Hebei University of Economics and Business

Hebei University of Economics and Business is a key university in Hebei Province. It is a multi-disciplinary finance university mainly focusing on economics, management and law, and also covering literature, science, engineering and art. The university was formed by the merger of Hebei Institute of Finance and Economics, Hebei Institute of Economics and Trade, and Hebei College of Commerce. It has a history of more than 60 years. The school is located on the banks of the Hutuo River, in the waterfront landscape belt of the western ecological zone of Shijiazhuang City, covering an area of more than 2,950 mu, with a green coverage rate of over 40%, and is known as a "garden-like" campus. The school operates in three campuses: North, south and West. The main campus is located in the north Campus, which mainly offers undergraduate, postgraduate and international student education, while the south and west campuses are independent colleges - the School of Economics and Management. The school operates under a two-level management system, with 15 undergraduate colleges, 4 teaching departments (centers), as well as the Graduate School, the School of Marxism, the School of Continuing Education, the School of Economics and Management (independent college), the School of International Education, and the Central and Eastern European International Business Research Institute. The school has 46 physical and non-physical research institutions, including the Institute of Economics, the Collaborative Innovation Center for Social Management, Morality and Rule of Law, the Collaborative Innovation Center for Integrated Development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Research Center for Moral Culture and Social Development, the Institute of Regional Green and Low-Carbon Development, and the Xiongan Development Institute.

It has effectively promoted the sound and rapid development of all undertakings of the school, and the school's capacity, level and social recognition and reputation have been continuously enhanced. The Party Committee of the school was awarded the title of "National Advanced Grassroots Party Organization in the Campaign for Excellence" by the Organization Department of the Central Committee. The school was rated as "excellent" in the Ministry of Education's evaluation of undergraduate teaching work, and was honored with titles such as "National May Day Labor Award", "National Advanced Unit of Factory Affairs Disclosure and Democratic Management", "50 Typical Experience Universities for Graduate Employment in China", and "Advanced Grassroots Party Organization in Hebei Province".

The school has 1,964 staff members, including 1,110 full-time teachers. Among the teachers, 614 have senior professional titles and 407 have doctoral degrees or are pursuing doctoral degrees, accounting for 36.7% of the full-time teachers. Among the teachers, 137 are recipients of the Special government Allowance of The State Council, selected for the Ministry of Education's "New Century Excellent Talent Support Program", provincial-level outstanding experts, middle-aged and young experts with outstanding contributions, and provincial-level outstanding young experts in social sciences.

The school has 10 provincial key disciplines and 1 provincial key development discipline, among which "Industrial Economics" is an outstanding key discipline of Hebei Province; 9 first-level disciplines authorized to confer master's degrees; 55 master's degree authorization points, 12 master's professional degree authorization points; 60 undergraduate programs. In Hebei Province's "Double First-Class" initiative, the university is included in the second-level construction sequence of first-class universities, and three first-level disciplines, namely Applied economics, law, and Marxist Theory, are included in the national First-Class discipline construction project. The university recruits students from 24 provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions), and currently has more than 31,600 full-time undergraduate students, postgraduate students, international students (including 10,160 students from independent colleges), and more than 29,600 continuing education students. The school's enrollment and employment situation is good, with both enrollment and employment rates ranking among the top in the province.

The school adheres to the path of internal development, insists on moral education, firmly establishes the central position of teaching, vigorously promotes educational and teaching reform, strives to improve teaching quality, and has achieved fruitful educational and teaching results. The school has fully implemented the credit system, established flexible 3-6 year academic system, double degree system, honors degree system and major and minor system, integrated innovation and entrepreneurship education into the talent cultivation system, integrated science and education, combined industry and education, created a new talent cultivation mechanism of "school-enterprise cooperation and collaborative establishment", and focused on cultivating high-quality applied talents with a sense of social responsibility, innovative spirit and practical ability. The reform of postgraduate education has continued to deepen, with the establishment of a classified training model for professional and academic master's students and the implementation of the "innovation credit" and "professional qualification certificate replacement credit" system. Substantial results have been achieved in the reform of postgraduate enrollment, training, awarding and assistance, and the evaluation and appointment of supervisors. The innovation and professional capabilities of postgraduate students have been continuously enhanced, and the quality of postgraduate education has been improved year by year.

The university has established more than 30 national-level teaching reform and teaching quality projects, including national-level experimental teaching demonstration centers, national-level virtual simulation experimental teaching centers, national-level characteristic professional construction points, national-level teaching teams, national-level excellent video open courses, and national-level bilingual teaching demonstration course construction projects, as well as more than 130 provincial-level teaching reform and teaching quality projects. In recent years, it has won two second prizes of the National Teaching Achievement Award and more than 30 provincial teaching achievement awards. The "National - Provincial - university" college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training program project and college students' science and technology competition support system have been established. Students have achieved excellent results in national competitions such as the "Internet Plus" college Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition and the "Challenge Cup" competition, and the number of awards has ranked among the top in the province.

Over the past five years, the university has undertaken 58 projects funded by the National Social Science Foundation, the National Natural Science Foundation and the Ministry of Education, as well as more than 1,500 other types of projects, with research funds reaching 88 million yuan. The number, quality and level of research projects have steadily increased year by year. The school has taken the initiative to contribute to local economic development through scientific research and innovation. Focusing on major issues related to the integration of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the economic and social development of Hebei Province, it has actively carried out investigations and research, provided decision-making consultation and technical services for Party and government organs, enterprises and institutions, and promoted the transformation of scientific research achievements. 68 achievements received instructions from national leaders such as Yu Zhengsheng and Zhang Gaoli, as well as the main leaders of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, the provincial government and other provincial and ministerial-level leaders.

The school attaches great importance to international exchanges and cooperation and maintains long-term cooperative and exchange relations with higher education institutions and other educational institutions in more than 40 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia and South Korea. The Sino-foreign cooperative education program has been progressing smoothly. Since 2013, the school has successively offered human resource management and marketing programs in cooperation with Concordia University Chicago in the United States. The enrollment of the two cooperative education programs has been good, and the graduates have been recognized by the United States and society. The school has achieved remarkable results in spreading Chinese culture and promoting the Chinese language. Currently, it has jointly established two "Confucius Institutes" with Kathmandu University and the University of Zambia. Among them, the Confucius Institute in Zambia has been awarded the titles of "Advanced Confucius Institute" and "Global Model Confucius Institute". The university is one of the institutions responsible for the training of Chinese government scholarship students and the training of Confucius Institute scholarships. There are nearly 200 international students from over 40 countries at our university. The Central and Eastern European International Business Institute provides strong intellectual support for serving the country's Belt and Road Initiative and promoting exchanges with Central and Eastern European countries.