The Financial Research Center, founded in 2012, makes full use of the resources of the finance subject and taps the academic influence of the Fudan financial community. Through Fudan-ZEW Indicator of Chinese Economic Sentiment“, China Financiers Club, Post-doctoral Research Station and other key flagship products, the Center aims to create a high-end finance think tank. It has produced a series of quality and influential academic papers that reflects the strength of Fudan. The Center also provides professional comments and effective policy recommendations for major financial decisions of the country and for the building of Shanghai into an international financial center.

http://www.fdfrc.fudan.edu.cn

• Fudan-ZEW Indicator of Chinese Economic Sentiment

The “Fudan-ZEW Indicator of Chinese Economic Sentiment” is a flagship product of the Financial Research Center. It is jointly developed by the Center and Centre for European Economic Research (Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, ZEW). Based on the data in “China Economy Proposal” of the Financial Research Center, researchers assess the economic performance and formulate the economic indicator for the coming three months or one year. The indicator is expected to predict as precisely as possible the mid and long-term trends of the economic and financial situation in China. The indicator serves as a reliable reference to and basis for the monetary policy adjustment, industrial policy formulation, the financial market’s expectation of the macro- economic trend as well as the response of the real economy to the economic policies.