The College of Economics and Management is the oldest and largest college at Northeast Forestry University, serving as the birthplace of forestry economics and management in China. In 1955, Professor Malishev, a Soviet expert in forestry economics, initiated the first graduate program in China, establishing the discipline. The forestry economics major was established in 1959, followed by the formal creation of the College of Economics and Management in 1987. This discipline was granted the first authority in China to confer master’s degrees in 1981 and was recognized as a key discipline by the former Ministry of Forestry in 1992.

The college has 114 faculty and staff members, including 90 full-time teachers and three postdoctoral researchers. Among the full-time faculty are 22 professors and 37 associate professors, including 18 doctoral supervisors and 60 master’s supervisors. This composition fosters a well-structured, collaborative, and high-quality faculty team. The student body comprises 2,743 members, including 2,123 undergraduates and 620 graduate students.

Committed to the principle of nurturing talent for the Party and the nation, the college emphasizes the development of well-rounded students through moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education. Backed by a stable and dedicated student affairs team, it has consistently enhanced students’ overall capabilities. The college has garnered multiple honors at the university level and beyond, including the 2019 Heilongjiang Provincial May Fourth Red Flag Youth League Committee Award. One counselor was acknowledged as Heilongjiang Province’s Most Outstanding University Counselor in 2021 and received the Heilongjiang Provincial Counselor of the Year Award in 2022.

The college upholds the university motto, “Learning in harmony with nature, virtue in unity with the universe,” and follows the educational philosophy of “rigorous scholarship, profound knowledge, dedication, and steadfast practice.” Guided by principles that place discipline as the cornerstone, profession as the foundation, the cultivation of talent as its core mission, moral education as its fundamental task, faculty development as a key focus, and advanced facilities as support, the college aims to become a teaching and research-oriented college by 2032 that ranks among China’s top-tier institutions in its category and achieves international recognition.