w88 casino News Network (provided by the w88 casino of Finance)3At 18:30 on the evening of March 28, the opening ceremony of the 18th Financial Culture Festival and Professor Xu Xianchun’s special lecture kicked off in the International Lecture Hall on the third floor of the Chengxin Building. The event invited Xu Xianchun, research director of the China Economic Data Center of Tsinghua University and former deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics, to give a special lecture on "Several Characteristics of China's Economic Operation in 2018 and Outlook for 2019."
Wu Weixing, dean of the Graduate w88 casino of the w88 casino, Zou Yasheng, dean of the w88 casino of Finance, Qi Tianxiang, secretary of the Party Committee of the w88 casino of Finance, Liu Lixin, dean of the w88 casino of Statistics, Fan Yanhui, deputy dean of the w88 casino of Finance, Wang Chunlei, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the w88 casino of Finance, Wang Maobin, director of the Investment Department of the w88 casino of Finance, Su Qin, professor of the Department of Finance of the w88 casino of Finance, counselors of all grades in the w88 casino of Finance, and representatives of previous student unions of the w88 casino of Finance attended this event. The lecture attracted many finance students and the atmosphere was warm.
At the beginning of the event, the teachers and students present reviewed the growth process of the Financial Culture Festival through a short and wonderful opening video. Later, Zou Yasheng delivered an opening speech. After briefly introducing the development history of the Financial Culture Festival, Zou Yasheng affirmed the important role of the Financial Culture Festival in cultivating "new era financial people with global vision, staying at the forefront of the times, and all-round development", and encouraged students to use the platform of the Financial Culture Festival to "feel the economic pulse of the times, understand the power and responsibility of finance, strive to shape their skills, and become international, compound, and new era financial talents."
Representatives of past students of the w88 casino of Finance sent their blessings and expectations for the Financial Culture Festival via video. Zhang Xiao, a 2008 alumnus who was the vice-president of the Student Union of the w88 casino of Finance during her university years, has participated in the planning of many financial culture festivals. She shared her experience and gains in organizing the financial culture festival and wished that the financial culture festival would live up to her long-term promise and create greater glory.
Immediately, the staff presented a calligraphy scroll with the theme of this year's Financial Culture Festival - "Good times are waiting, good times are ahead". Xu Xianchun and Qi Tianxiang stamped the financial badge on the scroll together. The leading guests came to the stage together, signed, inscribed and took photos on the scroll.
After the ceremony, Xu Xianchun gave teachers and students a wonderful lecture on the theme of "Several Characteristics of China's Economic Operation in 2018 and Outlook for 2019". Xu Xianchun conducted an in-depth analysis of the characteristics of my country's economic operation in 2018 from seven perspectives: production, demand, income, price, structure, new driving forces, and supply-side structural reform, and presented the characteristics of economic operation in an easy-to-understand manner through representative data. He said that in 2018, China's economy developed steadily at a gradually declining growth rate, but amid the smooth operation of the overall economy, fluctuations in sub-sectors should not be underestimated. Immediately afterwards, Xu Xianchun analyzed the economic situation and national policies based on the content of the 2019 Government Work Report, and gave his own predictions and prospects for economic development in 2019.
After the lecture there will be a Q&A session. The atmosphere was warm, and Xu Xianchun answered enthusiastic questions from teachers and students present. After the question-and-answer session, Xu Xianchun sent a "Message to Youth" and expressed his best wishes to finance students. He hopes that students will take the Financial Culture Festival as an opportunity to stimulate professional interests, cultivate the spirit of financial innovation, establish lofty ideals, enrich themselves, and become pillars of national development.
Through the lectures, students gained a deeper understanding of the current macroeconomic situation and economic policies, and gained a good opportunity to integrate textbook knowledge with real life. Some students said they learned to read and understand government work reports.
The Financial Culture Festival is an annual academic feast of the University of International w88 and Economics. This event kicked off the 18th Financial Culture Festival and inspired students’ enthusiasm for participation. This Financial Culture Festival will last until early May and is expected to hold nearly 20 activities in total, including academic lectures, alumni forums, industry experience sharing, career planning guidance, financial painting festival, department cup sports competitions, etc., striving to lay a solid foundation for improving students' comprehensive quality and cultivating financial talents in the new era.
