On April 1, Guo Jianhua, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of the university, led a team to the Business School for research and guidance, discussing aspects such as discipline construction, scientific research, and talent training with representatives of the faculty. Wang Xiaohua, Director of the Party and Government Office, Ji Tao, Director of the Development Planning Department, Mao Xinshu, Dean of the Graduate School and Director of the Discipline Construction Office, Gao Lihua, Director of the Personnel Department, Zhang Yang, Deputy Director of the Party and Government Office, and Yue Pengpeng, Deputy Director of the Humanities and Social Sciences Office, participated in the research. Guo Yi, Director of the Economic Management Department, the entire leadership team of the Business School, and representatives of the faculty attended the meeting. The discussion was chaired by Fu Shilun, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Business School.

In his speech, Guo Jianhua pointed out that after the municipal party committee and the municipal government specifically listened to the report on the university's comprehensive reform plan, they proposed the development requirements of "entering the top three in the national colleges and universities in the field of food science and accelerating the digital transformation of business science." As the vanguard in implementing the "digital transformation of business science" as instructed by the municipal party committee and the municipal government, the Business School should aim for the "double first-class" discipline creation and the construction of a high-level research-oriented university. It should use discipline construction and scientific innovation as the engine, benchmark against top domestic business schools, further refine and explore the school's characteristics, and forge a distinctive development path for the Business School in the track of differentiated development. Guo Jianhua affirmed the achievements the school has made in education and teaching, discipline construction, and scientific research in recent years and put forward specific requirements for the future development of the school: First, delve into the heritage and refine characteristics. As one of the oldest schools in the university, it is necessary to inherit and promote the advantages of the school in disciplines and majors such as accounting, business administration, and financial management. Based on advantages, delve into the heritage, refine characteristics, identify the school's educational characteristics, discipline characteristics, and research characteristics, and lead the high-quality development of the school with characteristics. Second, focus on integration and transformation and promotion. Seize the opportunity of the digital transformation of business science, break down disciplinary and resource barriers, integrate high-quality resources, actively promote interdisciplinary integration, and accelerate the construction of new liberal arts. Third, people-oriented, categorized strategies. Adhere to teacher-oriented, manage and guide teachers with different characteristics, and stimulate teachers' initiative, enthusiasm, and creativity. Continue to increase the intensity of talent introduction, cultivate talents in conjunction, and create a talent gradient to provide talent support for the high-quality development of the school.

He Yurun, with the title "Forge Ahead and Anchor to 'First-Class'", based on the school's development vision and mission, proposed to take the construction of "double first-class" disciplines as the overall goal, vigorously promote the digital transformation of business science and international certification, continuously improve teaching and research capabilities, and build a talent training highland that is "well-known internationally and first-class domestically". In line with the requirements of "double first-class" construction and the construction of high-level research-oriented universities, comprehensively analyze the current situation of various aspects such as the discipline and professional system, discipline and professional ranking, and organizational structure, and systematically construct the "striving for first-class" quadruple and high-level blueprint of "major projects, important talents, major awards, major platforms, and high-level papers". Based on the digital transformation of business science, adhere to focusing on advantages and characteristics to strengthen scientific research, adhere to the construction of digital courses and teaching materials to strengthen talent training, and build a blueprint and "flywheel value-added" model for the digital transformation of the Business School, striving to interpret the school's vision and goals from aspects such as talent training, scientific research, discipline construction, social service, and social influence, and further root in the traditional disciplines to create a first-class business school with distinct characteristics. The entire leadership team of the school made supplementary reports in conjunction with their work.

Guo Yi started with the characteristics and advantages of the Business School, talking about the need to strengthen the close cooperation between the department and the school in teaching reform, scientific innovation, and talent training, and promote the development of interdisciplinary integration and digital transformation. Professor Zhang Weihua from the Intelligent Finance and Accounting Department, Deputy Director of the Planning and Finance Office, Director Zhu Rong of the Organizational Management Department, Director Zhang Chenyu of the Intelligent Finance and Accounting Department, Director Cui Li of the Digital Operations Department, and teacher representatives such as Li Chunling, Duan Mengran, and Yan Ke, conducted in-depth discussions on multi-disciplinary collaborative development, talent training, and digital transformation of education. The teacher representatives unanimously stated that the "quadruple and high-level" blueprint, the "digital transformation" blueprint, and the "flywheel value-added" model have mapped out the path of high-quality development of business education under new circumstances, and have laid a more solid foundation for the construction of a first-class business school with distinct characteristics. In the future, they will combine their work areas to refine and implement.

Leaders of various functional departments have proposed feasible improvement measures and cooperation plans for the Business School in terms of teaching management, scientific research support, and talent training. Wang Xiaohua pointed out that it is necessary to closely focus on the direction of digital business, benchmark with brother universities, and work together in aspects such as the Ministry of Education's philosophy and social science projects and laboratory construction. Ji Tao proposed that innovation should be done on the basis of focusing on inheritance, cultivate top innovative talents based on the development tasks of the "14th Five-Year Plan", and seek development with an open attitude. Mao Xinshu emphasized that the school should take the goal of ESI's top 1% in the field of economics and management as the entry point, improve the quantity and level of high-level paper publications, and do a good job in the digital transformation of business science. Gao Lihua pointed out that the development of the school should clarify concepts and refine characteristics, and introduce interdisciplinary talents in conjunction with the school's development idea of "industrial and commercial integration, dual-wheel drive". Yue Pengpeng expressed that he will fully support the scientific research activities of the Business School, fully integrate and gather various resources inside and outside the school, and provide good services and guarantees.

Fu Shilun said at the end of the discussion that the arrival of President Guo Jianhua and the leaders of various functional departments has greatly inspired the spirit of the Business School to work and start businesses. In the future, the school will be in the critical period of the school's creation of "double first-class" and the construction of a high-level research-oriented university. Under the strong leadership of the school's party and government, and with the joint efforts of all teachers and students, the school's deployment requirements will be resolutely implemented, and the characteristics and heritage will be integrated into the genes of the Business School. We will make further progress, unite and work hard, face difficulties, innovate, and contribute the wisdom and strength of the Business School to the realization of the school's "double first-class" and the construction of a high-level research-oriented university!