The Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) opened its 2nd academic salon for 2014, on March 12, with three Chinese experts from the field of finance on hand to share their experiences in the scientific management of investment and financial services.

The State Council Development Research Center asked two senior researchers to take part in a symposium to encourage more studies on policy research, on August 28.

The State Council Development Research Center's of Social Development Research Department and the English Club organized a symposium on The Welfare System and Economic Development, in its office building, on Aug 27.

The deputy director of the State Council Development Research Center's Social Development Research Department, Gong Sen, was head of a delegation to the city of Wuchang, Heilongjiang province, Aug 17 - 22.

Third quarterly meeting opens in UK The Department of Macroeconomic Research of the Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC), the University of Oxford China Centre (UOCC) and KPMG China held the third quarterly meeting for the Global Macroeconomic M3 Dialogue in the United Kingdom from July 23 to 25.

The DRC's Research Department of Social Development and the British Embassy in China jointly held the seminar on China's public hospital financing and doctors' salary system reform," in Beijing on July 23, 2013.

The China Inclusive Financial System and Farmer Mutual Fund Development Forum was held at the School of Economics of Peking University on July 26.

Robin Bew, editorial director of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), was invited to deliver a lecture on Looking for Opportunities — Prospects and Growth Sources of the World Economy at the DRC on July 25.