The local cooperation the institute has been engaged in include: cooperation intention reached with BOC Payment & Settlement Center on offering payment & settlement program; cooperation agreement signed with ABC Shanghai branch on talent cultivation; cooperation with BCM Shanghai branch on staff training; joint research on government financial performance evaluation with Jiading District Finance Bureau; cooperation intention reached with China Financial Information Center on finance research and data sharing; cooperation memorandum signed with Commercial Factoring Expertise Committee of CATIS on commercial factoring talent cultivation and study; cooperation intention reached with financial action agency of UNEP; cooperation intention reached with China Taiping Insurance Group; cooperation with Kaplan, world renowned education and training service provider, on offering ACCA program; cooperation intention reached with Gansu rural credit cooperatives on talent cultivation; cooperation memorandum signed with FJU Management School; cooperation agreement signed with Liaoning Finance Office; partnership built with Shanghai Leasing Industry Association and Shanghai Leasing Industry Comprehensive Information Service and Trading Platform Management Co., Ltd.; agreement signed with Shanghai International Exhibition Center Co., Ltd. on jointly building internship base; cooperation with Yangpu District on promoting the development of Sci-Tech Finance Institute of Shanghai; initial cooperation intention reached with New York Institute of Finance and Tuhong International Group; cooperation with Yunnan Finance Office on project development.

Festival held and conference hosted include: SFU 5th Academic Technology Festival with the theme of “Collaboration; Perfection; Growth”; SFU 2014 symposium on academic research work with the theme of “New Model; New Exploration; New Development”; summit meeting titled “Modern Payment and Talent Cultivation”; symposium on “Construction of Shanghai International Finance Center Base” with the formulation of base “13th Five-year Plan” as the agenda; 2014 annual meeting on reviewing and anticipating the work of China Financial Education Development Foundation (around 160 representatives from PBC, finance institutions and finance institutes attended the meeting); “Shanghai International Finance Center Construction Core Functions Forum” which is held to promote the development of Shanghai International Finance Center by relying on wisdom and strength from people from different sectors of society.