XIANG Bing

Dr. Xiang Bing is the Founding Dean and Dean’s Distinguished Chair Professor of China Business and Globalization at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). Under his leadership, CKGSB has evolved from a fledgling school to one of the most influential business schools in China with a global reputation since its establishment in November 2002.

Renowned as a foremost authority on China’s business and economy, Dr. Xiang has delivered  keynote speeches at prestigious forums/ conferences including: ​​Harvard College China Forum​​ as closing keynote (2017), the first opening keynote (2018, 2023), opening keynote (2019), and the first closing keynote (2024); ​​Penn Wharton China Summit​​ as the first opening keynote (2023), the first closing keynote (2024), and the only closing keynote (2025); ​​Columbia China Forum​​ as the only closing keynote (2024); Indonesia Economic Summit as one of the four keynotes in the opening ceremony (2025); ​​​​SCMP China Conference on US-China Relations​​ in New York City as the only closing keynote (2019). In 2018, he was a lunch keynote speaker for the Foreign Policy Association’s Board of Trustees (FPA) in New York City and presented a lunch keynote at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C.. Dr. Xiang was invited to attend the Ditchley Foundation Annual Forum in 2010, 2012, 2018 and 2021 and served as the First Co-Chairman in 2018. Dr. Xiang was also invited to participate in the Rome Roundtable during 2017 – 2020, in 2022 and in 2024.

Dr. Xiang has served as an independent board member to several listed companies, including four Fortune Global 500 companies. He was a member of the Global Board of Trustees for United Way Worldwide (US) during 2011-2017. He is now a member of the Advisory Board for Asia House in London and a Counselor for One Young World Summit in Dublin. He is also serving as a member of the Advisory Board for multiple scholarly societies, including Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC) in Brazil, Yonsei School of Business in Korea, the Royal Academy of Management (RAM) in Oman, the Faculty of Business Administration at the University of Macau, the Business School of SciTech of University of Science and Technology of China, and the Business School of Southern University of Science and Technology in China, etc.

Dr. Xiang’s research interests include economic disruption, business in China, global implications of China’s economic transformation, China’s development models, innovation and globalization by Chinese companies, reform of SOEs, Chin-U.S. Relations, and global trade and investment systems and global governance, etc.

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• Case Study sample 1 – Lenovo, 2016
• Case Study sample 2 – Phoenix acquisition, 2014

Articles

• “Don’t panic! Party leadership is China’s answer to West’s corporate governance issues, say SOE bosses”, South China Morning Post, 8 Dec 2017.
• “Confucian entrepreneurs seek to deepen global connections”, China Daily, 28 Nov 2017.
• “More Chinese Students Choosing An MBA In China”, Poets & Quants, 29 Sept 2017.
• “China’s roving students are lured home“, Financial Times, 25 Sept 2017.
• “Chinese Business School Takes Steps To Promote Women In Leadership Roles”, Business Because, 18 July 2017.

Video links

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJPRnBiW86Q
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhJT5I2gEc0
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqema3POZCs

Selected Publications

1. “Stationarity and Cointegration Tests of the Ohlson Model.” Co-authored with Dave Qi and Woody Wu, Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, 2000 (Spring) Volume 12, Number 2 (p. 141-160).
2. “Institutional factors influencing China’s accounting reforms and standards.” Accounting Horizons, 1998, Vol. 12 (2) (p.105-119).
3. “The reform of China’s state-owned enterprises: the role of stock markets.” in China in the Post-Deng Era, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, Hong Kong, 1998 (p.311-328).
4. “On the rationality of Value Line’s quarterly earnings forecasts: evidence from alternative methods.” Chinese Accounting Review1997 (p. 115-156).
5. “Ownership structure reform and corporate performance: an empirical evaluation of Chinese shareholding companies.” Co-authored with Woody Wu and Guochang Zhang. Hong Kong Journal of Business Management1996 (p.53-67).
6. “Controlling corruption.” The Hong Kong Accountant, September/October, 1996, p.46-49.
7. “The choice of return-generating models and cross-sectional dependence in event studies.” The Contemporary Accounting Research, 1993, Vol. 9 (p.365-94).