In order to further implement the decisions and deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on the employment of college graduates, and promote full and high-quality employment of graduates, Fan Weihong, deputy secretary of the Party committee and secretary of the discipline inspection commission of the University, led persons in charge of School of International Business of SWUFE to visit Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank on June 1, and had in-depth exchanges with the main principals and alumni representatives of Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank on deepening the integration between industry and education and strengthening collaborative education.

During the research trip, Fang Weihong elaborated the university running history, reform and development, disciplinary development, etc., and expressed heartfelt thanks to Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank for its long-term support and help to the University. He said that Southwestern University of Finance and Economics continued to explore the reform of the "new finance" talent cultivation mode, continued to optimize the discipline programs and talent cultivation layout, and consciously shoulder the key mission of serving the national strategy. It is hoped that both sides will take this enterprise visit and employment expansion as an opportunity to more actively plan for the establishment and improvement of a normalized exchange and cooperation mechanism, more vigorously promote the implementation of industry-university-research collaborative innovation, open a broader chapter of cooperation in innovative talent cultivation, expanding employment channels, and unfolding internship practice, and jointly build a high-quality talent cultivation system integrating industry and education.

Huang Jianjun, secretary of the Party committee and chairman of Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank, warmly welcomed Fan Weihong and his delegation. He introduced in detail the rapid development journey, talent team building and recruitment system of Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank in recent years, and spoke highly of SWUFE graduates working in Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank. He said that 13% of the bank's existing cadres are SWUFE graduates, 40% of whom work in head office and have gathered strength for the high-quality development of Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank. He hoped to further give play to the innovation and resource advantages of both sides, deepen exchanges and cooperation, seek coordinated development, and make new contributions to promoting local economic and social development and the construction of Western financial talent vantage point.

Alumni representatives briefed their career development in Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank, expressed their gratitude to the alma mater, and put forward suggestions on talent cultivation of SWUFE. The two sides exchanged and discussed on talent introduction, internship practice, think tank research, project topics, etc.