Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-funded with the Sichuan Provincial People's Government.

[3] The U.S. News & World Report ranks SWUFE at 4th in Asia and 23rd globally in Business and Economics.

[citation needed] In 1938, following the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Japanese advance into mainland China, the university relocated its headquarters to Chengdu.

[5] Within a few years, it has been established as an academic survey institute with comprehensive micro data, including three databases on the household finance of private Chinese households, small and micro enterprises, and community governance.

[citation needed] The center provides CHFS data to registered users for the purpose of facilitating scientific and policy research.

The collection has reached 2,000,000 items in digital resources, making it the biggest library in the southwest of China.

[citation needed] In May 2002, a Translation Center was set up to provide services for overseas communication and editing and publishing the English version of SWUFE's The Economist.

[18] SWUFE has established cooperative relations with 130 universities, financial institutes and enterprises from 36 countries and regions, including Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, United Kingdom and the United States.

[19][20][21][22][23] Southwestern University of Finance and Economics has 100 student associations (excluding student associations sponsored by enterprises) covering five domains: thoughts and theories, academic and technology, arts and culture, physical training, public welfare and practice and communication.