Notice of Recruitment for Institute of Green Finance, Lanzhou University (Long Term Available)

Ⅰ. About us

Lanzhou University (hereinafter referred to as LZU), located in Lanzhou, a pivotal city on the ancient Silk Road and the capital of Gansu Province, serves as a national comprehensive university directly affiliated to the Ministry of Education. It is one of the key universities listed both in the national “Project 985” and “Project 211” as well as a national “Double First-Class (First-Class Universities & First-Class Disciplines)” university. In 2019, LZU is authorized by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee to issue degree independently.

Centering on the vision of the important speeches of the General Secretary, combining the development needs of the Western China and Gansu province, as well as contributing LZUers’ efforts to deeply participate in serving the national strategy and the development of Gansu province, Institute of Green Finance (hereinafter referred to as IGF) was established on October 24th, 2019. With the missions of “cultivating financial talents, serving local economy, achieving ecological progress and contributing to a beautiful China” as well as the ideas of “resource exchange, comprehensive communication, scientific research and initiative service”, IGF is committed to building a domestically leading and internationally renowned green finance academic highland, high-end think tank and talent training base.

IGF implements the President responsibility system under the leadership of the council. Lanzhou university serves as the president and the vice-presidents are as follows: Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China; Gansu Province Financial Association; Gansu Provincial Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau; Lanzhou New Area Management Committee; Gansu Bank Limited Corporation; Bank of China Limited Gansu Branch.

The Institute has set up an council as a decision-making body to examine and approve major issues of IGF and to integrate various resources. An academic committee has also been established to provide strategic consultation and to consider major academic affairs such as scientific research and academic exchanges for its development.

IGF aims at actively carrying out external cooperation and building a regional green finance cooperation network, strengthening the construction and academic research of the Institute, promoting the development of disciplines and innovating talent training mechanisms, as well as improving the capacity building of think tanks and launching a series of think tank products with significant decision-making impact.

II. Required Research Directions

Researches on green finance policy,on green finance and industrial development, on green financial product innovation as well as on green finance & “Belt and Road” international cooperation are required.

Ⅲ. Positions Available, Requirements and Salary Package

i. Professor

Requirements

Applicants should already have Associate Professorship(or above) in a domestic universityor with a preliminary Professorship (or above) in a foreign university, or those who have the with equivalent capacity to professors of our university.

Applicants are required to have been famous and influential in the professional field, have published papers with high-level academic achievements, and have hosted national or above fund projects.

Applicants should be capable of writing policy consultation reports centering on major strategic decisions and arrangements for national and local economic and social development as well as combining hot-spot and key issues such as green finance.

Excellent Applicants will be provided with relevant treatments on negotiable terms.

Salary Package

Salary, insurance, welfare and merit pay will be offered according to the National Salary Standards.

400,000 to 1,000,000RMB research start-up fund for Humanities and Social Sciences.

500,000 to 900,000 RMB housing and relocation allowance plus temporary apartment.

Job and schooling settlements respectively for spouse and children.

ⅱ. Associate Professor

Requirements

Applicants should already have Lectureship (or above) in a domestic university or Assistant Professorship (or above) in a foreign university, or acquire a PhD degree with outstanding academic achievements.

Applicants are required to have issued papers with high-level academic results as the first authors or the second authors (If so, the first author must be their supervisors) with the capability of undertaking scientific research independently. Besides, applicants ought to have hosted ministerial and provincial level or above fund projects.

Applicants should be capable of writing policy consultation reports centering on major strategic decisions and arrangements for national and local economic and social development as well as combining hot-spot and key issues such as green finance.

Excellent Applicants will be provided with relevant treatments on negotiable terms.

Salary Package

Salary, insurance, welfare and merit pay will be offered according to the National Salary Standards.

300,000 RMB research start-up fund for Humanities and Social Sciences.

400,000 RMB housing and relocation allowance plus temporary apartment.

Schooling settlements for children.

iii. Lecturer

Requirements

Applicants should be no more than 35 years old and be undergraduates and graduates with bachelor’s, master’s and PhD degrees from their universities and their major for application must meet our research demands. The previous education background for doctoral degree holders from well-known overseas universities could be appropriately relaxed.

Applicants are required to have issued papers with high-level academic results as the first authors or the second authors (If so, the first author must be their supervisors) with the capability of undertaking scientific research independently.

Applicants should be capable of writing policy consultation reports centering on major strategic decisions and arrangements for national and local economic and social development as well as combining hot-spot and key issues such as green finance.

Excellent Applicants will be provided with relevant treatments on negotiable terms.

Salary Package

Salary is offered according to the National Salary Standards of the universities under the Ministry of Education. Besides, the university also offers sufficient research start-up funds.

Minimum of 50,000 RMB research start-up fund for Humanities and Social Sciences.

50,000 RMB housing and relocation allowance plus temporary apartment.

Schooling settlements for children.

iv. Youth Researcher

Requirements

Applicants should be no more than 35 years old in principle and be physically healthy, and have good morality and academic spirit, rigorous research style, as well as positive mentality and team spirits.

Applicants are required to have graduated with a PhD degree in first-class universities or famous research institutions at home and abroad. Those who already have Associate Professorship or above, or have experiences of postdoctoral research or have one or more consecutive years of overseas study or cooperative research experience are preferred.

In line with our university’s “Double First-Class” construction and discipline development demands, the applicants should be able to publish high-quality achievements in areas such as the research on green finance policy, research on green financial product innovation as well as on green finance & “Belt and Road” international cooperation.

Applicants should be able to work on full time in Institute of Green Finance, Lanzhou University.

Applicants should be capable of grasping the development frontier of this discipline with achieved certain academic achievements and the potential to be academic leaders.

Once employed, Applicants must meet at least one of the following requirements:

Issuing at least 2 papers on journals in SCI, SSCI, A&HCI as the first author (if as the second author, the first author should be his/her students or supervisors) or as the correspondent author.

Publishing at least 4 papers on domestic authoritative journals, and at least one of them is in the domestic top journal.

Hosting at least one National Social Science Fund Project or one National Natural Science Foundation Project.

Completing half work of the Requirements A and B respectively.

Salary Package

Youth researchers will be paid an annual salary of 250,000 to 300,000 RMB (pre-tax) per year, and the specific standard will be defined in the recruitment announcement and employment contract.

The university will provide 400,000 RMB research start-up fund for Humanities and Social Sciences.

Applicants can apply for the appointment as master’s supervisors, and the specific appointment procedures will be in accordance with the relevant requirements of our university.

The university will purchase social insurances such as medical care in accordance with relevant national regulations and offer temporary apartments.

The university will support them to apply for various national talents projects.

The university will provide pre-tax annual housing subsidies of 40,000 RMB and temporary apartments.

The university will assist with schooling settlements for their children.

v. Foreign Teacher

Requirements

Applicants should abide by the laws and regulations of the People’s Republic of China and the rules and regulations of the university.

Applicants should respect moral standards and customs of Chinese people as well as China’s religious policy, and not engage in activities that teachers should not take part in.

Applicants should be physically and mentally healthy without criminal records and bad habits.

Professional foreign teachers should already have PhD degree with some experiences in teaching and scientific research, or hold a master’s degree with work as an assistant professor or above in overseas teaching and research institutions.

Salary Package

The salary of professional foreign teachers could be higher than the salary of teachers at the same level in the university, in principle, no more than 20%. And for high-level talents, our university will determine the salary separately.

During the employment period, the university will cover their domestic(from Lanzhou to any other entry and exit ports in China)and international travel expenses once a year.

Foreign teachers can rent our university’s apartments for foreign teachers, or have self-accommodation.

IV. Application Materials

Resume (contained experiences from university up to date, photos are required).

List of issued papers (including 3-5 representative works) and other academic achievements.

Copies of academic certificates and degree certificates, English proficiency certificates and other important documents.

Past research summary and future research plan.

V. Contact Information

Contact Person：Mrs. Xu

Tel：+86-(0)931-8912977

Fax：0931-8912977

Email：ldlj@lzu.edu.cn

Address: Room 1912, Qiyun Building, Lanzhou University, No. 222 South Tianshui Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou, Gansu,China.

Postcode: 730000

We sincerely welcome you to join us!

Institute of Green Finance, Lanzhou University