3月26日，在亚洲青年领袖论坛粤港澳大湾区合作发展主题论坛上，广东财经大学副校长丁友刚发表了主旨演讲。

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尊敬的各位领导、各位嘉宾：

大家上午好！非常荣幸受邀参加本次论坛，首先我代表广东财经大学对亚洲青年领袖论坛的成功举办表示热烈的祝贺，向关心支持广东财经大学事业发展的各界人士表示衷心的感谢！下面，我简要汇报一下广东财经大学在助力粤港澳大湾区融合发展方面所进行的探索。

作为湾区在地高校，广东财经大学主动对接粤港澳大湾区发展战略需求，坚持立足湾区、面向国际、服务未来、追求卓越的办学方针，努力建设大湾区一流财经大学，为粤港澳大湾区融合发展提供优良的高等教育、卓越的财经研究和高端的人才平台支撑。

一、坚持特色发展，培养湾区财经法制人才。近年来学校将人才培养目标从复合升级为融合，逐渐形成了湾区融合、商法融合、商际融合、实践融合、双创融合五大人才培养特色。

一是坚持湾区融合，与区域发展同频共振。学校扎根湾区，打造人无我有的湾区融合特色，与佛山市委宣传部共建了湾区影视产业学院，与广东省网信办合作共建网络传播学院，开设粤港澳大湾区法务专业方向，成立湾区特色课程研究中心，开设湾区财经概论、湾区经济社会与实践调查等系列湾区特色课程。

二是坚持商法融合，夯实复合知识基础。学校依托经管法优势学科，开展学科专业交叉融合，致力打造人优我优的商法融合特色，开展国际经济与贸易、会展经济与管理等商法融合试点专业建设，强化商法融合示范效应。

三是坚持商技融合，呼应数字经济时代的发展趋势。学校紧密对接数字经济国家战略，全方位打造人优我优的商际融合特色，成立了数字经济学院、金融科技现代产业学院、智能财会管理学院等商际融合特色教学机构，新开办人工智能、金融科技、智能会计、智能审计、智能税务、智能财务、数字法治、跨境电商等专业方向。

四是坚持实践融合，锻造硬核能力优势。学校试验实践教学成效显著，经济与管理实验教学中心是全国首批两个经管类国家级实验教学示范之一，并入选全国首批国家级虚拟仿真实验教学中心。新商科时代，学校成立了数字技术基础虚拟教研室，签约数百家大学生实践教育基地，进一步打造多方联动的新商科实验实践教学体系。

五是坚持双创融合，主动对接创新驱动国家战略。学校致力打造人有我优的双创融合特色，完善创新创业教育顶层设计，形成了三院一体、三育一体、三链一体的创新创业人才培养新模式。近两年来，学生获批国家级和省级大创项目数量逐年稳步提升，获互联网+挑战杯等竞赛数量近百项。新文科人才培养成效显著，成为广东省新文科教学指导委员会的主任单位。

二、坚持研以致用，打造湾区高端智库研究。学校坚持求真致用的科研理念，紧盯国家地方经济社会发展热点、难点问题，紧盯国际学术前沿，扎根中国大地，紧密对接国家和区域战略需求，主动将研究融入到国家经济社会发展，取得了系列高质量的科学研究成果。

一是学术研究成果卓越。学校围绕大湾区建设成立了粤港澳大湾区创新竞争力研究院、大湾区双循环发展研究院、粤港澳大湾区人才评价与开发研究院、岭南旅游研究院等特色科研平台，积极开展有组织的科研。2022年，学校获省部级以上项目94项。

二是学科发展日益精进。学校积极发挥应用经济学博士学位授权点的引领作用，对经济、管理、法学优势特色学科进行拓展性调整，深化构建数字经济学科群，建设多学科交叉融合的多维立体学科平台，构筑学科高峰，形成了以服务地方经济产业发展为中心、具有财经底色的高水平特色学科体系。

三是资政建言成效突出。学校聚焦“双区”战略，持续加强在国家经济金融安全、区域经济协调发展、湾区财税政策协同、会计审计规则、三地法制规则对接、地方经济高质量发展立法、乡村振兴等国家和区域重大战略需求上智库研究，为融入湾区、建设湾区、繁荣湾区积极提供广财方案、贡献广财智慧。近两年来，有超过百余份智库研究报告获得省级以上领导批示。

三、坚持扎根本土，服务湾区经济社会发展。作为广东乃至华南地区财经政法人才培养高地，广东财经大学因时而生、因事而兴。建校40年来，学校已给社会输送20万余名高素质人才，毕业生遍布广东省金融、税务、政法和工商企业，毕业生综合满意度在96%以上，大量毕业生成为所在单位的业务骨干，涌现出一批行业标兵和知名企业创始人、高层管理人员。

同时，学校密切加强校政行企融合发展，先后与佛山市、阳江市、汕尾市、云浮市、海珠区等地方政府以及省人社厅、财政厅、工商联等政府部门建立战略合作关系，与建设银行共建金融科技实验室，与交通银行共建粤港澳大湾区数字人民币创新应用实验室，与近百家行业领军企业进行深度合作，创新合作模式，促进合作共赢。

此外，学校积极开展与港澳地区的联系与协同发展，加入粤港澳高校联盟、粤港澳高校研究生教育联盟、粤港澳大湾区法学教育与人才培养联盟以及粤港澳高校区块链联盟等组织。建设多个港澳台科研合作创新平台，加强与粤港澳高校的联合培养，不断扩大粤港澳招生规模，完善港澳学生国情教育体系课程建设，积极开展粤港澳文化交流活动，为推动粤港澳人才互融互通贡献广财力量。

珠江潮起两岸扩，湾区好风帆正扬，青年奋进正当时，逐梦湾区向未来。无论是狮子山下，还是豪江之畔，抑或是珠江之滨，大湾区海阔天空，青年人大有可为。我们要时刻总书记的谆谆教诲，切切期望，与祖国同心，与时代同行，高扬奋斗风帆，焕发昂扬斗志，在团结斗争中绽放湾区风采。

我的发言完毕，谢谢大家！

Ding Yougang says GDUFE is dedicated to promoting integrated development of Greater Bay Area

On 26 March, Ding Yougang, vice president of Guangdong University of Finance and Economics, delivered a keynote speech at the Guangdong Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Cooperation and Development Forum of the Asia Youth Leaders Forum. Following is the full text of the speech.

Excellencies,

Distinguished guests,

Good morning. I am honored to be invited to this forum. First of all, on behalf of Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, I would like to express my warm congratulations on the convening of the Asia Youth Leaders Forum. I also extend my sincere thanks to all that support our university’s development. Now I would like to share the experience of Guangdong University of Finance & Economics in supporting the integrated development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

As a local university in the Greater Bay Area, we align ourselves with the strategic needs of the development of the Greater Bay Area. Upholding the principle of orientation towards the Greater Bay Area, the world, the future, and excellence, we strive to become a first-class university of finance and economics in the area, contributing to the integrated development of the area through quality higher education, outstanding financial and economic studies, and high-end talent platforms.

Firstly, we adhere to distinctive development and cultivate financial and legal talents in the Greater Bay Area. In recent years,

we have changed our talent nurturing goal from an interdisciplinary approach to an integrated approach, gradually developing five characteristics in talent nurturing: integration into the Greater Bay Area, integration of legal courses, integration of skill development, integration of hands-on experience, and integration of innovation and entrepreneurship.

The first is integration into the Greater Bay Area to align with the area’s development. We focus ourselves on the Greater Bay Area and have developed our unique characteristics. We have worked with the Publicity Department of CPC Foshan Committee to establish the School of Greater Bay Area Film and Television Industry. We have partnered with the Guangdong Cyberspace Administration to establish the School of Network Communication. We have also started a new major on Greater Bay Area legal affairs, established the Greater Bay Area Curriculum Research Center, and offered a series of Greater Bay Area-themed courses such as Introduction to Greater Bay Area Finance and Economics and Greater Bay Area Economic and Social Practice Study. 

The second is integration of legal courses to acquire interdisciplinary knowledge. With economics, management, and law being our strength, we carry out cross-disciplinary integration to achieve better integration of business and legal courses. We have started International Economics and Trade, MICE Economics and Management, and other pilot majors integrating business and law, to consolidate the demonstration effect of such integration.

The third is integration of skill development to go with the development trends of this digital economy era. We closely follow the national strategy on digital economy and incorporate skill development into teaching in a comprehensive fashion. We have established the School of Digital Economics, School of Financial Technology Modern Industry, School of Intelligent Finance & Accounting and Management, and other distinctive teaching institutions of such integration. We offer new tracks in AI, fintech, intelligent accounting, intelligent auditing, intelligent taxation, intelligent finance, digital governance, and cross-border e-commerce.

The fourth is integration of hands-on experience to enhance core competency. We have achieved remarkable results in experimental and experiential education. Our Economics and Management Experimental Teaching Center was one of the earliest two nationally accredited demonstration centers for experimental teaching in economics and management. It has also been selected as one of the first national virtual simulation experimental teaching centers. In the era of new business studies, we have established a virtual research lab for digital technology basics and signed agreements with hundreds of student practice education bases, further developing a multi-stakeholder experimental and experiential education system for new business studies.

The fifth is integration of innovation and entrepreneurship to align with the national innovation-driven development strategy. The university is committed to better integrating innovation and entrepreneurship into teaching. We have improved innovation and entrepreneurship education from a top-down approach and developed a new model of three schools into one, three types of education into one, and three chains into one for cultivating innovative and entrepreneurial talents. Since the past two years, the number of national and provincial innovation projects approved for our students has been on steady increase, and they have competed in “Internet+” Competition, Challenge Cup, among others, with nearly 100 awards. Our talent nurturing in new humanities also proves remarkable, and we have become the director general of Guangdong Teaching Guidance Committee for New Humanities.

Secondly, we adhere to application-driven research and develop into a high-end think tank in the Greater Bay Area. Upholding the concept of truth and pragmatism in research, we focus on the issues of concern in national and local economic and social development. We set eyes on the cutting edge of international academia while considering the reality in China, particularly national and regional strategic needs. We proactively integrate our research into national economic and social development and have made a series of high-quality research achievements.

The first is our remarkable academic research achievements. We have established Research Institute of Innovation Competitiveness of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Greater Bay Area Dual Circulation Development Research Institute, Research Institute of Talent Evaluation and Development of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Lingnan Tourism Research Institute, and other distinctive research platforms to conduct organized research actively. In 2022, we were tasked with 94 provincial and ministerial or higher-level projects.

The second is our ever-improving discipline development. Leveraging our role as a doctorate-granting institution in applied economics, we are expanding economics, management, and law studies, our strong fields of study. We are furthering the development of a digital economics cluster and creating a cross-disciplinary and multi-pronged studies platform, pushing our studies to greater height. This has led to a high-standard, distinctive discipline system that pivots around the development of local economy and industries with a focus on financial and economic studies.

The third is our effective policy consultation and proposals. With a focus on the “dual areas” strategy we continuously strengthen research on national economic and financial security, coordinated development of regional economy, coordinated taxation policies in the Greater Bay Area, accounting and audit rules, regulatory convergence between Hong Kong, Macao, and mainland, legislation for high-quality local economic development, rural revitalization, among other major national and regional strategic needs, to contribute to the integration, development, and prosperity of the Greater Bay Area with our solutions and our insights. For the past two years, over a hundred of our research reports have received comments from leadership at provincial level or above.

Thirdly, we adhere to our localness and serve economic and social development of the Greater Bay Area. As a hub in Guangdong and even South China for nurturing talent in finance, economics, politics, and law, Guangdong University of Finance & Economics develops and thrives with the times. For 40 years since our establishment, we have delivered over 200,000 high-caliber talents to society. Our graduates can be found in financial, taxation, administrative, legal, industrial, and commercial organizations across Guangdong. The satisfaction rate of our graduates exceeds 96%. A large number of our graduates have become backbone employees or emerged as industry leaders and founders or senior executives of well-known companies.

At the same time, we strengthen connection with governments, banks, and businesses. Successively, we have reached strategic partnership with the governments of Foshan City, Yangjiang City, Shanwei City, Yunfu City, and Haizhu District, as well as Guangdong’s Human Resources and Social Security Department, Department of Finance, and Federation of Industry and Commerce. We have worked with Construction Bank to build a fintech laboratory and partnered with Bank of Communications to establish a Greater Bay Area laboratory for innovative application of digital RMB. We also have in-depth cooperation with nearly 100 industry-leading enterprises, innovating cooperation models and promoting win-win cooperation.

Furthermore, we strengthen connection and coordination with Hong Kong and Macao. We are member of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Alliance, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Alliance for Postgraduate Education, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Law Education and Talent Cultivation Alliance, and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Alliance for Blockchain. We have created multiple research platforms for cooperation and innovation with Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. We strengthen joint programs with other universities in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao and increase the number of students enrolled from these regions. We improve the national education curriculum system for Hong Kong and Macao students. We carry out cultural exchanges between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, contributing to the interaction of talents from the three regions.

The Pearl River expands with rising tides. The Greater Bay Area has the wind for sailing high. The time for enterprising youth is just ripe, to chase dreams and future in this area wide. Whether it is at the foot of Lion Rock, or by the banks of the Haojiang River, or along the shores of the Pearl River, the vast Greater Bay Area awaits the exploration of youth. We must always remember President Xi Jinping’s earnest teachings and expectations, joining ourselves with the motherland and with the times and giving our utmost to our cause in solidarity for a prosperous Greater Bay Area. That’s all. Thank you.