Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) along with the Victorian State Government and the CKGSB Australia and New Zealand Alumni Association jointly hosted the 2019 China-Australia Business Forum in Melbourne on May 2nd, convening business and government leaders from the two countries to shed light on economic outlooks, bilateral relations and new growth sectors, including agriculture, e-commerce, healthcare and investment.

Korean media have been paying significant attention to the latest economic downturn in the Chinese economy. Local business newspapers and online media, such as Financial News, Choice News and Acrofan, have quoted the CKGSB Business Conditions Index (BCI) in their reports about the economic slowdown in China. The expertise of CKGSB and the BCI was highlighted by coverage using the index to explain the economic conditions in China.

As the world’s largest economy in terms of purchasing power slides into its slowest annual expansion in 24 years, China’s growth is being closely watched by everyone around the world. Join CKGSB Professor Li Wei and a select panel of distinguished guests to discuss the prospects for China’s economic outlook.

With accurate, independent data increasingly hard to come by in today’s China, join CKGSB Professor Li Wei as he introduces for the first time in Europe his unique Business Confidence Index (BCI), which measures the business sentiment of Chinese executives about China’s macro-economic environment. He will also join a panel of experts to discuss the implications for businesses in Europe.

Will China join the rank of developed countries within the next two decades as predicted by some economists? And how will China’s development affect the rest of the world in general and her neighbors in particular? Join CKGSB's Full-time English MBA Info Session on July 19th (Thu) 2018 in London, for an enlightening day on the newest insights around China’s ever-changing economy.

With the significant drop of the RMB against the US dollar, the equity market bubble and rising debt levels, doubts and anxiety are rising around China’s economic development and its implications globally. Join CKGSB Professor Li Wei at this Knowledge Series event to hear him discuss his Business Confidence Index (BCI) as he sheds light on China’s economic outlook.

Experts, business leaders and policymakers stayed optimistic on the future of Sino-European trade relations at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business’ 5th China Economic Symposium in London on 19 July 2018, co-hosted with the Institute of Directors (IoD). The event saw close to 300 distinguished guests and high-profile speakers including H.E. Liu Xiaoming, Ambassador of China to the UK, Ralf Speth, CEO of Jaguar Land Rover, Tatiana Krylova, Head of the Enterprise Branch at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and Xiang Bing, the Founding Dean of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business.

AmCham China and the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) host an invitation-only dinner for senior business executives to share their experiences investing in the US and hear from a top line-up of speakers, including CKGSB Professor of Economics Li Wei, on topics such as China capital controls, potential changes to US tax policies, US investment incentives and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS).

Join us on June 10 in Silicon Valley as we take an in-depth look at China's transformation and its implications for global business. This event will be hosted by Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) and the Financial Times Outstanding Directors Conference.

In October, the CKGSB Business Conditions Index (BCI) dropped slightly from the worst reading to date in September, from 41.9 to 41.4. Although not quite as dramatic a decline as the previous month, the deterioration of conditions for doing business in China should not be underestimated. It shows that the majority of sampled companies, some of the most competitive private businesses in China, are pessimistic about their prospects for the next six months.

Professor Li Wei discusses why so many outstanding Chinese companies end up going public overseas.