The 1st Lecture of the Cooperation and Development Series was successfully hosted by the Institute of SCO Studies, Shandong University
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On theeveningofOctober20, 2023, the1stlecture of the“Cooperation and Development”series, jointly organized by the School of Political Science and Public Administration at Shandong University, the Institute of SCO Studies of Shandong University, the Institute for Public Safety Research of Shandong University,was successfully held at the meeting room S436 on the fourth floor of Huagangyuan South Building. The theme of the lecture is "Foreign Exchange Policy and Overseas Direct Investment: China’s Timing",and Experience Sharing of Publishing in Internationally High-level Journals. The lecturewasdelivered byProfessor Zhang Zhaoyong,a seniorprofessor at the School of Business and Law of Edith Cowan University in Australia and Director of the Centre for Asian and International Market Research. The lecture was chaired by Professor Edmund Li Sheng, Distinguished Professor at the School of Political Science and Public Administration and Executive Dean of the Institute of SCO Studies, Shandong University.Faculty members and students from the School of Political Science and Public Administration participated in the academic exchange and discussion.

At the beginning of the lecture, from the perspective of writing English academic papers, Professor Zhang Zhaoyong emphasized that the selection of a research topic for a paper is an academic process of observing and analyzing based on theoretical foundations. When writing a paper, it should be based on facts and use professional terms, and when publishing a paper, one needs to understand the target journal. Subsequently, taking the two research topics of "The Motivation for Research on the Efficiency of China's RMB Foreign Exchange Market" and "Research on the Timing of Uncertainty in Exchange Rate Fluctuations and China's Outward Direct Investment" as examples, Professor Zhang Zhaoyong specifically explained the process of topic selection and writing of English papers. He introduced the complete academic research process to the teachers and students from the aspects of the research background, literature review, data model, data analysis, and conclusion refinement. At the end of the lecture, Professor Zhang Zhaoyong also analyzed the policy and political significance of these two studies from the perspective of security.

In the interactive communication session, Professor Zhang Zhaoyong and Professor Edmund Li Sheng had in-depth exchanges and discussions with the teachers and students present on issues such as the writing of literature reviews, paper submission, data acquisition, and the establishment of models and indicators. Through this activity that lasted nearly three hours, the teachers and students present had a deeper understanding of the topic selection and writing of English papers, and also had a more comprehensive understanding of the current situation of China's foreign exchange policies and overseas investments.

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