On May 18, 2024, the 5th China Regional Economics Forum and National Symposium on Regional Economics Discipline Construction were successfully held at Shantou University. The conference, hosted by Shantou University and organized by its Business School, attracted over 100 guests, including experts, scholars, and representatives from nearly 100 universities and research institutions both domestically and internationally, as well as academic journals.
The forum grandly opened on the morning of May 18. Shantou University Executive President, Academician Wang Quan, and Deputy Director of the Institute of Industrial Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, President of the China Regional Economics Society, Researcher Zhang Qizi, delivered opening remarks.