Economics is a social science that studies how limited resources are allocated in society to ensure optimal economic development. Economic research aims to find out the objective laws of economic development so as to take corresponding measures to stimulate or maintain economic growth and avoid economic recession. It plays an important role in understanding and guiding the reform and development of China's economy, and it is also of great guiding significance for people to make rational decisions in their daily work and life. As a basic discipline in social science, economics plays an important role in promoting the development of other disciplines in social science, especially accounting, sociology and political science. The research and application foreground of economics is very broad.

      This major for information and communication industry, pay attention to training with solid foundation knowledge of economics and finance, financial, communications, network and knowledge, innovative consciousness and practical ability, economic have qualified professionals should have comprehensive quality and basic skills, can in information communication industry and enterprises and institutions and government departments engaged in the management of finance, financial, professional personnel decision analysis and so on economic work. Graduates are mainly employed by telecom operators such as China mobile, China telecom and China unicom, telecom equipment suppliers such as huawei and zte, and financial institutions such as postal savings bank, mainly engaged in financial work and market research, development and promotion.

      Students of this major will further their study in western economics, finance, finance, quantitative economics, national economics, industrial economics and other fields. In recent years, outstanding graduates have been admitted by Peking University, nanjing university, zhejiang university, Johns Hopkins university, Paris university and other famous universities at home and abroad.