The School of Economics at Guangxi University has a long history, dating back to the establishment of the Department of Economics at Guangxi University in 1937, with Mr. Li Da, a representative of the Communist Party's First National Congress and a renowned thinker, serving as its first department head. In 1992, the Department of Economics at Guangxi University was renamed as the School of Economics. In 1997, the School of Economics at Guangxi University merged with the Department of Agricultural Economics and Management at Guangxi Agricultural University, and was renamed as the School of Business at Guangxi University. In 2021, the first-level discipline of Applied Economics and corresponding undergraduate majors of Guangxi University were transferred to the China-ASEAN Institute of Financial Cooperation, and a new School of Economics was established at Guangxi University (hereinafter referred to as the School of Economics). The School of Economics currently has nearly 1,700 undergraduate and graduate students, with over 20,000 alumni nationwide and in Southeast Asia, many of whom have become leaders in various fields or sectors.

The School of Economics' Applied Economics discipline is the only one among liberal arts disciplines in Guangxi universities to be included in the Ministry of Education's "World-Class Discipline Construction Plan", while also being included in Guangxi's first-class discipline "A-Class Project" construction plan. The school has the only doctoral program in economics in Guangxi and the only postdoctoral research mobile station in applied economics in Guangxi. The school has three undergraduate majors - Finance, International Economics and Trade, and Economics - to support the development of its disciplines, all of which are included in the Ministry of Education's "National First-Class Undergraduate Majors" construction plan. It offers two distinctive graduate enrollment directions: Border Economics, the only one of its kind in the country, and China-ASEAN and National Economy with distinctive features. It also has Guangxi's first national experimental teaching demonstration center in liberal arts and a key laboratory in Guangxi's universities.

The School of Economics has produced many distinguished scholars in the past, including Shi Fuliang, Yang Shizhan, Zhang Xianchen, Qi Qisheng, Zhou Bodai, Shi Zhaotang, Zhang Renjia, Xue Muqiao, Li Tiemin, Wang Danru, and Wang Xueying. They have taught here and nurtured numerous outstanding students. Current notable figures who have studied or learned at the School of Economics include Lan Tianli, the current Chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; Liao Lin, the President of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China; Li Jiheng, former Minister of Civil Affairs; Xiao Yingzi, member of the Standing Committee of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee; Mo Gongming, member of the Standing Committee of the Chongqing Municipal Committee; Su Daoyan, former Vice Chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; Zhang Yuanxin, former Director of the Development and Reform Commission of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; and Yin Jianguo, former Director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Today, we have gathered renowned experts including prominent economist Zheng Xinli, frontier studies specialist Xing Guangcheng, ASEAN studies expert Zhai Kun, economic and trade expert Qu Weixi, investment expert Sang Baichuan, among others, as consultants. We also have full-time faculty members such as Tian Lihui, a participant in national talent programs, and Li Guanghui, the speaker at the 19th collective study session of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is also recognized as an expert enjoying special government allowances from the State Council. Additionally, the school has recruited multiple high-end talents from institutions such as the University of Oxford and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences through flexible methods of talent introduction.

The School of Economics, guided by its two main features of "ASEAN and Border Economy," is dedicated to establishing top-notch teaching and research teams focusing on ASEAN, border areas, free trade zones, and blockchain (digital economy). It offers innovative training programs for financial talents and has established several research institutes including the China-ASEAN Financial Cooperation Research Institute, the China Border Economy Research Institute, the China (Guangxi) Free Trade Zone Research Institute, the Guangxi Development Strategy Research Institute, and the Sino-British Blockchain Industry Research Institute, among others.

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the School of Economics will uphold the values of "diligence, sincerity, profound learning, and innovation" and promote the spirit of "innovation, courage, and excellence," which are core to Guangxi University's "Double First-Class" initiative. We will focus on national strategies and regional development, aiming to build an internationally renowned, distinctive, and domestically first-class School of Economics. Our goal is to nurture morally upright high-level talent for the nation and contribute to the high-quality development of Guangxi's open economy by offering intellectual support.