On November 22, in order to better summarize and discuss the new issues of public administration in recent years, and to provide intellectual support for decision-making in research and practice of related academic fields, the School of Public Administration host the 2nd SCUT Erudite Postgraduate Forum at No.5 Building. With the theme of "public management for the 21st Century", the forum invited  experts and scholars in related field to communicate and discuss with students from various universities.

The forum is divided into four sub-forums, namely, rural revitalization and governance, institutional innovation and digital governance, social security and urban and rural development, and environmental governance and grassroots innovation. A total of 31 students shared their latest research achievements in the forum, and 8 papers were  finally selected as the distinguish paper.