The 2021 International Workshop on Statistical Theory and Related Fields (STARF 2021) was held during December 11th and 12th, which aims to provide participants with a platform for academic exchange on modern statistical theory, methods and applications. STARF 2021 is hosted by East China Normal University, co-organized by the editorial board of Statistical Theory and Related Fieldsand the Big Data Branch of the China Field Statistics Research Association, the School of Statistics of East China

On November 6, 2021, the 2021 Frontiers of Applied Economics Forum: Focus on Institutional Reform and Rural Development under Common Prosperity was held in the North Zhongshan Road Campus of East China Normal University. The conference was organized by the Large Macro Research Team of the FEM and organized by the FEM and ECNU. The format was mixed online and offline. More than 30 teachers and students from Zhejiang University, Fudan University, Renmin University of China, Jinan University, Shang

Empowering economic and social development with digitization has become the general task of Chinas 14th Five-Year Plan and even longer periods. At the special moment of the 70th anniversary of ECNU, Shanghai Asia Business Development Group Co., Ltd. and alumni Chen Qiwei donated 10 million yuan to establish the Fintech Research and Development Fund to help the school’s interdisciplinary joint research and collaborative innovation in the field of financial technology, promoting the high-quality d