This research center is an open platform for research with emphasis on Asia-related finance research.

(a) The center financially supports applied research in finance. For years 2020 and 2021, it has supported related research on Hong Kong currency exchange rate and RMB exchange rate. In year 2022, the center continued to support exchange rate related research. It will also expand its support to theoretical and empirical research on ESG related issues. In 2023, the center provided a model in which the cyclical behavior of exchange rates varies with the source of the economic shocks, completed the paper A Model of Pro-Cyclical Exchange Rates

(b) The center financially supports fundamental researches in finance. It can be in the form of research grant to research projects. It can also be in the form of grant for funding small scale focused research conferences.

(c) The center financially support activities for financial education. This can be in the form of educational websites, small scale conferences for practitioners.