中国教育需求研究中心（China Research Center for Educational Outcomes，CEO）成立于2010年9月，是西南财经大学实体性研究机构。中心依托西南财经大学优势学科群，整合经济学、教育学、心理学、管理学、社会学等多学科力量，以教育需求、就业创业、人力资源、高教评价为主要研究方向，从学生、高校和行业角度开展基础性、战略性、前沿性问题的研究，为国家和地方教育改革发展的重大问题提供战略咨询。
中心自成立以来，开展了多项有关教育经济和劳动经济研究项目和活动：2011年起中心每年参与编著出版《中国大学生就业报告》（就业蓝皮书），产生了巨大的社会反响。同时，中心开展了《提高大学参与以解决贫困新生的适应问题”示范推广项目》《改善贫困地区高校招生项目》《以就业为指导的教学改进项目》，《黑非洲（撒哈拉沙漠以南）46个卓越大学建设中心（ACE）的研究生跟踪评价》项目等；服务国家部委和地方政府项目包括：教育部《民办教育风险防范机制建设》《民办高等教育财务监管体系研究》《公民办义务教育均衡发展研究》等项目，服务地方政府《职业教育发展规划》等项目。
本中心使命：专注教育需求、面向产业行业、服务人才发展。
本中心愿景：成为社会认可、公众信任的第三方专业研究机构。
China Research Center for Educational Outcomes (CEO) was founded in September 2010 and is an entity of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. The center of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics based on advantage disciplines, integration of economics, pedagogy, psychology, management science, sociology and other disciplines to power, education demand, employment and entrepreneurship, human resources, higher education evaluation as the main research direction, from students, universities and industry to carry out basic and strategic perspective and cutting-edge issues in research, strategy consulting for the major issues of national and local education reform and development.
Since the establishment of the center, to carry out a number of related economic and labor education project and economic research activities: since 2011, edited and published "Chinese center every year to participate in the college students' employment report" (employment Blue Book), produced a huge social repercussions. At the same time, the center has a doctorate in labor economics, and with Singapore, Nanyang Technology University, Xiamen University and other well-known universities at home and abroad to carry out joint training, creating a group of outstanding students.
The central mission: focus on educational needs, industry oriented, industry, service, talent development The vision of the center: become the third party professional research institution with social recognition and public trust.
