Tsinghua University’s economic department has a long history. In 1926, the department was established, soon after that, economist CHEN Daisun was appointed as the head of the department in 1928. This was later followed by the nationwide academic restructuring regime, and the economics department of Tsinghua was merged into other universities. With the beginning of Opening and Reform in 1979, the department of Economics and Management Engineering was established and began enrolling graduate students. In 1984, Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management was established. The current dean of Tsinghua SEM is Professor QIAN Yingyi who became the fourth dean in 2006. For three decades, Tsinghua SEM has been growing fast along with the reform, opening-up and development of the Chinese economy. Today, Tsinghua SEM continues to strive for building a world-class school of economics and management.