On the morning of January 19, 2026, the 2025 Annual Work Summary Conference of the Center for International Cooperation and Disciplinary Innovation of Income Distribution and Public Finance (111 Center) was successfully held in Conference Room 119 of Wenqin Building. The conference was chaired by Associate Professor Liu Erpeng, Deputy Director of the 111 Center. Professor Yang Canming, Director of the 111 Center; Professor Lu Yuanping, Executive Director; Professor Zhao Ying, Deputy Director; and over ten researchers at the 111 Center attended the conference.
At the outset of the conference, Professor Lu Yuanping, Executive Director of the 111 Center, delivered an opening address. He fully affirmed the 111 Center's achievements in 2025, extended sincere gratitude to all personnel for their dedicated efforts in the 111 Center's development, and expressed earnest expectations for the 111 Center's future progress.
Subsequently, Professor Zhao Ying, Deputy Director of the 111 Center, delivered the 2025 annual work summary report. The report comprehensively reviewed the 111 Center's outstanding achievements across six key areas: talent development, academic research, team building, discipline development, social services, and exchanges and cooperation. It also objectively analyzed both highlights and weaknesses in the development process, thereby clarifying the direction for future optimization efforts.
During the work outlook segment, Associate Professor Liu Erpeng elaborated on the key tasks for the next phase in alignment with the 111 Center's development plan. The core aspects include clarifying guiding principles and annual development positioning, advancing the implementation of research innovation and organized research, enhancing high-end think tank development, elevating social service quality, strengthening team building, and upgrading talent cultivation. These chart a clear path for the 111 Center's high-quality development.
All attendees engaged in a lively discussion on the 111 Center's progress during the next construction cycle, actively offering suggestions and insights. Numerous constructive opinions injected new ideas and vitality into the 111 Center's development.
At the conclusion of the conference, Professor Yang Canming, former President of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law and Director of the 111 Center, delivered the closing remarks. He highly commended the 111 Center's achievements in 2025, expressed sincere gratitude for the team members' valuable suggestions, and emphasized the need to focus on core tasks and consolidate development efforts to drive further breakthroughs in disciplinary innovation, talent cultivation, and social services.
Regarding academic research, Professor Yang Canming proposed an important perspective: First, the core of learning lies in the deep integration of "soft knowledge" and "hard knowledge." It is necessary to solidly build a foundation of hard knowledge while making innovative breakthroughs in soft knowledge through deep thinking and secondary processing. Second, interdisciplinary work cannot rely solely on external collaboration; it requires actively reading widely and embracing diverse perspectives to spark innovation through the exchange of ideas. Third, it is crucial to steadfastly uphold the principle that "practice yields true knowledge," emphasizing field experiments in research and resolutely rejecting utopianism.
Regarding the development of the 111 Center, he outlined three key directions: First, it is essential to advance "internationalization" by actively introducing high-quality foreign resources to empower growth. Second, there is a need to deepen "intelligent" transformation by emphasizing the integration of AI technology and discipline research. Third, efforts should be made to build "distinctive" strengths to avoid homogenization and establish differentiated core competitiveness.
This work summary conference comprehensively reviewed the achievements of the 111 Center in 2025 and systematically planned the key tasks and strategic directions for the next phase. It has not only fostered consensus and galvanized enthusiasm but also laid a solid foundation for the 111 Center to advance toward high-quality development at a higher level. Looking ahead, the 111 Center will adhere to its academic core of "integrating soft and hard knowledge, fostering interdisciplinary innovation, and pursuing practice-oriented research." Guided by the development path of "internationalization, intelligent transformation, and specialization," it will continuously enhance its research innovation capabilities, talent cultivation quality, and social service standards. The 111 Center strives to become a high-level disciplinary innovation platform with a global vision and Chinese characteristics.