On January 9, 2026, a delegation of staff and students from the London School of Economics (LSE) visited Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS) in Shenzhen for an academic exchange, followed by a joint industry visit to SF Technology with PHBS international faculty and students.LSE delegation visits PHBS Exhibition HallThe afternoon began at the PHBS campus, where the LSE delegation was warmly ...

In a packed lecture hall at Peking University HSBC Business School, the economist urged a look back through history to understand the intelligence we are building today.Is artificial intelligence (AI) a 21st-century phenomenon, or are its intellectual origins embedded in the very history of the scientific revolution? This was the provocative premise of Nobel Prize-winning economist Thomas J. Sargent’...

Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS) announced a record year for academic research in 2025, with faculty and students publishing 106 peer-reviewed papers, representing a 5% year-on-year increase and marking the highest annual output in the School’s history.Among these publications, 78 papers (73.6%) appeared in top-tier domestic and international academic journals indexed by SSCI, SCI, and ...

On December 20–21, 2025, the PHBS-IER Conference, co-hosted by the Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS) and the International Economic Review (IER), was held at the PHBS Shenzhen campus. Centered on the theme “Demographic Change and Migration: Facts, Models, and Policy Implications,” the conference attracted nearly 150 senior professors and early-career scholars from leading universities ...

Editor’s note: The semester has been winding down, and the holiday break beckons. With that in mind, PKU News asked students to reflect on the year they’re finishing, the break to come, and how they view their goals for 2026.Peking University, December 24, 2025: Back in high school, I would imagine my university life—a vision of myself traveling through different cities, gaining profound insights ...

The grand final of the 2025 Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS)-Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS) Global Pitch Competition, along with the PKU-Cambridge Bay Area Entrepreneurship and Investment Forum, was successfully held at PHBS on December 11. Marking its fifth anniversary, the competition has solidified its role as a premier platform connecting global innovators with capital.The ...

The fifth session of the " Dialogue with a Nobel Laureate” was held at Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS) on November 18, featuring professor Thomas J. Sargent, 2011 Nobel laureate in economics and honorary director of the Sargent Institute of Quantitative Economics and Finance （SIQEF）at PHBS.The tea sessionProfessor Sargent was invited once again to engage in an informal roundtable discussion ...

On November 3, Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS) hosted the "SIQEF Macro Workshop: Frontier of Macroeconomics Research," organized by its Sargent Institute of Quantitative Economics and Finance. The workshop brought together leading scholars from the United States, mainland China, and Hong Kong to discuss cutting-edge developments in macroeconomics.Meeting in SessionProfessor Thomas J. ...

Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS) welcomed a distinguished delegation from the University of Strathclyde on November 13 for discussions on strengthening academic ties and exploring new avenues for collaboration.The delegation was led by Professor Sir Jim McDonald, a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, honorary professor at Peking University, emeritus principal and vice chancellor ...

On October 29–30, Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS) held the fourth session of its “Dialogue with a Nobel Laureate: Student Tea Talk Series at PHBS,” bringing together nine Economics PhD candidates from the 2024 cohort for an inspiring academic dialogue with Professor Thomas J. Sargent, winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Economics and honorary director of the Sargent Institute of Quantitative ...