该计划反映了中国在世界经济中日益重要的地位。该课程的学生通过对经济学的了解/理解来补充对中国文化和语言的理解。该计划为在国际商业或金融或其他非商业国际组织中的职业提供了良好的基础。苏格兰中国研究中心提供由所有三名全职员工和一名中文助手教授的所有级别的中文课程。教职员工的研究兴趣涵盖了现代和繁体中文的文学，翻译，电影，历史和文化：在最近的研究评估工作中，教职员工的专业知识体现在出色的表现中。对于任何进一步思考的人来说，这种专业知识都导致了研究生课程扩展计划的发展。<br>您会发现爱丁堡是一座国际化大都市，有
This programme reflects the growing importance of China in the world economy. A knowledge of Chinese language and culture is increasingly important as China becomes a bigger global player, economically and politically. China currently has the largest population in the world and the world's second largest economy. Students on this programme complement their understanding of Chinese culture and language with a knowledge and understanding of economics. You will acquire a broad knowledge and understanding of key economic and social issues, principles, models and associated mathematical and statistical techniques, along with applications and policy implications of those models and a deeper understanding of recent research activity in some more specialised areas. The programme provides an excellent basis for careers in international business or finance or in other non-commercial international organisations.You will discover Edinburgh to be a cosmopolitan city with ever-increasing opportunities to engage with China on academic, professional and cultural terms. The Scottish Centre for Chinese Studies serves as a platform to link China related research at University of Edinburgh and at other HEI's in Scotland. The Centre organises interdisciplinary research seminar series, and hosts the interdisciplinary Master of Chinese studies programme.<br>The Confucius Institute was established in 2006 as a partnership between the University and Fudan University in Shanghai. Within four years of operation the Institute has developed into a comprehensive cultural centre, providing non degree language training as well as a large outreach and knowledge transfer programme. In 2010, it has been honoured as Institute of the Year by Hanban, sponsor of the global network of Confucius Institutes and Classrooms, for the fourth consecutive year, a recognition of its status as a world class Institute. Economics is the study of the incentives that shape and reconcile the decisions that individuals, businesses, governments and societies make, and the macroeconomic outcomes such as economic fluctuations, growth, unemployment and crises, which may arise from those decisions.<br>Economics at the University of Edinburgh has a distinguished history, spanning over two hundred years. Leading Edinburgh-based scholars of the Scottish Enlightenment, such as Adam Smith and David Hume, played a key role in the development of modern economics. The leading international scholars, who comprise our current faculty, continue to work at the cutting edge of research , providing an exciting and stimulating learning environment for high ability students drawn from a wide range of countries.