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.

CKGSB’s DBA, EMBA, FMBA and MBA Program will now award the Philanthropy Scholarship each year to talents who have demonstrated a commitment to the environment and to ethical business leadership, aimed at attracting ambitious, global talents with a philanthropic spirit who intend to create value for society.

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

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.

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.

Now in its ninth year, this high-level forum will showcase speakers from across government, academia and the private sector and will host sessions on fintech, AI & blockchain, retail and entrepreneurship. CKGSB’s Founding Dean Xiang Bing, Professors Liu Jing and Zhang Weining and Assistant Dean Ji Bo will each deliver keynote speeches.

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and Princeton University’s Center on Contemporary China and The Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance invite you to broaden your perspectives on the world’s most important bilateral relationship of the century.

CKGSB and UN WOMEN will jointly host the 2017 Women in Leadership Forum - Women Rising: A Diverse Perspective, featured an impressive line-up of Chinese and international speakers from across a range of sectors.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Munhwa Ilbo, one of Korean general dailies, published an article based on the interview with Professor Li Wei of CKGSB. The interview, conducted at CKGSB Beijing Campus, focused upon the insights of Professor Li on the prospects of Chinese economy. He explained that in both short and long terms, China would not face critical problems, but current limitations of China's policy measures could cause serious problems in the mid-term. While sharing his insights on various aspects of domestic economy and relationship with other nations, he also indicated pursuing RMB internationalization as a pivotal task of the second-term government of President Xi Jinping.

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.

Silicon Valley may hog the AI limelight, but Chinese companies are catching up by implementing AI in real life.

More than 500 executives, scholars and media representatives attended the 3rd Women in Leadership Forum, co-hosted by CKGSB and UN Women, with hundreds of thousands more watching live online, to hear the thoughts of 30 respected business leaders, decision-makers and influencers as they discussed female empowerment issues in China and around the world.

Li Wei, a professor of Economics at CKGSB, wrote a column on diagnosis and in-depth analysis of China and global economic recovery in ‘Insight’ section of Chosun Ilbo Weekly Biz on Mar. 18. In his column, Prof. Li forecasted that a robust growth rate for China will be above 6% in the next few years and biggest obstacles for economic growth would be corporate and household debt. He gave his opinion that additional spending on infrastructure and structural reform by Chinese government are needed for the solution of these crisis.

Debt is a ticking-time bomb for the Chinese economy. In the past three years central government stopped local governments from financing through investment vehicles and set a cap for the issuance of bonds. But new forms of debt continue to be formed. Local officials appear not to care about borrowing more, as long as the money can be used in projects that may translate to political achievements. And with those achievements, officials will be promoted to a higher level--as will the debt burden. A more worrisome thought will be: can those additional government debts and investments support China’s long-term growth?