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.

After witnessing several years of supercharged growth, China has seen its gradual deceleration in 2013. At the same time, Japan has struggled with jumpstarting its stagnant economy in recent years. While both countries have passed a number of reforms aimed at bolstering growth to attractive and sustainable levels, it is clear that for individual businesses, opportunities lie in fast-growing markets and sectors. How should companies position themselves, both strategically and geographically, to most effectively leverage such pockets of opportunity?

CKGSB has won three awards that highlight its outstanding contributions to philanthropy in China. Professors Yan Aimin and Juliet Zhu were named China CSR Person of the Year and China Philanthropist of the Year, respectively, while CKGSB was given the China Philanthropic Enterprise of the Year award. All honors were handed out at the annual award ceremony of the China Philanthropy Times, a well-respected philanthropic journal, published under China’s Ministry of Public Affairs.

The Chinese dream and the American dream: Common perspectives, consumer expectations and economic outlook.

On April 8, CKGSB Founding Dean XIANG BING will moderate a closed-door dialogue between prominent CEOs and the governors and mayors of several Chinese provinces. This invitation-only event is hosted and supported by CKGSB. The topics to be discussed include  the investment policies and needs of local governments, and the expectations of the business community.

On Wednesday, September 25, 2013, CKGSB will bring together high-level business leaders and philanthropists from China and the United States at an exclusive forum with United Way Worldwide, the world's largest privately funded nonprofit. The event provides a rare opportunity for business executives and NGO leaders from the two countries to share their experiences on philanthropy and deliberate on how businesses and individuals can contribute to social good in the economic context of both nations.

“While women continue to outpace men in educational achievement, we have ceased making real progress at the top of any industry. This means that when it comes to making the decisions that most affect our world, women’s voices are not heard equally.   A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.”

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.

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.

In the past five years, the city of Hefei realized 4100 billion RMB in GDP, with an average annual growth of 16%, becoming the fastest growing provincial capital in China. The 2013 CKGSB Management forum will explore the Innovative and strategic growth in the region.

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.

China’s strong fundamentals and abundant opportunities ensure that it will enjoy robust growth and it will remain the world’s economic engine, Dr Xiang Bing told business leaders and influencers in New York.