Professor Xiao Jinghua, Executive Vice President of the Chinese Information Economics Society, Delivered a Keynote Report and Presented Books

Professor Mao Jiye, Dean of the School of Entrepreneurship and Management at ShanghaiTech University, Professor Zhang Yuli from the Business School of Nankai University, and Professor Qi Yudong, Dean of BNU Business School (BNUBS), commented on the new book respectively. They shared insights from the perspectives of in-depth practical investigation of the research team, sustained research focus, and theoretical system construction.

Professors Mao Jiye, Zhang Yuli and Qi Yudong Commented on the Books

Professor Chen Yantai, Director of the Private Enterprise Digital-Intelligent Transformation Committee of the Chinese Information Economics Society, gave a presentation on the new book entitled Research on the Composition and Development of Data-Driven Enterprise Dynamic Capabilities, and presented the book to BNU Business School (BNUBS), the organizer of the conference.

Professor Chen Yantai, Director of the Private Enterprise Digital-Intelligent Transformation Committee of the Chinese Information Economics Society, Delivered a Keynote Report and Presented Books

Professor Xie Kang, Director of the Strategy and Academic Committee of the Chinese Information Economics Society, Professor Liu Zhiqiang, Vice Dean of the School of Management at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and Professor Chen Kaihua, Distinguished Professor at the School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, offered comments respectively, emphasizing the importance of advancing basic theories and deepening research in the Chinese context.

Professors Xie Kang, Liu Zhiqiang and Chen Kaihua Commented on the Books

The keynote speech session of the forum was divided into two halves.The first half was presided over by Professor Chen Yantai, Director of the Private Enterprise Digital-Intelligent Transformation Committee of the Chinese Information Economics Society.

Professor Chen Yantai Presided over the First Half of the Keynote Speeches

Professor Mao Jiye, Dean of the School of Entrepreneurship and Management at ShanghaiTech University, delivered a keynote speech entitled “How Do Top Leaders Lead Digital Transformation?”Focusing on the important topic of how CEOs can effectively lead digital transformation, Professor Mao Jiye revealed the process mechanism of top leaders leading digital transformation based on qualitative research of four different types of enterprises. He emphasized that digital transformation is by no means a simple technological upgrade, but a systematic organizational change that needs to be led and promoted by CEOs.

Professor Mao Jiye Delivered a Keynote Speech

Professor Qi Yudong, Dean of BNU Business School (BNUBS), delivered a keynote speech entitled “Digital Economy, High-Quality Development and Advancing Chinese-Style Modernization”. Focusing on the connotation of Chinese-style modernization and the challenges of development and balance it faces, Professor Qi Yudong proposed to strengthen, improve and expand the digital economy, address challenges through technological self-reliance, industrial upgrading and transformation of production modes, and help achieve the goal of modernization.

Professor Qi Yudong Delivered a Keynote Speech

Professor Liu Taoxiong, Dean of the Institute of Innovation and Development at Tsinghua University, delivered a keynote speech entitled “Data Reversibility and the Large Model Industry”. Professor Liu Taoxiong emphasized that one of the essential characteristics reflected in the development of the large model industry is data reversibility, and discussed how this characteristic affects the pricing strategies and market competition structure of leading enterprises.

Professor Liu Taoxiong Delivered a Keynote Speech

The book launch session was hosted by Professor Chen Binkai, Vice President of Central University of Finance and Economics.

Professor Chen Binkai, Vice President of Central University of Finance and Economics, Presided over the Book Launch Session

Professor Xiao Jinghua, Executive Vice President of the Chinese Information Economics Society, gave a presentation on the new book entitled Dual Leap Transformation and Structural Advantage Strategy of Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Enterprises, and presented the book to BNU Business School (BNUBS).

On January 18, 2026, the Forum on Economic and Management Interdisciplinary Research on Digital Transformation & Intelligent Innovation and Book Launch Ceremony was successfully held at Beijing Normal University. The event was hosted by the Theoretical Economics Committee, the Private Enterprise Digital-Intelligent Transformation Committee, and the Digital-Intelligent Strategy and Entrepreneurship Committee of the Chinese Information Economics Society (in no particular order), and organized by the Beijing Normal University Business School (BNUBS). Under the theme of Digital Transformation and Intelligent Innovation, the forum brought together renowned experts, scholars, young faculty members, and doctoral students from universities across China to discuss cutting-edge issues in the digital economy and management.

Group Photo at the Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony was chaired by Professor Gong Qiang, Director of the Theoretical Economics Committee of the Chinese Information Economics Society.

Professor Xie Kang, Director of the Strategy and Academic Committee of the Chinese Information Economics Society, delivered a speech on behalf of the society, and Professor Qi Yudong, Dean of BNUBS, addressed the audience on behalf of the organizer. Both extended a warm welcome to all guests, faculty, and students, spoke highly of the joint organization of this interdisciplinary economic and management forum by the three committees, and wished the forum a complete success.

Professor Chen Binkai, Vice President of Central University of Finance and Economics, delivered a keynote speech entitled “Artificial Intelligence, Economic Growth and Income Distribution”. Focusing on the impact of artificial intelligence on income distribution, Professor Chen Binkai analyzed the tension between economic growth and widening income gap brought by the technological revolution, discussed the substitution effect and creation effect of artificial intelligence, and proposed to balance growth and equity by guiding technological direction through policies and subsidizing job-creating innovations.

Professor Chen Binkai Delivered a Keynote Speech

The second half of the keynote speeches was presided over by Professor Yu Xiaoyu, Director of the Digital-Intelligent Strategy and Entrepreneurship Committee of the Chinese Information Economics Society.

Professor Yu Xiaoyu Presided over the Second Half of the Keynote Speeches

Professor Liu Zhiqiang, Vice Dean of the School of Management at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, delivered a keynote speech entitled “AI-Driven Organizational Management Research: Evolution and Current Status Review”.Professor Liu Zhiqiang shared the cutting-edge development of artificial intelligence and AI-driven organizational management research, put forward insights on the latest AI literature, and emphasized that AI-driven organizational management research can be systematically enriched in the future from two aspects: expansion of analytical levels and in-depth discussion of mechanisms.

Professor Liu Zhiqiang Delivered a Keynote Speech

Professor Wang Zhaohua, Dean of the School of Economics at Beijing Institute of Technology, delivered a keynote speech entitled “Scenario Simulation and Implementation Paths of Low-Carbon Transformation in Typical Fields of China Based on Multimodal Big Data”.Professor Wang Zhaohua analyzed the background of multimodal big data facilitating China’s low-carbon transformation, elaborated the low-carbon transformation paths of key fields based on multimodal big data, and made a research outlook on multimodal intelligence leading the zero-carbon future.

Professor Wang Zhaohua Delivered a Keynote Speech

Two parallel forums were set up at this conference.Parallel Forum I, themed “Digital Transformation and Paradigm Shift”, was chaired by Professor Sun Yi from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor Xu Wei from Renmin University of China.Professor Gong Qiang, Director of the Theoretical Research Committee of the Chinese Information Economics Society, focused on the analysis of artificial intelligence open-source strategies and industrial policies, deeply analyzed the trade-off mechanism between closed-source and open-source ecosystems, and emphasized the key role of industrial policies in coordinating market equilibrium.Professor Xie En, Dean of the School of Economics and Management at Tongji University, systematically reviewed the impact of artificial intelligence on enterprise innovation, proposed a basic research framework and future research paradigm, and provided a new perspective for research in the field of AI innovation.Professor Wang Yong, Director of the Digital Economy Research Center at Tsinghua University, analyzed the game interaction between AI and humans through a dynamic pricing model, and empirically revealed the learning effect and price complementarity.Professor Chen Kaihua, Distinguished Professor at the School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, discussed the reshaping of scientific research paradigm system and governance reform driven by artificial intelligence, and looked forward to the impact of technological changes on the academic ecosystem.Professor Liou Yubin from the Business School of Tianjin University of Finance and Economics focused on the competitive effect of public data opening, providing a theoretical basis for data policy design.Professor Zhang Xiao from the Business School of Nanjing University discussed the mechanism of virtual environment empowering organizational learning, and put forward the concept of “virtual application of entities” to solve the dilemma of traditional learning.

Parallel Forum II, themed “Digital-Intelligent Strategy and Innovative Growth”, was chaired by Professor Li Weiwen from Sun Yat-sen University and Professor Cao Zhigang from Beijing Jiaotong University.Professor Yu Xiaoyu, Director of the Digital-Intelligent Strategy and Entrepreneurship Committee of the Chinese Information Economics Society, deeply analyzed the mechanism of hard-tech entrepreneurship and the path of enterprise growth, providing theoretical guidance for the development of technology-oriented enterprises.Professor Lin Song, Dean of the Business School at Central University of Finance and Economics, took the film industry as an example to vividly explain how organizational memory affects enterprise strategic adaptability, and warned of the paradox of change that “success may become a trap”.Professor Jiao Hao from BNU Business School (BNUBS) revealed the complex impact of the monopoly of large tech platforms on the stability of global supply chains based on the experience of Chinese enterprises in transnational supply chains.Professor Liu Hang, Vice President of the China Institute of Internet Economy at Central University of Finance and Economics, systematically analyzed the reconstruction of decision-making models and three types of inefficiency risks in the process of AI empowering the platform economy, providing new ideas for platform governance.Associate Professor Zhang Jiamin from the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University focused on the logic of venture capital in the AI era, and comparatively analyzed the differences and trends of the venture capital ecosystems between China and the United States.Assistant Professor Zhao Lin from the Wenlan School of Business at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law shared the research results on the competitive effect and welfare effect of data-driven enterprise mergers and acquisitions.