On the first day after the Lantern Festival, while the festive atmosphere of the holidays and weekends had not yet dissipated, the teachers and students of the School of Finance were already racing ahead, fully engaging in their studies.

At 10 a.m. on Sunday, the course “Professional Studies and Career Planning” officially began in Lecture Hall 336 of the School of Finance. Professor Li Quan, Director of the Finance Research Institute and PhD supervisor, delivered a thematic lecture on “China’s Financial Innovation Development and Career Planning—From the Central Financial Work Conference to the Extension of Financial Discipline Education”. Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice Dean Gao Shan and Counselor Tang Lin attended the course.

Starting from the global financial market background, Li Quan focused on interpreting the main content and reform outline of the Central Financial Work Conference, combined with the specifics of the previous five national financial work conferences. Li Quan pointed out that the Central Financial Work Conference has significant guiding implications for the construction of China’s financial institutional system, financial market system, and financial regulatory system, indicating the direction for the future development path of finance with Chinese characteristics. He emphasized that the country will continue to maintain a prudent monetary policy, comprehensively strengthen financial supervision, promptly address risks in small and medium-sized financial institutions, optimize the debt structure of central and local governments, and promote the positive cycle of finance and real estate.

From discipline to industry, to help students with their career planning, Li Quan introduced employment directions such as civil service, banking, securities, insurance, actuarial science, and academic research, and elaborated on these based on industry development, job settings, skill requirements, and future development paths.

In class, the students listened attentively and took notes actively. This early post-holiday enthusiasm for learning demonstrated the excellent academic style of Nankai finance students in their pursuit of pragmatism and excellence. “Do what you like and are good at,” Li Quan concluded, wishing the students success with “May you have a bright future,” encouraging them to bravely face every challenge of the new semester.

The first class after the holiday saw Nankai finance students hit the ground running, ready for a new chapter!