On the morning of September 15, Professor Klaus F. Zimmermann, Director of the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) in Bonn, Germany, led a delegation of 3 people to pay a friendly visit to the China University of Labor Relations (CULR). Professor Shen Qinqin, Vice President of the CULR, and Professor Jiang Ying, Director of the Law School, exchanged views with the delegation. The two sides discussed the impact of the current economic crisis on employment and the labor market, labor social security, and the government's response measures, including fiscal subsidies.

Both parties hope to have more frequent and closer exchanges and cooperation in academic discussions, and IZA also expects the faculty of the CULR to visit IZA.

IZA, headquartered in Bonn, Germany, is a prestigious private independent research institution in the world. It mainly studies labor economics, with a particular focus on various issues related to labor organization in the rapidly evolving global economic environment. Currently, IZA mainly engages in the research of the following seven areas: evaluation of labor market policies, behavioral and personnel economics, migration, labor markets and mechanisms, labor markets in emerging and transition economies, the future of labor, employment and development, etc.

(Foreign Affairs Office)