On March 26, 2020, the seminar on "Live Streaming Platforms and the Economic Development of Small and Medium Enterprises" was held online. The seminar was jointly organized by the Department of Sociology at Zhejiang University and ChinaNews.

Professor Mao Dan, Qiushi Distinguished Professor of our department, and Fan Xiaoguang, researcher of the “Hundred Talents Program”, attended the seminar. Other online participants included Mr. Song Fangcan, the Deputy Editor in Chief of ChinaNews, Prof. Wu Fei, Qiushi Distinguished Professor at Zhejiang University, Prof. Liang Yucheng, Changjiang Scholar at Sun Yat-sen University, Prof. Ouyang Rihui from Central University of Finance and Economics, Dr. Lv Peng from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Prof. Lu Rui from Sun Yat-sen University, Mr. Zhuo Liangyong from Zhejiang Tsinghua Yangtze River Delta Research Institute, Prof. Ma Liang from Renmin University of China, Assoc. Prof. Meng Tianguang from Tsinghua University and Director Ma Tao from ByteDance’s Innovation Department.