On the afternoon of May 17, 2024, Business Academic Forum Session 71 was held as scheduled. This forum invited Tenured Level-2 Professor LIU Xielin at the School of Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a Distinguished Professor at Shanghai Tech University, as the guest speaker, who delivered a lecture to SoB faculty and students on the topic “Relevance and Complementarity of Regional Knowledge and Regional Economic Development.” Professor ZENG Chuhong, Associate Dean of SoB, presided over the lecture.