The China Economic Research Institute (CERI, hereinafter referred to as "the Institute") was established in October 2022 and is a physical research institution affiliated to Liaoning University. The Institute takes serving the major decision-making needs of national and local economic and social development as its mission, aims to achieve high-level research results, actively attracts outstanding talents at home and abroad, builds a first-class research team, comprehensively serves the construction of the economics discipline of Liaoning University, and enhances the school's social influence; comprehensively serves the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China and enhances the school's social contribution.

Professor Yu Miaojie, a fellow of the United Nations International Economic Association, the Party Secretary and President of Liaoning University, serves as the director of the Institute. So far, the Institute has recruited over 10 outstanding scholars from home and abroad, who graduated from renowned universities such as Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of California, Davis, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Virginia, the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Southern California, Syracuse University, Virginia Tech, London Business School, and the Autonomous University of Barcelona. The research directions cover multiple fields including international trade, macroeconomics, labor economics, development economics, industrial organization, and finance. The Institute is committed to building a first-class research team and continuously and actively recruits outstanding talents from both domestic and international sources. In 2024, world-renowned macroeconomist Russell W. Cooper and globally renowned Chinese economist Professor Yaw-Hwa Hu joined the Institute as full-time faculty members successively.

In terms of research achievements, the faculty members of the research institute have published their studies in top academic journals both at home and abroad, including Review of Economics and Statistics, The Economic Journal, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, International Economic Review, Review of Economic Dynamics, Journal of Human Resources, Economic Theory, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, The World Economy, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Economic Quarterly, and Journal of Financial Research. In addition, they have been awarded titles such as Distinguished Professor of National Talent Program and National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and have undertaken national-level projects such as National Natural Science Foundation of China's General Program, Emergency Management Program, Youth Program, and National Social Science Foundation of China projects, as well as numerous provincial and municipal projects.

In terms of academic exchanges, since its establishment, the Institute has successively hosted or co-hosted high-level international academic events such as the Annual Conference of the International Trade Research Society, the High-level International Academic Conference on "Economic and Trade Cooperation and Investment in ASEAN and East Asia in the Digital Economy Era", the Academic Conference on International Trade and Regional Economics, the International Academic Conference on "China Development and Global Economy", and the Academic Symposium on New Productivity and High-level Opening-up. It has also invited many overseas experts, including Professor Daniel Treichler from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, Professor Peter Lindert from the University of California, Davis, Professor Russell W. Cooper from the European University Institute, Professor Peter Draper from the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University, Professor Randall Wright from the Department of Finance and Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Professor Shangjin Wei from Columbia University, and Professor Gordon Hanson from the Harvard Kennedy School, to give lectures at the "Song Zehang Overseas Experts Lecture Hall". Additionally, it has invited many renowned domestic scholars to give lectures at the "Boya Academic Lecture" and dozens of "High-end Lectures on the Frontiers of Economics". The Institute of Chinese Economy has provided an important platform for academic exchanges for the development of the discipline of economics.

The research institute is located in a red two-story building in the center of the Chongshan Campus of Liaoning University - the "Tang Duo Building". In front of the building stands a statue of Karl Marx, guiding the way. Surrounded by greenery, it is deep and quiet. From the office windows, one can enjoy the beauty of the changing seasons. The building is endowed with a red historical flavor as the founding general Tang Duo once left his revolutionary and life footprints here.

Looking to the future, the research institute will continue to strengthen its talent team building, aiming to cultivate a research team that is well-structured, experienced, closely cooperative and dynamic. With an international perspective and an open mindset, it will actively engage in academic exchanges and cooperation with domestic and foreign universities, and invite renowned economists from home and abroad to give lectures. The institute strives to become a first-class economic research institution in China within the next few years.