QS Global Education News, the official news network of QS, featured a communication in July 2024, highlighting the 4th Economics Editors' Face-to-Face Meeting, a joint initiative by the School of Economics and Management at Beijing Jiaotong University and Elsevier Group. The report detailed the grand scale of the conference and the academic public welfare live broadcast, emphasizing the two major highlights: a series of seven thematic seminars led by editors and a plenary session with all editors. Guided by the university's motto "Knowing and Doing," the conference aimed to deepen academic dissemination and public welfare concepts, expand international exchange mechanisms, and foster high-level academic research and exchange. The participation of top journal editors has ignited the passion of global economic researchers and facilitated the collision and integration of innovative ideas.

The successful organization of the conference not only provided an open, diverse, and efficient international discussion platform for scholars, teachers, and students, particularly young researchers, but also significantly enhancing the international influence of Beijing Jiaotong University's economic research and contributing to the field of economics in China.

QS (Quacquarelli Symonds), a prestigious global higher education research institution, has developed the QS World University Rankings, which have grown to become the most sought-after comparative data on university performance worldwide. QS Global Education News serves as a hub for higher education institutions and associated organizations to share the latest news and press releases, providing a dynamic platform for communication and information dissemination. Furthermore, it acts as a powerful tool for renowned universities to project their comprehensive capabilities to a global audience, thereby amplifying their international impact and recognition. This platform is instrumental in fostering a global dialogue on higher education and contributing to the advancement of academic excellence on a worldwide scale.

From May 28 to June 6, 2024, the School of Economics and Management at Beijing Jiaotong University successfully hosted the 4th Economics Editors' Face-to-Face Meeting. The event brought together the chif editors of seven top-tier journals in the field of economics, including Journal of International Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Resource and Energy Economics, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, and The Quarterly Journal of Economics, along with domestic academic authorities. They engaged in in-depth discussions on the latest research findings and academic trends in economics.

The conference was structured into two major segments. The first part consists of a series of seven specialized thematic seminars, each inviting one editor to present their latest research findings. Additionally, two renowned scholars from both domestic and international arenas, who are authorities in the same field, have been specially invited to provide in-depth critiques and discussions. The second segment was a plenary session with all seven editors, who collectively dissected the positioning, characteristics, review processes, and requirements of their respective journals, providing precise insights into the focal points and challenges of writing and submission.

This conference was characterized by its high-level focus, cutting-edge themes, rich content, multi-dimensional interaction, and innovative formats, attracting over 50,000 participants. Scholars and students from universities and research institutions worldwide, including the University of British Columbia, University of Connecticut, University of Glasgow, Yale University, Columbia University, Indiana University, Monash University, University of Hamburg, University of Toulouse, Charles University, University of Melbourne, University of California, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, registered for the event. The conference has garnered significant attention from various academic communities and media outlets, with follow-up coverage from various institutions and platforms.