Recently, the Department of Management Science of the National Natural Science Foundation of China released the Notice of Evaluation Results of Concluding Projects, in which the School of Finance received excellent ratings for 3+1 projects. Among them, Professor Li Zhisheng from our school led the National Natural Science Foundation project Capital Market Innovation, Individual Investor Behavior, and Market Stability—Perspectives from Microscopic Trading Big Data, Professor Kong Dongmin led the National Natural Science Foundation project Corporate Events, Information Advantage, and Investor Trading, Associate Professor Sun Xianming led the National Natural Science Foundation project Expiration Day Effect, Market Manipulation, and Information Efficiency in China's Stock Options Exercise and Settlement Mechanism, and Associate Professor Li Zhao, a newly appointed faculty member from our school, led the National Natural Science Foundation Youth Project Global Game Theory and Its Applications in Central Bank Liquidity Assistance and Financial Regulation, all of which were rated as excellent.

Li Zhisheng is the Vice President and Professor of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. He is also the Director of the Innovative Introduction Base for Digital Technology and Modern Finance Discipline. His research primarily focuses on financial innovation, financial risk management, market microstructure, and regional financial development. He has led multiple projects including the Higher Education Discipline Innovation and Intelligence Introduction Plan, major projects funded by the National Social Science Fund, National Natural Science Foundation Youth Projects, and general projects. His research findings have been published in journals such as Economic Research, Economics Quarterly, Financial Research, Journal of Banking and Finance, and Journal of Financial Markets. He has received awards including the second prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award for Higher Education (Undergraduate), the special prize of the Teaching Achievement Award for Higher Education in Hubei Province, the first prize of the Teaching Achievement Award for Higher Education in Sichuan Province, the first prize of the Outstanding Social Science Achievement Award in Hubei Province, and the first prize of the Excellent Achievement Award for Decision Support Work by the Hubei Provincial Committee. He has been selected for national talent programs such as the Youth Talent Project, the New Century Excellent Talents Program of the Ministry of Education, and the Hubei Province Postdoctoral Outstanding Talent Tracking and Cultivation Plan. He has also received honors such as the Hou Yingdong Young Teacher Award and the title of Hubei Famous Teacher. He serves as a member of the National Financial Professional Degree Graduate Education Guidance Committee, Vice President of the Hubei Financial Association, and Executive Vice Chairman of the Hubei Society for the Modernization of Technology, Economics, and Management.

Kong Dongmin is a specially-appointed professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Finance of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. He is also a member of the Financial Management Professional Committee of the China Society of Management Modernization. His primary research interests lie in financial finance, behavioral finance, and the Chinese capital market. He has published approximately 200 papers in academic journals such as Economic Research, Management World, Journal of Management Science, Financial Research, Economic Quarterly, Review of Finance, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Journal of Business Ethics, European Accounting Review, and China Economic Review. He has led several projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, the World Bank project of the Ministry of Finance, and joint research projects with the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Currently, he serves as the Associate Editor for China Finance Review International and editorial board member for journals such as Securities Market Herald, Accounting and Economic Research, Journal of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Luo Jia Management Review, Contemporary Accounting Review, and Jianghan Academic.

Sun Xianming is an associate professor in the Department of Financial Engineering at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. He also serves as the Executive Deputy Director of the Innovative Introduction Base for Digital Technology and Modern Finance Discipline. His research focuses on financial engineering, financial technology, and related fields. He has published research findings in journals such as the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Energy Economics, Journal of Futures Markets, and Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics. He has been honored as a Wenlan Young Scholar at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. He has led two projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation and other research projects supported by the basic research funds of central universities. His research has been recognized with the Outstanding Paper Award at the 16th China Financial Engineering Annual Conference in 2017.

Li Zhao is an associate professor at the School of Finance, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. He previously served as a lecturer at the China Finance College of the University of International Business and Economics. His primary research interests lie in banking theory and financial regulation, with his research findings published in journals such as Management Science and the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. He has led a National Natural Science Foundation general project (ongoing) and a youth project (completed). Li Zhao holds a dual bachelor's degree in Economics and Mathematics from Wuhan University, master's degrees in Finance and Economics from Wuhan University and Toulouse School of Economics in France, and a Ph.D. in Finance from Pompeu Fabra University in Spain.