To further implement the spirit of the National Textbook Work Conference and the First National Textbook Construction Award Commendation Conference, and to strengthen the construction of high-quality textbooks, the review seminar of Public Finance in China textbooks co-hosted by School of Public Finance and Taxation and IIDPF was successfully held in the morning of 17th July 2023 in 119 Wenqin Building. Over 10 experts and scholars from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law and other universities attended the meeting, and discussed the further modification of the Public Finance in China textbook at the stage of submission for review.
Experts and scholars attending the seminar included Prof Yang Canming, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of ZUEL, Prof Ma Xiao, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Prof Zhou Keqi, former Secretary of the Party Committee and former President of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Prof Wang Qiao, former President of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Prof Wu Zongfu of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Prof Zhang Kecong, Dean of the School of Public Finance and Taxation, as well as all the editorial team of Public Finance in China.
At the beginning of the meeting, Professor Zhang Kezhong, Dean of School of Public Finance and Taxation and Deputy Director of IIDPF, expressed his warm welcome and heartfelt thanks to all the experts and scholars, and conveyed the profound significance and purpose of the seminar. In the following, the experts and scholars comprehensively read and discussed the positioning of the textbook of Public Finance in China, the logic of the systematic framework and the rigour of the textbook's content, and put forward valuable suggestions for guidance. Experts expressed the need for teaching materials to further reflect Chinese characteristics and world standards; to interpret Chinese practices with Chinese theories, and to fully present the Chinese story in the teaching materials through the rationalisation of teaching materials; in addition, a series of associated visual and audible contents of modern teaching tools, including digital value-added services such as courseware and CD-ROMs, should be further updated.
In conclusion, Prof Yang Canming, the chief expert, thanked all the experts and scholars for their valuable reading suggestions, expressed his gratitude to the team of Public Finance in China textbook writers for their dedication, and congratulated the team for the achievements they have made so far. President Yang stated that the drafting and reviewing of the Public Finance in China textbook will help to provide a talent reserve and guarantee for the modernisation of the governance system to enhance the national governance capacity. The editorial board will accept the opinions of the experts, continue to polish and improve the textbook, further study and implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and the spirit of the recently held Central Economic Work Conference to improve the content of the textbook, raise the academic standard of the textbook, and strive for its early publication in order to lay a solid theoretical foundation for the construction of the textbook system of finance in China, and live up to the expectations of the State Teaching Material Committee, the Ministry of Education, the experts and scholars, and the readers.