On August 11th, the 2nd session of the 8th Council and Standing Council of Commerce Statistical Society of China was held in Shanghai University of Engineering Science (SUES). The conference is sponsored by Commerce Statistical Society of China and organized online by School of Mathematics, Physics and Statistics, Center for Intelligent Computing and Applied Statistics of SUES. Weng Juan Wang (wenjuan.com) provides the technical support for the online meeting, forum session, and research presentation. President of Commerce Statistical Society of China Prof. Jin Yongjin, vice president Prof. Dai Qinghua, Prof. Su Weihua, Prof. Zhang Huanming, Prof. Zhu Jianping, Prof. Deng Minghua, Prof. Ma Xiuying, Prof. Yang Zhongshan, Prof. Mi Zichuan, Prof. Li Yang, Prof. Luo Liangqing, Dr. Yuan Yue, Prof. Li Yong, Mr. Ye Jian, secretary-general Jiang Yi, deputy secretary-general Wang Jian and 267 executive directors and directors from universities and enterprises attended the meeting, including supervisor Tao Ran.

Professor Wang Yansong, the vice President of SUES, delivered a welcome speech to people attending the conference on behalf of SUES. Prof. Wang congratulated the opening of the conference, and appreciated the experts’ helps and supports in the construction of statistics discipline, data computing and application. Professor Jin Yongjin, president of Commerce Statistical Society of China, delivered an opening speech and expressed his gratitude to our university for hosting this conference. Prof. Jin pointed out that it is essential to hold the Council at least once a year which shows the democracy in the association organization. The opening ceremony was presided over by Professor Yin Zhixiang, dean of School of Mathematics, Physics and Statistics.

With the support of all the leaders and the joint efforts of the council members, the 2nd session of the 8th Council and Standing Council of Commerce Statistical Society of China achieved all goals in its agenda. The successful convening of this conference will stimulate the inter-discipline researches among statistics, data science, economic management, and other related majors, as well as the cultivation of innovative talents and the development of statistics. At the same time, the hosting of this conference has played an important role in promoting the construction of the first-class master's program of statistics in our university and improving the quality of talent training.