Today, more than 40 years after China's reform and opening - up, globalization is facing structural adjustments. International finance, international trade, and international business have all entered a new stage of development. China is facing unprecedented opportunities and challenges. Reconstructing the international trade system, reforming the international financial system, and improving the global governance mechanism are important missions in the new era, and the road ahead is long and arduous.
The Center for International Finance and Economics Research (hereinafter referred to as CIFER) of PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University, was established in2017November. Relying on the PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University, it focuses on the research of international finance, international trade, and global governance issues. It takes"Gather outstanding talents, take root in China, and serve the world; build a new world with ideas" as its mission, and is committed to becoming a research and exchange platform for the most outstanding international economic scholars in China and the world, promoting the development and application of international economic theories; and producing research results that serve the national strategy and promote global development.
CIFERpays attention to China's economic phenomena, focuses on major theoretical and policy issues in the field of international finance and economics, gives full play to Tsinghua University's advantages in theoretical research, international exchanges, and policy communication, and actively builds an international platform that serves the national strategy and promotes global development, playing a more important role in international finance and economic research. At present, the center has the top - notch international economics research team in China, conducting research in all major branches of international economics. The research directions include international trade disputes and the reconstruction of global governance, industrial structure adjustment and industrial policies, dynamic structural analysis and new economic geography, the new international monetary system, exchange rates and capital flows, local government financing, asset pricing, epidemic prevention and control, and economic development, etc.
Center for Green Finance Research(CGFR) of Tsinghua University was officially established at the end of 2018. It is the earliest-established green finance research platform in China with the closest international cooperation and world-class standards.
The center is committed to academic and policy research, tool innovation, the combination of industry and research, and international cooperation in the fields of green finance and sustainable finance. With the full implementation of the country's 30 - 60 “dual carbon” development strategy, the center will spare no effort to serve the national strategy and global development. It will conduct research in key areas such as the realization mechanism and path of carbon neutrality, environmental and climate risk analysis, the development of green and sustainable finance standards, green finance infrastructure, technology - enabled carbon neutrality, transition finance, green finance product innovation,ESGinvestment research, and the relationship between biodiversity and financial stability, and support the policy - making and strategic planning of relevant national ministries and commissions, financial regulators, and leading financial institutions.
In recent years, the center has produced a number of important research results in many key areas of green finance: The climate transition and physical risk model developed by the center is a fundamental analytical framework in the field of climate risk analysis and is in the leading position in China; Combining the policy orientation of financial authorities and the needs of the investment and financing market, the center studies the construction mechanism of the sustainable finance market, actively conducts innovation and standardization work on sustainable/green finance products in cooperation with financial institutions, forms a financial service system to promote the green and low - carbon development and transformation of key industries, and pioneered the research model of country - specific cases of “Belt and Road” green finance; In theESGinvestment field, the center has developed a methodological framework for evaluating the ESG performance of listed companies and small, medium and micro - enterprisesESGevaluation, and carried out the application of these methods in bank credit risk management, supply chain management and industrial chain greening, and the development of green finance supported by financial technology; In terms of international cooperation, the center focuses on the analysis of the green investment needs of the “Belt and Road” and the analysis of investment opportunities and risks of the “Belt and Road”, and supports the relevant work of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), the International Platform on Sustainable Finance (IPSF), the Task Force on Climate - related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance Research Center for Cross - border Digital Capital (Research Center for International Digital Capital, IDC) was established in May 2019. Relying on the profound foundation of Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance in academic research, policy communication, international exchange, and talent cultivation, and combined with the support of insightful people in society, with cross - border digital capital as the core research direction, it builds a comprehensive platform for information exchange, view sharing, and result display for excellent scholars and well - known policy experts around the world. It is committed to becoming a world - class academic and policy research institution, promoting the theoretical development and technological application in the field of cross - border digital capital. "Build a new world with ideas."
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