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How China’s Battery Maker BYD
Grew into an EV Giant

By Li Wei, Professor of Economics, CKGSB

Discover how Wang Chuanfu scaled BYD from a battery supplier to China’s top electric vehicle manufacturer

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From Startups to Unicorns:
Unlocking Growth Through
Ecosystems

Our new white paper shows how organizations can thrive by leveraging ecosystems to scale up in today’s business landscape transformed by AI, digitalization, and geopolitical shifts.

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The AI Boom and Dot-Com Bubble: Comparisons and Insights Across 25 Years

By Ouyang Hui, Dean’s Distinguished Chair Professor of Finance and Senior Associate Dean, CKGSB

There are a number of similarities between AI company valuations now and those of tech firms before the dot-com bubble burst, but this time around it is possible to avoid another value collapse

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How China’s Battery Maker BYD Grew into an EV Giant
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From Startups to Unicorns: Unlocking Growth Through Ecosystems
CKGSB Knowledge

The AI Boom and Dot-Com Bubble: Comparisons and Insights Across 25 Years

Experience the Top Business Education in Asia

Access our Unrivalled Alumni Network

Our elite network of 22,000 alumni- half of whom are at the CEO and Chairman level - provide you with access to China’s leading business.
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Learn from a World-class Faculty

Our seasoned faculty run independent data-driven research to help you grasp the trends and opportunities in China and beyond.
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Pioneer in Social Innovation and ESG

We equip business leaders with a global perspective, a strong sense of social responsibility, and an unwavering commitment to innovation in today’s interconnected world.
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Our Programs

Scaling Innovation: AI and Digital Strategies for Business Transformation

In partnership with Columbia Engineering

Global Unicorn Program Series

This program is designed to equip senior executives with the strategic insights and tools necessary to lead in this transformative era.

LocationNew York, USA

DateJune 23-27, 2025

LanguageEnglish

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Global Unicorn Program: Scaling for Success in the Age of AI

In partnership with Stanford Engineering Center for Global & Online Education

Global Unicorn Program Series

This CKGSB program equips entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and key stakeholders with the tools, insights, and skills necessary to lead a new generation of unicorn companies.

LocationStanford University Campus, California, United States

DateSeptember 29 – October 3, 2025

LanguageEnglish

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Emerging Tech Management Week: Silicon Valley

In partnership with UC Berkeley College of Engineering

Global Unicorn Program Series

This program equips participants with proven strategies, cutting-edge research, and the best-in-class advice to fuel innovation, seize emerging tech developments, and catalyse transformation within your organization.

LocationUC Berkeley

DateNovember 2-7, 2025

LanguageEnglish

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Asia Start: AI + Digital China Expedition

Asia Start is a 5-day immersive field learning program across Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. It explores how AI, digital innovation, and Asia’s disruption model are shaping new market opportunities, offering a practical perspective on scaling businesses in the region.

LocationShanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen

DateNovember 17-21, 2025

LanguageEnglish

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Smart Cities, Fintech, and Alternative Energy for the Global Future

In partnership with Columbia Engineering

Global Unicorn Program Series

This program is a transformative initiative designed to empower civil leaders and businesses in smart city development, fintech, alternative energy, and new energy sectors.

LocationDubai, UAE

DateDecember 15-19, 2025

LanguageEnglish

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Opportunities in the Disruption of Traditional Industries

In partnership with The University of Sydney

Global Unicorn Program Series

The Global Unicorn Program in Disruption of Traditional Industries – presented jointly by CKGSB and University of Sydney – will emphasize Australia’s distinctive contributions.

LocationSydney, Australia

DateFebruary 22 - 26, 2026

LanguageEnglish

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AI-Driven Healthcare Innovation Program

In partnership with Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Global Unicorn Program Series

The Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Driven Healthcare Innovation Program stands at the forefront of addressing the critical need for innovative healthcare solutions powered by artificial intelligence.

LocationJohns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.

DateSummer, 2026

LanguageEnglish

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Our Knowledge

Understand China’s economy and business landscape with our on-going indices, surveys, case studies, and articles.

Case Study: OPPO Creating a Deeply Localized Global Enterprise

China Business

Case Study: OPPO Creating a Deeply Localized Global Enterprise

Born Global Founded in 2004, OPPO was originally created within the Chinese multinational electronics conglomerate BBK Electronics’ audiovisual electronics business, with its early products including DVDs and MP3s. The brand has been independent since 2023, when BBK was dissolved. At the end of 2006, OPPO founder and CEO Chen Mingyong decided to make the switch […]

June 3, 2025 - 21 min read

Why Chinese Companies Are Flocking to the Middle East

Professor analysis

Why Chinese Companies Are Flocking to the Middle East

LI Yang

May 15, 2025 - 5 min read

“DeepSeek is just the beginning of Chinese Innovation,” – An Insight from Xiang Bing, Founding Dean of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Professor analysis

“DeepSeek is just the beginning of Chinese Innovation,” – An Insight from Xiang Bing, Founding Dean of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

XIANG Bing

May 13, 2025 - 11 min read

Videos

CKGSB Professor Liu Jing at CGTN - How Chinas Private Sector Powers Innovation and Jobs

May 21, 2025

Trends

Chinese International Travel: Post-pandemic recovery and preference changes

May 30, 2025 - 9 min read

Expert Opinion

Business in Brazil: The maturing Latin American market

May 29, 2025 - 8 min read

Social Innovation and Sustainability

China’s pension pot: A weak social safety net is impacting on consumer spending

May 28, 2025 - 10 min read

Expert Opinion

Tech Frontiers: Opportunities and challenges for the internationalization of Chinese technology enterprises

May 21, 2025 - 12 min read

June 10, 2025 | School News

CKGSB at Asian Leadership Conference 2025: China’s Innovation and AI in Focus

May 21, 2025 | Faculty

CKGSB Releases Investor Sentiment Survey Found More Chinese Investors Retreat to Safe Assets in Q1 2025

CKGSB Investor Sentiment Survey’s Q1 report records, in April 2025, 16.3% of net increase in the number of people willing to invest in gold, up 17 percentage points since October 2018.

April 25, 2025 | Faculty

AI transformation is becoming imperative for organizations

A recent article authored by Gao Feng Advisory Company’s CEO Dr. Edward Tse titled AI transformation is becoming imperative for organizations was published by China Daily on 10th April 2025.

April 16, 2025 | Faculty

“DeepSeek is just the beginning of Chinese Innovation,” – An Insight from Xiang Bing, Founding Dean of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Professor Xiang Bing, Founding Dean of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), one of China’s premier institutions for business education, offers a compelling perspective on China’s innovation trajectory and the evolving role of Chinese companies on the global stage.

April 15, 2025 | Faculty

CKGSB Dean Li Haitao Speaks at Boao Forum for Asia on China’s Economic Outlook and Chinese Companies Going Global

The Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2025 was held in Boao, China, from March 25 to 28, 2025. Dr. Li Haitao, Dean and Dean’s Distinguished Chair Professor of Finance at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), joined the forum.

April 08, 2025 | School News

CKGSB and AIM Global Foundation Partner to Foster Global Business Leadership across China and GCC

[April 8, 2025 – Abu Dhabi, UAE] Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) and AIM Global Foundation are proud to announce the signing of a partnership agreement to jointly advance trade, promote sustainable investment, and develop global leadership.

April 03, 2025 | Faculty

CKGSB Dean Li Haitao Speaks at the 2025 Yale US-China Forum: Embracing Responsibility in a Century of Change

CKGSB Dean Li Haitao recently delivered a keynote address at the 2025 Yale US-China Forum held at the Yale Center Beijing. His speech, titled “Yale’s Role and Responsibility in a Century of Change,” reflected on the transformative period we are experiencing and the profound responsibilities that leaders, institutions, and individuals hold.

March 12, 2025 | Faculty

CKGSB Professors’ Insights on the Two Sessions: Key Strategies for 2025

On March 5, 2025, the Third Session of the 14th National People’s Congress officially opened, with Premier Li Qiang delivering the Government Work Report, outlining China’s macroeconomic goals and key policy priorities for 2025.

February 24, 2025 | ESG & Social Innovation

CKGSB and the University of Sydney Business School Successfully Hosted the Global Unicorn Program: New Energy and the Disruption of Traditional Industries

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), in collaboration with the University of Sydney Business School, successfully launched the inaugural Global Unicorn Program Sydney Module – New Energy and the Disruption of Traditional Industries from February 11-14.

February 18, 2025 | School News

CKGSB and Johns Hopkins University Launch AI-Driven Healthcare Innovation Program

June 10, 2025 | School News

CKGSB at Asian Leadership Conference 2025: China’s Innovation and AI in Focus

May 21, 2025 | Faculty

CKGSB Releases Investor Sentiment Survey Found More Chinese Investors Retreat to Safe Assets in Q1 2025

CKGSB Investor Sentiment Survey’s Q1 report records, in April 2025, 16.3% of net increase in the number of people willing to invest in gold, up 17 percentage points since October 2018.

April 25, 2025 | Faculty

AI transformation is becoming imperative for organizations

A recent article authored by Gao Feng Advisory Company’s CEO Dr. Edward Tse titled AI transformation is becoming imperative for organizations was published by China Daily on 10th April 2025.

April 16, 2025 | Faculty

“DeepSeek is just the beginning of Chinese Innovation,” – An Insight from Xiang Bing, Founding Dean of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

April 15, 2025 | Faculty

CKGSB Dean Li Haitao Speaks at Boao Forum for Asia on China’s Economic Outlook and Chinese Companies Going Global

April 08, 2025 | School News

CKGSB and AIM Global Foundation Partner to Foster Global Business Leadership across China and GCC

April 03, 2025 | Faculty

CKGSB Dean Li Haitao Speaks at the 2025 Yale US-China Forum: Embracing Responsibility in a Century of Change

March 12, 2025 | Faculty

CKGSB Professors’ Insights on the Two Sessions: Key Strategies for 2025

February 24, 2025 | ESG & Social Innovation

CKGSB and the University of Sydney Business School Successfully Hosted the Global Unicorn Program: New Energy and the Disruption of Traditional Industries