The speed and significance of China's rise continues to take both China and the globe by surprise. In a parallel emergence, the Beijing-based Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business has established itself as the leading business school in China and entered the global spotlight in just four short years.

With its world-class faculty and firm commitment to research and knowledge generation, Cheung Kong GSB has established itself as the global leader on issues concerning the dynamics of competing and collaborating among state-owned enterprises, private firms, and MNCs in China, the world's largest emerging market. Cheung Kong GSB leverages its world-class faculty and global perspective to generate unrivaled insights into how to integrate the China play into the global play from the perspective of both MNCs and Chinese indigenous companies. As a result, the seamless integration of China and the world is now attainable (or a reality).

Cheung Kong GSB insights have enabled the School to attract elite business leaders from China and beyond, who now form the region's most influential alumni network. In addition, this proprietary knowledge forms the foundation for innovative programs such as the China CEO Program.

This intellectual leadership in knowledge generation makes Cheung Kong GSB complementary with the world's top business schools. Over the past year, Cheung Kong GSB has teamed with schools such as Wharton, INSEAD, and Columbia to deliver various innovative programs.

Cheung Kong GSB is now moving into the second phase of a strategy that began by consolidating its position as the premier business school for research on emerging markets such as China and India. We are now partnering with top schools to expand the research coverage to Asia and beyond, including Korea, Japan, ASEAN, and Russia.

Cheung Kong GSB continues to extend traditional business school boundaries with innovation on a global scale. Cheung Kong GSB is the first business school to incorporate the Humanities directly into the curriculum of its MBA, EMBA, and non-degree programs. To be globally competitive, we see that future business leaders must lead with big hearts. Our pioneering experiment to mix management with the Humanities has been well received by both academic and business communities; students find their experience of learning at Cheung Kong GSB a truly transforming and enlightening one.

A new generation business school with global ambition, Cheung Kong GSB is uniquely positioned for the future with its unique differentiation strategy. The unprecedented aspiration of the Cheung Kong GSB project, to become a global top 10 business school within 10 years, is within reach.

We invite you to join us on this exciting venture.

XIANG Bing, Dean, Cheung Kong GSB