The School of Economics of Yangtze University was established in 2004. There are teaching institutions such as agricultural economics department, international trade department, economics department, finance department, e-commerce comprehensive laboratory and reference room; There are five undergraduate majors: agricultural and forestry economic management, international economy and trade, economics, finance and rural regional development. There are 1 Hubei Rural Development Research Center, a provincial key research base of humanities and social sciences, 1 Agricultural Economic Management, and 1 Hubei Rural Economic Development Strategy Research Association, a provincial academic society; It has the right to award master's degrees in industrial economics and agricultural economic management, and the right to award master's degrees in agricultural extension (fields: rural and regional development, agricultural science and technology organization and service); Hubei province has a doctoral program in agricultural economic management 1, and three master programs in agricultural and forestry economic management (first-class discipline), political economy and finance. In terms of specialty and course construction, there are 1 provincial excellent course Statistics, 2 school-level brand majors (agricultural and forestry economic management and economics), 2 school-level excellent courses (statistics and agricultural economics) and 2 school-level excellent courses under construction (economic law and international trade practice).