China International Conference in Economics (CICE) is initiated jointly by 11 top faculties in China, including (in university alphabetic order): Department of Economics at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Economics at Fudan University, School of Business at Nanjing University, School of Economics at Nankai University, School of Finance at Nankai University, Guanghua School of Management at Peking University, School of Economics at Renmin University of China, School of Finance at Renmin University of China, School of Economics at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University, and School of Social Science at Tsinghua University.

The CICE is set to create a high-level exchange platform to promote the development of economic research in China. It also organizes a China Job Market for Economists, facilitating the exchanges between recruiting institutions and job seekers, so as to build an efficient employment platform in the fields of economics and finance.