Since its inception in 2015, the Research Division for Rural Finance has undertaken 15 projects, accomplished more than 100 publications, including 5 monographs, 28 core and authoritative journal papers, 38 general journal papers and 13 research reports, submitted 11 policy proposals, and attended composing of 13 collected papers.

Research area: rural finance.

Research directions: development finance theory, agricultural and rural investment and financing system and policy, inclusive finance and microfinance, rural cooperative finance, farmland finance, rural internet finance, rural private finance, rural financing guarantee system, agricultural insurance, and agricultural value-chain finance.