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Throughout its 15-year history, CKGSB has pioneered innovation in business education, by building a global platform, recruiting the best faculty from leading global institutions such as Harvard, Wharton, Stanford and Yale, and continuing to produce some of the very best China insights through a variety of research, journal publications and teaching.

CKGSB’s Korean EMBA students joined in CKGSB Opening & Graduation Ceremony held on November 7, 2017, and received certificates of graduation. Students of CKGSB’s Korean EMBA consist of leaders across various fields, and they were able to gain balanced perspectives on China’s economy, market, enterprises, and customers. They have now become a part of CKGSB’s network of more than 10,000 alumni across China, Asia, and the world. The vast network is expected to bring them a great opportunity in seeking the best clients and partners for their businesses.

Long-term reasons for optimism about China’s economy remain, but the current challenges must be addressed. That was the conclusion of CKGSB’s 4th China Economic Symposium, held in Beijing, just one day ahead of the school’s official 15th anniversary. The event drew 300 senior executives and economists in person, with close to 600,000 unique viewers watching online via five different live-streaming platforms.

Munhwa Ilbo, one of Korean general dailies, published an article based on the interview with Professor Li Wei of CKGSB. The interview, conducted at CKGSB Beijing Campus, focused upon the insights of Professor Li on the prospects of Chinese economy. He explained that in both short and long terms, China would not face critical problems, but current limitations of China's policy measures could cause serious problems in the mid-term. While sharing his insights on various aspects of domestic economy and relationship with other nations, he also indicated pursuing RMB internationalization as a pivotal task of the second-term government of President Xi Jinping.

CKGSB has announced a knowledge partnership agreement with ‘China Lab’, a Korean top-tier news portal joint venture project. China Lab delivers in-depth, interesting content that focus on various aspects of today’s China. CKGSB and China Lab have agreed to foster a mutually beneficial relationship of knowledge sharing. CKGSB will provide content from CKGSB Knowledge and later expand the partnership to offline components as well.

C.J. Kim, founder and director of the specialized rehabilitation center DaeJeon Wellness Hospital, shared the insight he gained from CKGSB’s Korean EMBA program and how it helped him understand the business environment in China. He highlighted the benefits of CKGSB, such as establishing network with other students whom he is now setting a new business together. Based on the insight he gained from CKGSB, he plans to make the DaeJeon Wellness Hospital grow in to a prominent healthcare corporation in Asia.

A stellar line-up of experts in US-China relations, including Ambassador Stapleton Roy, the former US envoy to China; Hank Greenburg, who was instrumental in opening up the financial sector in China; and Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, who played a central role in the negotiations for China to enter the WTO in 2001 headlined the sold-out symposium, “Understanding China Today”, which was co-hosted by CKGSB, Princeton University’s Center on Contemporary China and The Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance.

Award-winning Peking Opera star Shi Yihong – a 25th EMBA class graduate from CKGSB and the “first lady of Chinese opera” – has starred in a ground-breaking production of “Farewell My Concubine” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Featuring industry leaders from China and abroad, this dynamic seminar, “Selling Imported F&B in China: Where Is It Heading?”, focuses on the distribution, marketing and sales strategies of imported food and beverage products in China, representing both the traditional F&B industry and rising e-commerce F&B businesses.

China is the world’s second largest economy, a startling transformation accomplished in the span of a generation, starting from the late 1970s when it was largely a closed society.

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business has just transitioned to the CFA University Affiliation Program, which grants the school affiliation with the prestigious Certified Financial Analyst Institute.  As a result CKGSB MBA students now have access to exclusive CFA course materials.

China is not facing a financial crisis on the scale of 2008 and can best deal with its current predicament through growth, but faces significant threats in the form of five “gray rhinos”. That’s according to CKGSB Finance Professor Li Haitao, who was speaking at a Yale Center event in Beijing.