Tianjin University, Sun Yat-sen University, Central University of Finance and Economics, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing Normal University and etc., gathered to discuss the cutting-edge issues in the field of financial security and risk prevention.