On December 21, 2019, the Third Plenary Session of the National Advisory Committee on Teaching Finance to Majors in Higher Education under the Ministry of Education (2018-2022) was held in Nanhu Campus of our university, which was jointly undertaken by the Academic Affairs Department and the School of Finance and Taxation.
The opening ceremony of the session was presided over by Zou Jinwen, Vice President of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. Yang Canming, vice-chairman of the National Advisory Committee and president of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, first delivered a speech. He warmly welcomed the delegates, then introduced the history, development and major features of the finance discipline in our university. The speech showed our resolution to, with the support of the National Advisory Committee and its Sub-Committee, work hard on improving the school-running level and the talent training quality of finance majors, to contribute to the reform and development of financial education of higher education in the new era. Some reasonable suggestions were also put forward for intercollegiate cooperation in the discipline construction of finance.
The next speaker was Researcher Zhu Beibei of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. She briefly introduced the recent key work of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, fully affirmed the achievements of the National Advisory Committee on Teaching Finance to Majors in Higher Education, and thanked all members for their contributions and efforts in the past year; It was pointed out that the working focus of the next year would be shifted from task implementation to efficiency improvement, the concept of "undergraduate-education as orientation and four returns" would be continuously and unswervingly implemented, and new development of undergraduate education in the new era would be built hopefully.
The second part of the session was a work discussion, consisting of three parts: the 2019 work summary, exchanges, and the 2020 work plan. This part was presided over by Wang Qiao, Party Secretary of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics. As the first speech-giver, Ma Xiao, representative of the special research group and vice chairman of the National Advisory Committee, illustrated that the work focus of each group should make sure the ideology of foreign new liberal arts guiding the construction of financial majors; Secondly, Wang Qiao, representative of the teacher training group and vice chairman of the National Advisory Committee, made a summary; By listing the holding of teacher training activities in various places, he pointed out that the quality of training this year had been improved as the training coverage had been further ensured; Liu Xiaobing, representative of the major construction group and vice-chairman of the National Advisory Committee, and Yang Canming, representative of the curriculum construction group and vice-chairman of the National Advisory Committee, summarized their recent work respectively. Based on the summary, Yang Canming proposed five tasks for 2020. In the second part of this session, representatives of Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics and the University of International Business and Economics delivered speeches.
Fan Liming, chairman of the National Advisory Committee and President of Shandong University, reported on the 2020 work plan of the National Advisory Committee on Teaching Finance to Majors in Higher Education. President Fan pointed out that in 2020, under the guidance of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, the National Advisory Committee on Teaching Finance to Majors in Higher Education would continue to carry out various tasks solidly and efficiently, with a focus on the following aspects: Organize a series of professional expert training; Pay attention to the development of front-line teachers; Adhere to the principles of active communication and collaborative innovation; And strengthen intercollegiate exchanges and professional integration. It was emphasized that we should turn the National Advisory Committee into an EMU. Only by turning the committee into an EMU can "China Rejuvenation" be finally built, gathering collective wisdom and strength.
The third part of the morning session was group discussions. All participates were divided into four sub-venues: special research group, teacher training group, major construction group and curriculum construction group.
In the first sub-venue, Li Junsheng, vice-chairman of the special research group and the National Advisory Committee, summarized the work in 2019 and pointed out that the work plan in 2020 should focus on the dominant ideas of foreign countries and new liberal arts, to develop and improve the financial education. Ma Xiao, Vice-chairman of the National Advisory Committee, proposed to study the foreign finance education and the orientation and characteristics of discipline construction in the new era, highlighting the consideration of group research. Based on case analysis, Ma Xiao put forward some suggestions on the structure of teaching staff, the scope of finance education, the goal of talent training, and the development of financial education under the structure of new technology and new industry situation. He also emphasized that the investigation should be based on the thinking and practice of new liberal arts. In the second sub-venue, the teacher training group first reflected on the training theme, teaching methods, teaching staff management and training expenses of the summer teacher training program in July, and briefly introduced the financial seminar in 2020 and the training plan of Chinese history of public finance. At last, committee member Tian Shuying made a speech on the training effect, putting forward some proposals, such as finding the correct orientation for training and combining training content with scientific research. In the third sub-venue, the major construction venue, Liu Xiaobing, vice-chairman of the National Advisory Committee, spoke first, stating that the discussion contents mainly focused on three tasks: the recommend list of construction groups in 2020, the analysis report of major constructions, and the appraisal of newly established majors. All the teachers spoke freely and discussed together. In the end, it was decided that Liu Xiaobing, vice-chairman of the National Advisory Committee, would take the lead in setting the standards for first-class majors, while Committee member Pei Yu would take the lead in writing the analysis report. In the sub-venue of the curriculum construction, Yang Canming, vice-chairman of the National Advisory Committee, spoke first. He reviewed multiple aspects such as the overall requirements, objectives, basic principles, organization and management, and laid stress on several key points such as cultivating morality and people, promoting curriculum reform and innovation, and adhering to classification construction; Based on the work objectives, member Yu Haifeng proposed to launch new textbooks for finance courses, combining online-offline and experiment-practice manner to carry out curriculum construction, starting with the elements of curriculum construction, such as teachers and training programs; Member Dong Yunzhan pointed out that curriculum classification should highlight the core content; Member Lin Jiang wrapped up the work of this venue, which not only affirmed the work of the group in 2019, but also put forward the idea of whether to carry out a textbook reform in a patch-up way, meaning to start from simple and easy tasks such as compiling teaching materials, and then gradually advance to the superstructure; Committee member Li Linmu proposed that the current curriculum system should be clarified before construction; Committee member Sun Shiqiang put forward an idea that promoting the construction of "quality courses" was to improve the quality of courses. Therefore, content should be given priority. We should work in cooperation with a due division of labor nationwide, and conduct preliminary research and discussion with reference to the construction of first-class disciplines at home and abroad. Liu Qiongzhi, a member of the Committee, put forward some additional suggestions, for example, collecting the cultivation schemes and curriculum schedules of finance majors in China, and discussing them on the 2020 session in order to compile the history of finance and taxation theory in China.
The afternoon session was an exchange and discussion part, which was presided over by Shi Shaobin, Secretary-General of the National Advisory Committee. The first was the summary report of the group discussion in the morning; Vice-chairman of the Committee Liu Xiaobing of the construction group summarized the standards for first-class major construction; Vice-chairman Yang Canming of the curriculum construction group reported the suggestions of the members on the construction of quality courses and the compilation of professional teaching materials in combination with the new liberal arts. He also mentioned the 2020 plan to conduct a questionnaire survey and hold a course exchange program, which will be undertaken by Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. The determination of the members to actively participate in the activities of the National Advisory Committee was shown; Vice-chairman Ma Xiao of the special research group concluded that it was necessary to focus on the new liberal arts background, carry out financial investigation and research (literature and case analysis) and to implement the project responsibility system.
The rest was the special work report. Ma Xiao, Vice-chairman of the National Advisory Committee, made a report on the questionnaire analysis of the construction and development of finance majors. From the background of the new situation, he put forward three issues: how to understand the issue of administrative power, how to understand our government's embarrassing situation of "limited income with unlimited responsibilities", and how to view the impact of big data and AI on financial management. His speech profoundly pointed out the main difficulties in the development of finance in our country. Yu Haifeng, Vice-chairman of the Committee, shared the construction and development of finance major in Guangdong University of Finance and Economics and briefly introduced the history and teaching experience of his university. Member Pei Yu put forward the idea of dislocation development and set up the finance major concept with the characteristics of Nanjing Audit University. Yang Canming, Vice-chairman of the National Advisory Committee, took the curriculum construction of finance major in Zhongnan University of Economics and Law as the content and put proposed the goal-driven curriculum construction system, curriculum integration construction of finance, and quality assurance system of finance curriculum. His analysis report focused on four main viewpoints: restraint mechanism, supervision mechanism, incentive mechanism, feedback mechanism of first-class undergraduate course construction.
In the free speech part, all members actively offered their opinions and suggestions. Members Lin Jiang, Ni Zhiliang, Cui Huiyu, Shen Zhaozhang, Yang Guangyan, Lian Guiping, Yang Zhi'an and Song Liying all put forward their valuable opinions. The opinions contained not only the summary on the limitation of last year's work, but also practical insights and suggestions on the working methods and future work of the Committee, which reflected the serious and responsible attitude of the Committee members and the ardent hope for the development of higher education. Thus far, the Third Plenary Session of the National Advisory Committee on Teaching Finance to Majors in Higher Education under the Ministry of Education (2018-2022) was successfully concluded.
