On the morning of July 23, 2023, the Establishment Ceremony of the Research Center for Metacosmos and Financial Insurance of University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) and the Book Launching Ceremony of Introduction to Financial Security were held in the International Conference Hall on the third floor of the Honesty. Huang Baoyin, Secretary of the Party Committee of the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Yu Miaojie, President of Liaoning University and Cheung Kong Scholar, Wu Satellite, President of Capital University of Economics and Business and Cheung Kong Scholar, Cai Weide, Honorary Director of the Research Center for Metaverse and Financial Insurance of UIBE and Professor of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Zhou Daoshu, Director of the Research Center for Financial Security at the Institute of Financial Science and Technology of Tsinghua University, Foreign Member of the European Academy of Sciences, Latin American Academician of the European Academy of Sciences, Latin American Academy of Sciences, President of the Institute of Humanities and Arts of Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Yangtze River Scholar Wang Ning, Professor of the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Vice President of the China National Institute for Innovation and Development Strategies, Lv Benfu, and other more than 40 well-known experts and scholars in the fields of politics, enterprises, academia, and research from both China and foreign countries participated in the ceremony by a combination of online and offline, and the students and faculty of the School of Insurance, as well as representatives of students and faculty of other colleges and universities, totaling more than 100 people, participated in the meeting.

At the inauguration ceremony, Mr. Huang Baoyin, Secretary of the Party Committee of the University of International Business and Economics, Mr. Yu Miaojie, President of Liaoning University and Yangtze River Scholar, Mr. Zhou Mingshan, Vice President of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, and Mr. Wu Satellite, President of Capital University of Economics and Business and Yangtze River Scholar, delivered speeches one after another. Secretary Huang Baoyin said that the 14th Risk Management and Actuarial Forum and International Conference on Actuarial and Insurance hosted by the School of Insurance was just opened yesterday, and the Meta-Universe and Financial Insurance Research Center of the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) will be set up today, which is a double blessing for the School of Insurance, and he would like to thank all the teachers and students who have been working hard in the process of organizing, operating and servicing the Actuarial Forum and the Meta-Universe and Financial Insurance Research Center, and he also expressed his warmest welcome to all the guests today. I would like to extend a warm welcome to all the guests attending today's meeting. Today's era is the digital era, the era of digital economy, the University of International Business and Economics has both hardware and software conditions, and has accumulated rich theoretical and practical experience by actively laying out in big data and cloud computing, and has always been in the forefront in digital economy. The emergence of meta-universe has put forward new opportunities and challenges to the school's discipline construction and talent cultivation, and the impact of meta-universe ecology on the field of education has aroused extensive and in-depth discussions, and it will also cause profound changes in all aspects of the concept of teaching, teaching ideology, teaching technology, teaching mode, and teaching effect. Through the establishment of the Research Center on Metaverse and Financial Insurance, the School of Insurance has built a platform to attract interested experts and scholars to jointly research and serve the application scenarios of financial insurance, which is a positive and beneficial exploration. It is hoped that the research center can fully reflect the teaching characteristics of meta-universe, provide useful reference and support to the teaching of the school and other financial colleges and universities, produce valuable research results, and effectively lead the innovation of financial insurance.

Yu Miaojie, president of Liaoning University and Changjiang Scholar, made a video speech, firstly, on behalf of Liaoning University, he warmly congratulated on the establishment of the Research Center of Metaverse and Financial Insurance, and then he pointed out that the development of China's digital economy is a gas pedal to promote the development of the metaverse industry, and that the development of the digital economy and the development of the metaverse industry are complementary to each other. The combination of metaverse and finance and insurance will create new economic growth points, bring new development opportunities and expand new development fields. The establishment of the Research Center on Metaverse and Financial Insurance of the University of International Business and Economics marks the prelude of the systematic research on metaverse and financial insurance in the industry. It is expected that the research center will become an important innovation platform in the industry, gathering talents, accelerating the progress of research and development, and achieving more innovative results.

Zhou Mingshan, Vice President of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, gave a video speech, pointing out that with the expanding development of meta-universe materialization, meta-universe brings brand new possibilities for the financial insurance industry. Through Yuan Universe, financial and insurance services can be more intelligent and efficient, and its development potential is huge. The establishment of the Research Center for Metaverse and Financial Insurance of the University of International Business and Economics provides a specialized research platform to promote the integration of metaverse and financial insurance, and it is of great significance to be able to bring together experts and scholars from all walks of life to jointly study the cutting-edge business model of metaverse plus financial insurance.

President of Capital University of Economics and Business and Yangtze River Scholar Wu Satellite delivered a speech to the meeting, President Wu congratulated the establishment of the center, then pointed out that the Ministry of Education has been promoting the construction of cross-disciplines, and the new assets and circulation forms of meta-universe will be likely to become a new breakthrough for the development of the financial industry, and the establishment of the center is both opportune and significant, which has condensed the direction of the development of the meta-universe, and expanded the meta-universe application scenarios. Driven by the national major strategic needs, the integration of meta-universe and financial and insurance application scenarios will continuously give rise to new disciplinary fronts, new scientific and technological fields and new innovative forms. Capital University of Business and Economics also actively serves the construction of the benchmark city of digital economy in Beijing through the construction of financial technology center and a series of courses related to meta-universe and financial insurance. We hope that in the future, we can join hands with the Research Center for Meta-universe and Financial Insurance of the University of International Business and Economics closely, focus on China's special national conditions, and actively explore in the areas of agreement politics, government governance under digital ecology, and financial insurance supervision, and jointly Launch a series of products and services that can be landed, leading the national research in related fields.

(Speech Session)

After the speech, under the joint witness of all the guests, Huang Boyin, Secretary of the Party Committee of the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), and Cai Weide, Honorary Director of the Center for Meta-Universe and Financial Insurance of UIBE and Professor of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), unveiled the plaque, and the Center for Meta-Universe and Financial Insurance of UIBE was formally established.

(Plaque unveiling session)

Then, Prof. Cai Weide, Honorary Director of the Research Center for Metaverse and Financial Insurance of University of International Business and Economics and Professor of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, delivered a speech "New Digital Financial Insurance, Computer Architecture, Infrastructure--Another Discussion on the Development Planning of the Center". Prof. Tsai discussed the changes in the development of the digital economy and the meta-universe, noting that this field is growing rapidly and has affected the architecture, markets, processes, and infrastructures of the digital economy. The huge market potential for financial insurance standards, settlement of digital asset rights transactions, and infrastructure in the metaverse was emphasized. The difference between the traditional digital economy and the new digital economy (Web3) was presented and the reasons why the new digital economy must be developed were emphasized. He pointed out that digital asset trading in China is about to be recognized and the new digital economic system is coming. Ultimately, he pointed out that China has to establish its own digital infrastructure and management system to protect national sovereignty and the development of the digital economy.

(Cai Weide, Honorary Director of the Research Center for Metaverse and Financial Insurance at the University of International Business and Economics and Professor at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics delivered a speech.)

(Xie Yuantao, Dean of School of Insurance, University of International Business and Economics, hosted the ceremony)

The keynote speech session was hosted by Wang Yurong, Secretary General of China International Finance 30-People Forum, Deputy Director of Center for Social and Financial Studies, Academy of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, and Center for Meta-universe and Financial Insurance Research, University of International Business and Economics, and a number of scholars delivered keynote speeches from different perspectives on "Meta-universe Prospects for 2035 from a Global Perspective". A number of scholars delivered keynote speeches from different perspectives on "Prospects for the Metaverse in Global Perspective towards 2035".

Wang Ning, foreign member of European Academy of Sciences, member of Latin American Academy of Sciences, director of Institute of Humanities and Arts of Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Yangtze River Scholar, gave a speech with the theme of "Science and Literature in the Era of Meta-Universe", talking about the era of meta-universe from the perspectives of science and literature. Academician Wang Ning said that science and literature are imaginative at the highest level, and science and literature will still exist in the era of meta-universe. Although the artificial intelligence means of meta-universe can create scientific and literary works, they can neither replace nor surpass the cutting-edge and high-level talents, and in the virtual world beyond reality, people still desire for the real artistic experience. Therefore, in the era of meta-universe, literature and art will still exist and retain its unique value; Zhao Guodong, secretary general of Zhongguancun Big Data Industry Alliance and head of the research group of new infrastructure for digital economy of National Development and Reform Commission, answered several questions about why meta-universe needs culture, why culture needs meta-universe, and why cultural meta-universe needs China; Lv Guodong, professor of Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Innovation and Professor of Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences and vice president of China National Innovation and Development Strategy Research Association, Lv Benfu, delivered a video speech, pointing out that the most fundamental feature of metaverse is that it can make people change from bystanders in the past to participants and experiencers, so the present metaverse is still at the primary stage, and the metaverse in the future will produce changes in taste and touch. The meta-universe will also inspire endless financial innovations; He Chengzhou, foreign academician of the European Academy of Sciences, dean and professor of the School of Arts of Nanjing University, made a video speech with the theme of "Transmedia and Meta-universe", Professor He firstly introduced the various forms of transmedia by citing examples, such as the transmedia of pictures and sounds, and the transmedia of novels and TV dramas, and secondly, pointed out that the development of meta-universe will inevitably develop a huge room for progress for transmedia. Secondly, he pointed out that the development of meta-universe will inevitably open up a huge space for transmedia to make progress; Shao Chunbao, vice president of CIETEC, made a speech with the theme of "Exploring the future evolution of the meta-universe from the perspective of the society", starting from the motivation - the logical starting point of the meta-universe, the main body - the key point of the meta-universe, the function --From four perspectives: motivation - the logical starting point of meta-universe, subject - the focus of meta-universe advancement, function - the main content of meta-universe, and technology - the value of meta-universe evolution. Meta-universe is the ultimate world of digital technology development, and the development of meta-universe can create better virtual environments, provide better immersive experiences, and demonstrate better intelligence.

(Keynote Speech Session)

The book release session consisted of two parts: the launch of Introduction to Financial Security and the book review session, which was hosted by Ding Hanqing, vice dean and professor of School of Journalism and Communication of Beijing Normal University.

At the conference, Mr. Shu Dan, assistant editor-in-chief of China Law Press, was the guest of honor, pointing out that Introduction to Financial Security is a masterpiece of financial security theory research. Zhou Daoxu, director of the Financial Security Research Center of Tsinghua University's Institute of Financial Science and Technology and a doctoral scholar, as the chief editor, introduced the writing background and logical framework of Introduction to Financial Security. The book systematically compiles and moderately analyzes ten levels involving financial security from three levels of financial industry security, financial instrument security and financial system security, providing a large amount of exploratory content for financial security related research, which is a reference material that can be used for financial security training and financial security teaching in various colleges and universities, and at the same time, it can serve as a manual for the practical reference of financial security practitioners. Director Zhou Daoxu also called on more and more industry organizations, academic units, and academies of sciences to participate in the preparation of Introduction to Financial Security and make greater contributions to the high-quality development and security of the financial industry.

In the critique session, Wang Qing, Dean of the School of Finance and China Institute of Financial Research of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, and Changjiang Scholar, pointed out that the book Introduction to Financial Security adheres to the overall national security concept and realizes a useful exploration of the financial security field. It constructs an overall analytical framework of financial security from three levels of industry, technology and system, which is of great value as a textbook in the field of financial security in the early days of China; Zhang Xueyong, dean and professor of the School of Finance of the Central University of Finance and Economics, summarizes the three features of the book Introduction to Financial Security. First, the structure is complete, with three chapters and ten chapters, and the perspective is comprehensive; second, the indicators are clear, and specific measurement methods are given on how to assess financial security, which is operable; third, the book contains policy revelations and reflections, and it is a "timely rain" for cultivating professionals, safeguarding the financial security of the country, and realizing the spirit of the Twentieth National Congress; Feng Feng, Deputy Director of the General Office of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, is a research fellow of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Feng Weijiang, deputy director of the General Office of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and researcher, believes that financial security is a promising discipline and a very important pillar of national security, and that the release of the book "Introduction to Financial Security" will help experts in finance, national security, and other related fields to focus more on the field of financial security; the director-general of the Center for Global Innovation, co-director and researcher of the Institute for Development of the Rule of Law and National Security at Beijing Jiaotong University, and co-director and researcher of the Institute for Development of the Rule of Law and National Security at China Social and Economic Sciences. Zhao Gang, Director General of Global Innovation Center, Co-Director and Researcher of National Security and Rule of Law Development Research Institute of Beijing Jiaotong University, and Vice Chairman of China Society for Socio-Economic Systems Analysis, pointed out that the financial front is the most crucial, core and hidden front of national security, and that financial security needs dedicated research by experts and scholars in the financial sector, the economic sector as well as interdisciplinary experts and scholars, and also needs more students to grow up quickly, which is greatly facilitated by the book "Introduction to Financial Security Studies".

(Book Launch and Critique Session)

The release of the book Introduction to Financial Security was highly praised by experts and scholars from all walks of life. It not only fills the gaps in the field of domestic financial security studies, but also provides an important reference for the high-quality and safe development of the financial industry. It is believed that the book will play an important role in promoting financial security research and practice.

(Display table for the new book Introduction to Financial Security)