The CKGSB New York Investment Forum 2015, held at Columbia Business School, will focus on emerging investment trends, financial reforms and start-up business opportunities in China. Guest speakers from a range of different industry backgrounds will share their unique perspectives.

Chinese New Year, also known as spring festival, is a season of change, and the MBA program is pleased to welcome new associate dean Professor Ou-Yang Hui and program director Alan Chen this year.

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.

Experience how a top MBA in China can take your career further in a special 4-hour event in Hong Kong. Explore the unique China insight CKGSB has to offer in a sample MBA class. Connect with CKGSB alumni as they share the impact the CKGSB MBA has had on their professional development. 

Learn how CKGSB can accelerate your career at CKGSB MBA’s Info-Session and Alumni Sharing on Dec. 5th in Shanghai. Join CKGSB’s MBA Associate Dean, Associate Director, and alumni as they share in-depth, critical information that will help you prepare for your future during this special 1.5 hour event. Topics to be covered include:  

Learn how CKGSB can accelerate your career at CKGSB MBA’s Info-Session and Alumni Sharing on Dec. 3th in Beijing. Join CKGSB’s MBA Associate Dean, Associate Director, and alumni as they share in-depth, critical information that will help you prepare for your future during this special 1.5 hour event.

The CKGSB MBA program will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Saturday, November 23, at the Ancestral Temple in Beijing. Bringing together CKGSB MBA alumni and business leaders from across China, the celebration will applaud the achievements of the past decade and look forward to tomorrow’s success with a special anniversary forum featuring guest speakers from the forefront of Chinese business and education. 

Learn how CKGSB can accelerate your career at CKGSB MBA’s Info-Session and Alumni Sharing on Aug. 15th. Join CKGSB’s MBA Associate Dean, Associate Director, and alumni as they share in-depth, critical information that will help you prepare for your future in this special 1.5 hour event. 

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.

Join CKGSB MBA’s One Day MBA Training Camp in Shenzhen, April 20th. Experience the opportunities a top MBA program offers through sample lectures from CKGSB’s world class faculty, personalized career development coaching, teambuilding exercises and networking activities with other business professionals, and discussions with CKGSB’s alumni.

CKGSB Professor of Finance Li Haitao told prospective students at a Knowledge Series event that China currently faces challenges right now, but added that the country has great potential and that he thought the best days lie ahead for the leading driver of global growth.

Chinese companies have been on a buying spree around the globe over the past two years. 2016 witnessed a record level of Chinese outbound mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, with 932 deals worth over $220 billion taking place, an increase of 246% compared to 2015, according to PwC China. However, the surge in outbound investments has brought concerns from both Chinese authorities and recipient countries; the latter are becoming more cautious regarding the presence of Chinese capital in large-scale deals in key industries. Affected by such concerns and tighter government scrutiny, the number of M&A deals might not be as numerous in 2017 as in 2016, but the trend will not stop.