China is rising—what does this mean to you? From commodities markets to climate change, from continuing education to consumer goods, the role of China is growing increasingly decisive in every industry across the globe. Visionary business leaders must be able to identify and understand these shifting currents, which will enable them to seize opportunities in China and beyond. Join Cheung Kong to learn how.

China Residency Program

Cheung Kong GSB offers a unique opportunity for students of select business schools to broaden and deepen their understanding of current developments in China. A full week solely devoted to learning both in and outside the classroom forms the basis for a comprehensive grasp of China's path of reform, its most recent developments, and prospects and risks for the future.

Key sources of learning:

• Our professors deliver unique insights on global business in China that others would be hard-pressed to match. Their perspective combines world-class research and teaching experience at top universities in North America and Europe with enduring roots in China and continuous engagement with global business trends.
• Our links to industry take you onsite to learn from senior executives at leading domestic and international enterprises. Candid conversations sharing management experiences can provide new understanding in how business is conducted on either side of the world, be it similar or vastly different.
• Our pioneering students open a window into the social and economic trends in China that will shape the decades ahead. In the classroom or around the dinner table, communication among peers is enlightening for all sides.

Day to Day
The design of the program can be shaped to fit the specific interests of the coordinators. A program schedule with a variety of activities each day ensures a good balance of time spent in and out of the classroom, and leads to an optimal learning experience.

A typical day looks like:

Professors and Topics (sample of previous programs)

Henry CAO on Financial Markets and Currency Reform
Dr. Cao earned his PhD in pathology at Yale and in his PhD in finance at UCLA. He taught at UC Berkeley and UNC Chapel Hill and was a visiting professor at Carnegie Mellon, Ohio State and UC San Diego prior to coming to Cheung Kong GSB. His research interests cover asset pricing, market microstructure, and international finance. Dr. Cao has received numerous awards for teaching and research excellence most notably the 6.0 Teaching Club award in 2000 at UC Berkeley.

HUANG Ming on the Chinese Stock Market and Financial System
Dr. Huang earned his PhD in physics from Stanford University and his PhD in finance from Cornell University where he is now a professor. He previously taught at Stanford GSB and the University of Chicago GSB. His research interests range widely including behavioral finance and, in particular, the applications of cognitive psychology to understanding the pricing of financial assets. He has also worked on credit risk and derivatives, on the effects of illiquidity on asset prices, and on the application of auction theory to takeovers.

MEI Jianping on Real Estate Finance
Dr. Mei earned his PhD at Princeton University and was previously a tenured associate professor of finance at the Stern School of Business, New York University and director of CCFR Real Estate Research Program at Tsinghua University. His major areas of research include international asset pricing and real asset finance. He is one of the principal developers of the Mei Moses Fine Art Price Indices, which have been covered by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Financial Times among others.

XIANG Bing on the Globalization Strategy of Chinese Companies
Prior to becoming the founding dean of the School, Dr. Xiang earned his PhD at the University of Alberta and pioneered the EMBA and Executive Education programs at Guanghua School of Management, Peking University. His research interests focus on corporate governance, transition and management of state-owned enterprises, and corporate competitiveness in emerging markets. He often consults to multinational and domestic corporations and serves as an independent board member for corporations listed in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

ZENG Ming on Cooperation and Competition with Chinese Companies
Dr. Zeng earned his PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was previously on the faculty of INSEAD, and is now on leave from Cheung Kong while serving as President from Yahoo! China. He has conducted extensive research on growth strategies of Chinese companies, the competition and cooperation between Chinese and multinational firms, and how the emergence of Chinese competitors is changing global competition. He has worked closely with leading Chinese companies including Haier, Lenovo, TCL and Alibaba, among others. His recent book, The Hidden Dragons, published by the Harvard Business Review, analyzed the globalization strategy of Chinese firms, and is cited widely by in academia and the media, including the Wall Street Journal and The Economist.

Student Voices

"The economic transformation in China is absolutely astonishing. China today is a once-in-a-life opportunity. Although this is my first time to China, I should say that they are new faces in the world economy but quite competitive."

"Trade and investment between China and Latin America is growing rapidly year after year. Understanding China will be crucial to my career."

"I was hugely impressed by the extent to which China has progressed from a planned economy to a market economy and the influence Chinese companies are having on global competition."

"The lectures and company visits have widened my horizon. The new business models we are seeing are truly impressive. And Cheung Kong GSB has exceeded my highest expectations."

Our Campuses

For the China Residency Program, Cheung Kong GSB can provide state-of-the art campuses in both Beijing and Shanghai, where lecture rooms can be equipped to host up to 70 students. Both cities, so different in history, culture, and climate, will play leading roles in shaping the future of China for decades to come. In keeping with our goal to be China's leading institution devoted to generating and communicating business knowledge, Cheung Kong GSB is laying a strong foundation for the future in both cities and their surrounding regions.

About Beijing

The capital of China for much of the past 600 hundred years, Beijing is the political, educational, and cultural center of the nation. As the location of the central government, the nation's top universities, and the cutting edge of artistic activity, the city is one of the most dynamic in the world. With the approach of the 2008 Olympics and the opportunity to showcase China to the global community, the face of the capital is undergoing extraordinarily rapid change. Sights from the imperial period like the Forbidden City, Great Wall, and narrow hutong lanes are now juxtaposed with avant-garde construction projects whose designs seem to defy gravity. Despite the accelerating changes, there is no question that Beijing continues to represent the very heart of China, both ancient and modern.

About Shanghai

Lying near the mouth of China's longest river and namesake of our school, Shanghai stands at the forefront of the revolutionary changes taking place in the Chinese economy. Registering double-digit growth every year since the introduction of reforms almost two decades ago, Shanghai's ever-rising skyscrapers have come to represent the seemingly limitless possibilities of China's future. Shanghai is the seat of Mainland China's largest stock exchange and busiest port, as well as the headquarters of a growing number of corporations—a status Shanghai is quite familiar with as the financial giants HSBC and AIG were founded here. For more than a century Shanghai has thrived as the meeting point between East and West. The city's architecture, cuisine, parks, and cultural life are a tribute to the dynamism and energy of its residents, new and old.

About Cheung Kong GSB

Founded in November 2002 in Beijing by Asia's most successful entrepreneur, Mr. Li Ka-shing, Cheung Kong GSB generates world-class insight on management theory and practice, and develops business leaders for China and beyond. Headquartered in Beijing with campuses in Shanghai and Guangzhou, Cheung Kong GSB offers MBA, EMBA, and Executive Development Programs.

For more information, please write to: contact@ckgsb.edu.cn