Research Institute for Guangdong-Taiwan Business Cooperation of Shantou University was established on the basis of Institute for Taiwan Studies of Shantou University, integrating relevant research resources from Chinese Business Economics Institute and the Business School of Shantou University, and jointly constructed with the Taiwan Work Office of Shantou Municipal Committee. In December, 2011, it was approved as the Key Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences of the universities in Guangdong Province. The Institute consists of three research centers as Guangdong-Taiwan Business Organizations, Industrial Economics Research Center and Institute for Taiwan Studies. Its research areas are Guangdong-Taiwan enterprise cooperation model and Guangdong-Taiwan industrial cooperation model.
