The Department of Economics is one of the first academic departments established at Shenzhen MSU-BIT University. The construction of its academic disciplines and faculty team primarily relies on the academic strengths of Moscow State University and Beijing Institute of Technology. After several years of development, the department has gradually formed a comprehensive talent cultivation system and built a faculty team with strong academic influence and rich teaching experience. It has played an important role in promoting academic and cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and Russia.
The faculty team is composed of three groups: those selected by Moscow State University, those selected by Beijing Institute of Technology, and globally recruited faculty members. Currently, there are 83 full-time faculty members, including 16 professors, 45 associate professors, and 22 senior lecturers and assistant professors. Among them, one faculty member has received a letter of appreciation from the Russian President, one has been recognized as a Beijing Teaching Master, and one has been honored as a National Teaching Master.
The Department of Economics offers the primary discipline of Applied Economics, which was selected as a top-tier discipline in Guangdong Province in 2021. The department focuses on discipline construction and integrates traditional academic research with the needs of economic and social development. It conducts research in areas such as digital economy, digital trade, and digital finance, specifically in fields such as transnational investment and strategy, digital economy and governance, quantitative economic theory and application, and behavioral science and economic decision-making. Through these efforts, the department has initially formed unique research strengths and characteristics. The department has collaborated with the Shenzhen branch of the Agricultural Bank of China to establish a Digital Finance Research Center. This center conducts research in areas such as artificial intelligence and quantitative investment, financial technology and regulatory policy, fintech innovation and application, and digital finance and business models. It aims to cultivate fintech innovation and management talents for the country and society, serving the social and economic development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
In terms of research, the department has been approved as a Guangdong provincial-level innovation research team. Faculty members have undertaken and participated in nearly 50 national-level research projects funded by organizations such as the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, the Russian Science and Technology Complex, Aeroflot, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Education's Humanities and Social Science Foundation, the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, and the Sino-German Science Center, with total research funding amounting to over 10 million RMB. They have published more than 300 academic papers in high-level academic journals domestically and internationally and have authored over 110 textbooks and monographs. Faculty research achievements have received innovation awards from professional societies such as the China Information Economics Society.
