On the afternoon of November 17, the School of Finance of CUFE successfully organized the first FCCAFE summit at Crowne Plaza Beijing Lido. The event was sponsored by FCCAFE and co-sponsored by China Education Think Tank, and attended by academic pacesetters and teacher representatives in finance disciplines from over 140 higher-education institutions across the country. www.cnki.net and EduChainX offered support to the successful organization of the summit.

(A scene of the summit)

At 14:00 on November 17, the opening ceremony formally began. Guo Jinlu, Secretary-General of FCCAFE, presided over the ceremony. Li Jianjun, President of FCCAFE and Dean of the School of Finance of CUFE made a speech on behalf of the board of directors and introduced the background for its establishment, its objectives and operational mechanism. Xu Xiaofei, Director of the Executive Committee of the Joint Meeting of the College Open Online Course Alliance[t1] , Deputy Director of the Teaching Informatization and Method Innovation Steering Committee under the Ministry of Education and Vice President of Harbin Institute of Technology; Lin Wanlong, Vice President of the Beijing College Quality Courses Research Council [t2] and Executive Deputy Dean of the Undergraduate School of China Agricultural University; Cheng Siyue, General Secretary of the Fujian Open Online Courses Education Alliance (“FOOC”) and Executive Vice President of the Online and Continuing Education College of Fujian Normal University; and Xu Yuhua, Deputy Secretary-General of the China Education Think Tanks Union all expressed congratulations in their addresses.

Then came the ceremony for institutional establishment of the institution. Guo Jinlu, General-Secretary of FCCAFE, announced the lists of the Course Development Committee, Course Quality Specification Committee, Teacher Training Committee and its members. Then FCCAFE President Li Jianjun issued engagement letters to the three committees, and plaques to 40 regional training centers. Bian Zhicun, Director of the Course Development Committee, Dean of the School of Finance Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, and host of Finance, a national-level premium open online course; Fan Xiaoyun, Director of the Course Quality Specification Committee and Executive Deputy Dean of the School of Finance of Nankai University; Wang Chongrun, Director of the Teacher Training Committee and Dean of the Finance College of Hebei University of Economics and Business; and Wang Qian, a representative of FCCAFE members and Deputy Dean of the Economics School of Jilin University spoke at the event. The speakers were of the view that the founding of FCCAFE would promote the vigorous development of financial education and continuously boost the quality of financial talent cultivation.

The session of keynote speeches was presided over by Zou Yasheng, Executive Director of FCCAFE and Dean of the School of Banking and Finance of the University of International Business and Economics. Jiang Xianling, Head of the Academic Division of the University of International Business and Economics and host of Money and Finance, a national-level premium open online course; Wang Hongyu, Executive Secretary-General of the China Virtual Simulation Education Innovation Alliance, head of a shared platform for national virtual simulation education programs, and Head of the Custom Services and Training Department of Higher Education Press; Zhao Erdong, Professor from the School of Economics and Management of North China Electric Power University and host of Managerial Communication, one of the first national-level premium open online courses; Xu Zhi, Director of the Bilingual Financial Teaching Center of the School of Finance and Director of the Investment and Valuation Research Center of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, and host of Corporate Finance, one of the first national-level premium open online courses; and Li Hailong, Executive Director of FCCAFE, Deputy Secretary-General of the Higher Financial & Economic Education Branch of China Association of Higher Education, and Executive Deputy Secretary-General of E-MOOC, made keynote speeches under the themes of “On the Teaching Management Mechanism Based on MOOCs”, “Development of Top-Quality Experimental Teaching Courses in the New Era”, “Design, Development and Application of Top-Quality Courses Oriented Towards the National Double-10,000 National and Provincial Undergraduate Programs”, “Course System Construction During the Development of Top-Quality Courses” and “Operational Mechanism and Practices of E-MOOC”.

The session of reports on industry and finance integration was presided over by Zhang Yun, Executive Director of FCCAFE. Liu Xiaoyin, General Manager of the Financial Division of www.cnki.net; Liu Quanbao, President of EduChainX; and Chen Xiaohua, Director of the Financial Technology Research Institute, National University Science Park of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and Director of the Blockchain Expert Committee of the China Mobile Communication Association, delivered speeches under the themes of “Introduction of Knowledge and Big Data Service Platforms for Teaching and Scientific Research of Schools and Departments of Finance”, “Financial Technology Education and Innovation and Development of Top-Quality Courses in the Age of Financial Fissions” and “Thinking on the Cultivation and Development of Blockchain Talents”.