We are happy to announce that the International Symposium on Analysis of Panel Data, financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Key Project “Panel Data Modeling: Theories and Applications”) and organized by the Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE), Xiamen (Amoy) University, China, will be held on June 8 and 9, 2013 at Xiamen University. Xiamen University is located in the beautiful island of Xiamen in Southeast China, also known as “Garden over the Sea.” The symposium will consist of a new series of workshops or conferences focusing on new developments of modern panel data analysis theory and methodology as well as their applications, in particular in economics and finance. The purpose of this symposium is to promote methodological and theoretical research in analysis of panel data in China and build a bridge for the Chinese colleagues to exchange their research with internationally well known scholars. This symposium is jointly with School of Economics, Xiamen University, The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Econometrics, Xiamen University, China, and The Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Statistical Sciences, Xiamen University, China.