The innovative team of the Ministry of Education, led by Jia Jianmin, a chair professor selected in the "Chang Jiang Scholars Program" funded by the Ministry of Education and a winner of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, was approved at the end of 2008. This is the first team promoting innovative management funded by the Ministry of Education in Southwest China and the 5th team of its kind funded by the Ministry of Education. Through 10 years of efforts, the team has achieved fruitful achievements in academic research, training and social services. The team members have had more than 900 articles published, of which more than 200 articles were published on journals listed in the index of SCI (Science Citation Index) and SSCI (Social Science Citation Index) such as Operations Research, Journal of Banking and Finance, Marketing Letters, European Journal of Operational Research, Transportation Research, Telecommunications Policy; two projects have been approved as one of the Major Projects to be supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; more than 60 projects have been approved as projects to be supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China or the National Social Science Fund of China and more than 50 projects have been approved as provincial and ministerial projects. More than 30 monographs and 8 textbooks have been published. Five team members have been awarded as New Century Excellent Talent of the Ministry of Education, two have been awarded as Outstanding Young Academic and Technological Leader of Sichuan Province, and five have been awarded as the Expert who has made outstanding contributions in Sichuan Province. The team has won 12 second and third prizes of Excellent Achievements in Humanities & Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education and Sichuan Province. Six national- and provincial-level high-quality courses have been created. Six students that the team mentored have won the title of Excellent Graduates of Sichuan Province or their theses have been awarded as Excellent Doctoral Thesis of Sichuan Province. The proposals/suggestions the team submitted to Sichuan Provincial People's Congress have repeatedly been highly appraised by Sichuan Provincial Public Security Department, Sichuan Provincial Health Department, the General Office of the People's Government of Sichuan Province and other government departments.