Date & Time: 14:30-17:00
Location: CKGSB New Beijing Campus, No 125 Guangqumennei Street, Dongcheng District
Format: In-person, closed-door
Language: English
Organizer: Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
As global automotive players navigate widespread electrification challenges, China has grown into the world’s largest EV manufacturer and exporter, completing an industrial transformation from follower to global leader.
Today’s auto competition is no longer limited to products and pricing; it has evolved into comprehensive rivalry over scale innovation, industrial ecosystems, regulatory standards and governance capabilities. European automakers are grappling with overcapacity and price wars in Europe, alongside fragmented cross-border data regulations and divergent carbon standards in China.
Meanwhile, Chinese EV exports face mounting US and EU trade barriers, prompting Chinese carmakers to adopt a “new Chinese-style” global expansion model. Navigating this dynamic market successfully poses a major challenge for all auto players. Backed by integrated supply chains and a vast domestic market, China has become a critical testing ground where a growing number of European auto firms anchor key pillars of their global strategies.
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) and The European Chamber and cordially invite you to this joint seminar. Keynote speaker Professor LI Wei, a distinguished CKGSB expert on China’s economy, business and EV sector, together with representative from enterprise will shed light on the current state of the EV market in China, unpack the logic of “new Chinese-style” global expansion, analyze China’s systemic industrial competitiveness via flagship local EV brand cases, compare EU-China institutional frameworks to uncover cooperation prospects, and explore business opportunities for European auto players in China.
Phone: +86 10 8518 8858 ext. 3235
E-mail: wli@ckgsb.edu.cn
Professor of Economics, Associate Dean for Asia and Oceania, Director of Case Research Department and Director of Big Data Economic Research Department, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
PhD, University of Michigan
Areas of Expertise: Corruption, Financial Markets, Macroeconomics, Managerial Incentives and Market Competition, Real Estate, Reform, Taxation, Telecommunications Privatization, Valuation in Emerging Markets
Dr. Li is Professor of Economics, Associate Dean for Asia and Oceania, Director of Case Research Department, and Director of Big Data Economic Research Department at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). Before joining CKGSB, Dr. Li was Professor of Business Administration (with tenure) at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, where he has served on the faculty since 2000. Since 2005, Dr. Li has also served as visiting Professor of Economics on the faculty of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. Before joining Darden faculty, Dr. Li was assistant professor and then associate professor of business administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business from 1994 to 2000. He was also a visiting professor of strategy at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management in 2004. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan and his B.Eng. from Shanghai Jiaotong University (China).
An authority on Chinese economy and business, Dr. Li’s main research focus is on economic development, taxation, financial markets, corruption, corporate governance, corporate research and development, entrepreneurship, trade and investment in China. His work has been published in prominent academic journals and books, and some of his research results have also been featured in Foreign Affairs, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and on CNNfn (CNN Money) and Bloomberg TV. Professor Li has extensive consulting experience with multinational firms, Chinese firms, and the World Bank.
Dr. Li has taught Macroeconomics, Global Economies and Markets, Managerial Economics, and Emerging Markets Finance in MBA, Finance MBA, EMBA, and Global EMBA, and Executive Education programs.
