The Research Center for Political Economy at Nankai University is a National Key Research Base for Humanities and Social Sciences, which was established in December 2000 by Nankai University and the Ministry of Education. It is a research entity based on two National Key Subjects, Political Economy and International Finance, and supported by Western Economics, Regional Economics, Industrial Economics, Economics History, Population, Resources and Environmental Economics, History of Economic Thoughts, Management and other doctoral programs. The center features studies on basic theories of economics, and endeavors to inspire innovations and breakthroughs on major theoretical questions posed during the practice of building Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the development of contemporary capitalism and socialism. The center mainly studies socialist economic theories and economic theories on modern capitalism. It currently has a faculty of 12 full-time researchers and 10 part-time researchers with Pang Jinju, Zhou Liqun, Chen Zongsheng, Zhu Guanghua, Jing weimin, He Zili, Zhou Yunbo, Liu Fengyi and other professors as major academic leaders.

Prof. Pang Jinju is the director of the center, and Prof Jing Weimin, Prof Zhou Liqun, Prof Chen Zongsheng are deputy directors. The center established an academic commission with Prof Gu Shutang and Prof Zhu Guanghua as consultants, Prof Wu Shuqing from Peking University as director, Prof Zhu Guanghua from Nankai University as deputy director, Prof Pang Jinju from Nankai University as executive deputy director, and Prof Liu Shucheng from Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Prof Hong Yinxing from Nanjing University, Prof Liu Wei from Renmin University of China, Prof Yi Gang—the Secretary-General of the Monetary Policy Committee, Prof Huang Taiyan from Renmin University of China, Prof Yang Ruilong from Renmin University of China, researcher Mr. Ma Jiantang from Chinese Academy of Governance, Prof Liu Zunyi from Stanford University, Prof Chen Zongsheng from Nankai University and Prof Zhou Liqun from Nankai University as commissioners.