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EV Giant BYD’s Challenges and Its Strategic Decisions

Professor AnalysisMay 7, 2025

New energy vehicles took up close to 40% of the automobile market share in China in 2023. By the first half of April 2024, its penetration rate had rose to more than 50%, a historic high that signalled the popularization of new energy vehicles in the market. BYD, one of the major EV players in […]

How China’s Battery Maker BYD Grew into EV Giant

Professor AnalysisMay 7, 2025

Anhui native Wang Chuanfu fortuitously studied metallurgical physical chemistry with a specialization in batteries, and just as fortuitously had the chance to manage a state-owned battery company post-graduation. When he read in 1994 about Japan’s environmental pledge to stop producing nickel-cadmium batteries, Wang saw an opportunity to fill a hole in the supply market with […]

Trump’s Tariffs: The impact of ‘Liberation Day’ on China and the world

ArticleApril 9, 2025

On April 2, termed ‘Liberation Day’ by the US administration, US President Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping set of tariffs impacting vast swathes of the global economy. China initially received an additional 34% blanket tariff on its exported goods, with threats of further escalations, adding to several other tariffs already in place. China reacted to […]

Should Hong Kong drop its linked exchange rate system?

Professor AnalysisMarch 14, 2025

In December 2024, anticipating Trump’s takeover of the US presidency, Lan Kwai Fong Group’s chairman Allan Zeman called on the Hong Kong government to reform its Hong Kong exchange rate system. Being shackled to an inflationary US dollar was going to put extreme pressure on the HK dollar, he argued. Under Hong Kong’s linked exchange […]

The Story behind the Chinese AI App DeepSeek: The Triumph of Curiosity

Professor AnalysisFebruary 19, 2025

January 20, 2025 saw Donald Trump swearing in as the new U.S. president witnessed by a host of tech industry leaders. It also saw DeepSeek, an emerging artificial intelligence (AI) company from China, unveiled its latest AI model, R1. Initially, R1 attracted little attention. However, as time passed, the significance of this model became increasingly […]

State vs. Market: Optimizing a Country’s Sports Industry

Professor AnalysisAugust 22, 2024

Rarely do we talk about modern sports without evaluating how it is boosted by political incentives or market interests. However, these two dimensions don’t always align with each other. When they diverge, economic gains may have to be sacrificed to achieve political objectives. The Olympics Games, widely recognized as the world’s premier multi-sport event where countries demonstrate their athletic prowess, frequently falls short in financial returns. For instance, the Games were nearly canceled due to financial losses until the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics was saved by Peter Ueberroth, whose management allowed the Los Angeles Olympics to ultimately generate a net […]

The Chinese economy is due a round of quantitative easing

Professor AnalysisJanuary 26, 2024

Midway through December 2023, China’s National Bureau of Statistics spokesperson, Liu Aihua, pronounced on the economy, “November’s macroeconomic policies have in general been effective, and the national economy has continued to bounce back. But with all the external instability and uncertainty, domestic demand is soft. We need to consolidate the rebound.” The summary hit home, for, while the economy continues to pick up, domestic demand is still lagging. In fact, domestic demand is the most important thing that China’s economy lacks most. Expanding it has become a national priority. While some believe that China should hold steady and be extremely […]

What’s Next for China’s Economy?

Professor AnalysisDecember 12, 2023

The meeting of the Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo decided upon a number of priorities and set out guidelines for economic policy directions for the second half of 2023. Of particular interest to the market, were the directives related to boosting consumption, supporting private enterprise and stabilizing real estate, employment, local debt, capital markets and exchange rates, among other issues. The meeting effectively acknowleged the various challenges and difficulties facing China’s economy, including a lack of domestic demand, the operational difficulties facing some enterprises, growing risks in key sectors and a complex and severe external enviornment. But while the economic recovery […]

Trouble at Evergrande and how to save China’s real estate industry

Professor AnalysisSeptember 8, 2023

Evergrande no longer generates news that can shock the market.

How to save China’s property market? Look to how America rescued Silicon Valley Bank

Professor AnalysisAugust 17, 2023

On July 24, 2023, China’s Politburo met to discuss the economic situation and lay out economic plans for the second half of the year.

Positive Trends

ArticleJune 6, 2023

CKGSB’s Business Conditions Index, reflecting confidence levels in China business, shows big improvements in China’s economic outlook

Business Conditions Index

KnowledgeMarch 6, 2023

Case study: Alibaba vs. JD: Products at Your Fingertips

ArticleFebruary 20, 2023

The rivalry between China’s e-commerce giants has been a constant in the market, despite their different development models

Get to Know CKGSB’s New Professors

ArticleNovember 30, 2022

This year, CKGSB welcomed 8 new professors to the school. They come from the world’s top business schools and possess a wealth of expertise that encompass areas of research such as economics, finance, big data, information systems, marketing, and psychology. To get to know them better we interviewed six professors on their background, their reasons for joining CKGSB, and what they hope to achieve while at the school. Here is what they had to say: Tao Zhigang – Professor of Strategy and Economics, Associate Dean for MBA Program, Executive Academic Director for Business Scholars Program Before joining CKGSB Professor Tao […]

Why Easing China Trade Tariffs Will Mitigate Inflation in the United States

ArticleOctober 18, 2022

Li Wei – Professor of Economics, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business This article is translated from the original Chinese published in FT Chinese on September 1, 2022: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001097158?full=y&archive According to recent reports, due to rising levels of inflation, in the last month the Biden administration has started to consider removing some of the trade […]