I. Cultivation Objectives and Characteristics

In order to adapt to the growing demand of the society for complex talents with "thick foundation, wide caliber and high quality", China Center for Economic Research of Peking University (CERC) has set up a dual-degree program and a minor program of Economics for the undergraduate students of Peking University who are not majoring in Economics since 1996. Since 1996, China Center for Economic Research at Peking University (CERC) has established the Economics Dual Degree and Economics Minor Programs for non-economics majors. Since the launch of the program, it has been renowned both inside and outside the university for its scientific curriculum, first-rate faculty, and standardized teaching content, and has cultivated a group of economics talents with a broad knowledge background for the society. As of 2003, six classes of students have graduated, ****1846 students, who come from various faculties except the School of Economics and Guanghua School of Management. Currently there are more than 1,850 students enrolled in the dual-degree program. The program not only adds new professional choices for students, but also provides more opportunities for their employment. With the approval of the Academic Affairs Department of Peking University, CERC began to recruit undergraduate students and undergraduate graduates from outside the university to study the Peking University Economics Dual Degree with Peking University on-campus students since the fall of 2003. After a rigorous examination and review, the first batch of 50 off-campus dual-degree students were admitted.

II. Teaching Program and Academic Activities

Curriculum:

a) Compulsory Courses:

Calculus, Linear Algebra, Probability Statistics, Principles of Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Special Topics on China's Economy

b) Elective Courses:

International Trade, International Finance, Public* **Finance, Money and Banking, Industrial Organization, Information Economics, New Institutional Economics, Development Economics, Labor Economics, Regional Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Health Economics, Agricultural Economics, Financial Economics, Game Theory, Accounting, Corporate Finance, Financial Markets and Institutions, etc.

Academic exchanges: Dual-degree students can participate in the Various seminars and lectures, including lectures by world-class masters (e.g. Nobel Prize winners in economics), enable dual-degree students to learn the world's most cutting-edge academic thinking in a more timely manner.

l Summer Camp: The Center holds a summer camp for outstanding Chinese economics students every year, which is open to both double-degree students and outstanding economics students from all over China. The summer camp provides an opportunity for students to communicate and learn from each other. The Center selects the best students to continue their graduate studies in the Center for Economics without examination.

l Scholarships: The Center has set up several scholarship programs (Mundell International Economics Thesis Award, China Economic Research Scholarship, Zhong Guoguang Social Service Scholarship, and Caijing Magazine Scholarship) to encourage Peking University economics students to study hard and enhance their interest and ability to research on China's economic issues.

Third, the faculty of "Learning from China and the West"

(in alphabetical order of last name)

Paolo Lanzhi, B.A., Department of History, National Taiwan University (1989); M.A., Graduate Institute of Architecture and Urban and Rural Studies, National Taiwan University (1992); Ph.D., Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley (2001). 2001).

Main research and teaching areas: regional economic development, economic geography, urban and regional development in China.

Ping Chen, Professor of Economics. B.S. in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (1968), Ph.D. in Physics, University of Texas (Austin) (1987).

Main research and teaching areas: financial engineering, macroeconomics.

Hai Wen Professor of Economics. B.A. in Economics from Peking University (1982), Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California (Davis) (1991).

Main research and teaching areas: international economics, development economics.

Da-Yuan Hu Professor of Economics. B.A. in Economics, Renmin University of China (1983), M.A. in Agriculture, Hebei Agricultural University (1988), Ph.D. in Applied Economics, University of Kentucky (1995).

Main research and teaching areas: environmental and resource economics, regional economics, applied econometrics.

Li Ling Professor of Economics, Terminal Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Towson University, USA. B.S. in Physics, Wuhan University (1982), M.S. in Economics, University of Pittsburgh (1990), Ph.D. in Economics, University of Pittsburgh (1994).

Major teaching and research areas: health economics, health management, gerontology, economic growth theory.

Justin Yifu Lin Professor of Economics. M.B.A., National Chengchi University, Taiwan (1978); M.A., Peking University, Beijing, China (1982); Ph.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A. (1986).

Main research and teaching areas: agricultural economics, development economics, and China's economic reform.

Lu Feng Professor of Economics. B.A. in Law, Renmin University of China (1982); M.A. in Economics, Renmin University of China (1985); Ph.D. in Economics, University of Leeds, UK (1994).

Main research and teaching areas: agricultural economics, Chinese economic history.

Ping Xinqiao Professor of Economics. B.A. in Political Education, East China Normal University (1973), M.A. in Economics, Peking University (1985), Ph.D. in Economics, Cornell University (1998).

Main research and teaching fields: microeconomics, industrial organization theory, finance.

Minggao Shen

B.S. in Agricultural Economics, Nanjing Agricultural University (1985), M.S. in Rural Development Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (1988), M.S. in International Development Policy, Stanford University (1995), Ph.D. in Economics, Stanford University (2001).

Main research and teaching areas: corporate finance, development economics, comparative institutional analysis, China's transition economy.

Shen Yan B.A., Department of International Economics, Peking University (1997), Ph.D., Department of Economics, University of Southern California (2003).

Main research and teaching areas: econometrics, macroeconomics, plate data analysis.

Shi Jianhuai Associate Professor of Economics. B.S. in Mathematics from Nanjing University (1982), M.S. in Economics from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (1987), Ph.D. in Economics from Osaka University, Japan (1999).

Major research and teaching areas: macroeconomics, international finance, monetary banking.

Song Guoqing Professor of Economics. B.S. in Geology from Peking University (1982), Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at the University of Chicago (1991-1995).

Main research and teaching areas: macroeconomics, financial economics.

Wang Dingding Professor of Economics. B.A., Beijing Normal College (1982); M.A., Chinese Academy of Sciences (1984); Ph.D., Economics, University of Hawaii (1990).

Main research and teaching areas: development economics, institutional economics, macroeconomics, mathematical economics.

Wang Hao B.A. in Mathematics from Nankai University (1992), M.A. in Economics from the Department of Information Studies, Renmin University of China (1995), and Ph.D. in Economics from the Department of Economics, The Ohio State University (2002).

Main research and teaching areas: industrial organization, corporate strategy, antitrust.

Yang Yao Professor of Economics. B.A. in Geography, Peking University (1986), M.A. in Economics, Peking University (1989), Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin (1996).

Main research and teaching areas: agricultural economics, microeconomics.

Yi Zeng Professor of Economics. B.S. in Management (1982), Hamline University, U.S.A.; M.S. (1984) and Ph.D. (1986) in Economics, University of Illinois, U.S.A..

Main research and teaching areas: macroeconomics, monetary banking, econometrics.

Zeng Yi Professor of Economics. B.S., East China Normal University (1986); Ph.D., Free University of Brussels, Belgium (1986); Postdoctoral Fellowship, Princeton University, U.S.A., 1986-1987.

Major research and teaching areas: population economics, aging health and economic development, household population projection analysis methods and their application in market economy and social planning, population policy analysis.

Zhao Yaohui Professor of Economics. B.A. (1985) and M.A. (1987) in Economics, Peking University; Ph.D. (1995) in Economics, University of Chicago.

Main research and teaching areas: labor economics, microeconomics, agricultural economics.

Zhao Zhong B.A. in Economics, Renmin University of China (1991), M.A. (1998) and Ph.D. (2001) in Economics, Johns Hopkins University.

Principal areas of research and teaching: labor economics, microeconometrics, evaluation of social programs and public ***** policies.

Zhou Qiren Professor of Economics. B.A. in Economics, Renmin University of China (1982), M.A. (1993) and Ph.D. (2000), University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

Main teaching and research areas: new institutional economics, development economics, labor economics, Chinese economy.

Visiting Professor

Engaged renowned professors from home and abroad, postdoctoral fellows of the Center.

Fourth, alumni all over the world

The Economics Dual Degree Program has graduated 1,846 students since 1994, and the graduates are located all over the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Holland, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and other parts of the world. In addition to continuing their studies, most of the graduates are working in finance, securities, insurance, high-tech enterprises and governmental organizations, and they are confident, dedicated and optimistic in their respective positions, showing strong working ability and management ability, which fully reflects the comprehensive quality of a "Peking University person". Graduates generally believe that their study and life in the Center have benefited them greatly in career choice, way of thinking and even character building. In order to give back to their alma mater, the graduates have maintained long-term and stable contact with the dual-degree program, and the Center has provided various opportunities and ways to promote communication and cooperation among alumni.

The start time is in the middle of the semester, and the courses are mostly arranged in the evenings and weekends

Examinations are the same as those of the general courses, and they are divided into different styles, such as essays, open-books, closed-books, and so on, which are chosen by the instructors of the courses. Midterm exams are usually held in the middle of the semester, from week 8 to week 10, and final exams are held one to two weeks before the university-wide exam week

Fees are $100 for one credit for on-campus students and 44 credits for completion, and can be chosen more than one to pay the tuition fee accordingly

Off-campus students pay $400 for one credit and 44 credits for completion