EV & Intelligent Mobility is a four-day electric vehicle executive program in Beijing, held December 1–4, 2026, for senior executives and investors, and one of three programs in CKGSB’s Intelligent China series.
The program combines CKGSB faculty sessions with direct exposure to the companies building China’s EV industry. Planned visits include Xiaomi Auto’s Yizhuang factory and a discussion with its executives, NIO for a company visit, executive discussion and a battery-swap station experience, and a technology visit to BAIC with an on-site autonomous-driving experience.
You examine how these companies compete on integration, from batteries and motors to software and autonomous driving, and compare China’s EV and autonomous-driving companies with global automakers such as Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen and Hyundai. Faculty sessions cover China’s macroeconomy and EV industry strategy, AI and embodied intelligence, and the AI industrial chain and robotics, giving you context to apply to your own organization.
You leave with a China Industrial Opportunity Memo: a practical framework and 90-day action plan for your next steps, whether that means partnering, supplying, competing or investing.
See how EV makers such as Xiaomi Auto and NIO turn integrated design across batteries, software and manufacturing into speed to market, and identify what applies to your organization.
Assess partnership, supply and investment openings across China's EV and autonomous-driving industry, from battery technology and motors to intelligent driving systems and software.
Compare China's leading EV and autonomous-driving companies against global automakers such as Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen and Hyundai on speed, integration and scale.
Build a clearer view of China's EV industry strategy and where embodied AI and autonomous driving are heading, grounded in LI Wei and SU Dan's faculty sessions.
Separate what works because of China's specific market and supply-chain conditions, such as NIO's battery-swap network, from what your organization can actually adapt.
Leave with a China Industrial Opportunity Memo, a practical framework and 90-day action plan for partnering, supplying, competing or investing.
A visit to the Yizhuang factory and a discussion with Xiaomi Auto executives.
A company visit and executive discussion, including a battery-swap station experience.
A technology visit to BAIC featuring an on-site autonomous-driving experience.
All company visits are to be confirmed and subject to change.
Applications are reviewed against this profile: senior executives from companies in relevant industries, and investors. Companies not yet operating in China are welcome to apply if they meet this profile.
The program is designed to give you access to perspectives and conversations that are difficult to obtain through conventional business visits. Depending on the program and host organization, that access may include:
Participants learn to assess both opportunities and risks, including supply-chain dependencies, regulatory considerations, compliance requirements, IP concerns, geopolitical dynamics, and localization challenges.
Designed to help participants translate insight into action.
Professor of Economics and Associate Dean for Asia and Oceania
Session: China's macroeconomy and industry development strategy, with the EV sector as a case
Assistant Professor of Finance
Session: AI and embodied intelligence (Physical AI), and how the industry extends into autonomous driving
Assistant Professor of Finance
Session: The AI industrial chain and robotics: returns, risks and structural change
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) is China's first faculty-governed, privately-funded business school. It has more than 50 world-class faculty members, most of whom were tenured at top global schools such as Michigan, Duke, Wharton, and Yale. CKGSB's influential student and alumni network represents the best, brightest, and most influential leaders in China, with more than half at the Chairman or CEO level.
CKGSB has nurtured 151 unicorn companies since its inception. It has a vision of developing a global ecosystem that nurtures the next generation of breakthrough innovation. More than 4,500 global executives have participated in CKGSB programs offered in English and other non-Chinese languages since 2009.
CKGSB Alumni lead one-fifth of China's most valuable brands.
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EV & Intelligent Mobility runs in Beijing from December 1 to 4, 2026. It is part of the Intelligent China: AI, EVs & Smart Manufacturing series, followed by Smart Manufacturing & Hardware Innovation in April 2027 and AI, Robotics & Platforms in July 2027. Each program can be taken on its own, or all three together for USD 23,880.
You can take this program on its own for USD 8,800, or combine it with Smart Manufacturing & Hardware Innovation and AI, Robotics & Platforms for the full 12-day series at USD 23,880.
Planned company visits include Xiaomi Auto, with a visit to its Yizhuang factory and a discussion with executives; NIO, including a company visit, an executive discussion, and a battery-swap station experience; and BAIC, with a technology visit and an on-site autonomous-driving experience. All company visits are to be confirmed and subject to change.
Three CKGSB faculty members: LI Wei (Professor of Economics and Associate Dean for Asia and Oceania) on China’s macroeconomy and EV industry strategy, SU Dan (Assistant Professor of Finance) on AI and embodied intelligence, and JIN Zhao (Assistant Professor of Finance) on the AI industrial chain and robotics.
Senior executives from companies in relevant industries and investors, including companies not yet operating in China, provided they meet this profile. Applications are reviewed accordingly.
The application deadline is November 10, 2026. Tuition is USD 8,800 for this program, covering tuition, materials, faculty sessions, company visits, working lunches, the welcome dinner, alumni dinners, investor salons, in-city ground transport, and travel insurance.
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