The Institute of Economics was established in December 1993. Its predecessor was the Division of Political Economy, Department of Social Sciences at Tsinghua University.

Since its establishment, the faculty of the institute received research grants from various government agencies including the National Social Sciences Vital Projects Fund, the National Natural Science Fund, National Social Science Fund, Humanities and Social Sciences planning projects from the Ministry of Education, as well as other agencies at the provincial or ministerial level. The faculty as a whole has published 20 research monographs, 15 textbooks, and more than 300 journal articles. In addition, the institute has edited several series of publications, namely "Explorations of Tsinghua New Political Economics," "Renditions of Socioeconomic History," "Tsinghua Series of Economic History," and "Global Chinese Migrations." The faculty are also proud recipients of more than 10 teaching awards from various agencies such as the Ministry of Education.

The institute has established several platforms for the dissemination of research and knowledge. These include "Tsinghua Lecture on Theoretical Economists," "Tsinghua Forum for Economic History," and "Tsinghua Lecture by Chinese Entrepreneurial Leaders." The Tsinghua lecture venue invites world-class scholars and entrepreneurs to showcase their successes and communicate with Tsinghua faculty members and students about China's future. Faculty members and graduate students of the institute freely participated in the "Biweekly Seminar on Theoretical Economics" and "The Student Salon for Theoretical Economics" acquiring cutting-edge knowledge in economic research and current economic issues. The institute faculty made several initiatives by integrating internal and external resources, as well as domestic and overseas resources. They founded the Research Center for Political Economy, the Research Center for Chinese Economic History, the Research Center for Strategy and Policy, the Research Center for Development of Chinese Enterprises, and the Research Center for Information Industry.

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