“Many people believe they know all about China, which is not exactly true. Most of their knowledge is based on certain prejudice,” CKGSB Founding Dean Xiang Bing told a journalist from prestigious Korean media outlet Chosun Biz during a recent interview at CKGSB’s Beijing campus. Read on to hear some more of Dean’s Xiang’s insightful perspectives on next-generation business education from China and his vision for the school.

CKGSB Founding Dean Xiang Bing went head-to-head with China scholar Orville SCHELL in a dynamic discussion, covering everything from China’s entrepreneurial enthusiasm to the ongoing tensions in the South China Sea.

CKGSB Dean Xiang Bing describes the school’s philosophy toward corporate social responsibility during a keynote speech at the fourth Partners in Business Ethics Conference at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Taking a cue from Confucius, CKGSB Founding Dean and Professor of China Business and Globalization Xiang Bing is championing “encouraging different dreams” as the key to China’s future success.

Innovative Chinese firms have previously suffered at the hands of firms who have followed the imitation and copying model. But in the future, if Chinese firms are serious about long-term, sustainable success, they will need to adopt a more global perspective and create a new era of innovation.

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) have announced a collaboration inspired by CKGSB’s and HKS’s common mission: to create knowledge and disseminate it through teaching programs and other outreach methods for the betterment of global communities. 

As CKGSB continues to develop from an institution with unparalleled China expertise into a truly world-class business school, its faculty are increasingly sought after to speak at international event. As a case in point, CKGSB Founding Dean Xiang Bing recently addressed a group of senior business leaders in Washington, D.C.

CKGSB has partnered up with the Ivy League University to create an exciting immersion program for family businesses, with modules in both China and the US.

Russia’s Gaidar Forum has quickly established itself as one of the premier scientific and economic conferences on the global calendar, attracting business leaders, politicians and academics from around the world. With Russia’s own political and economic predicament attracting extra attention at the moment, this year’s Forum was even more compelling than usual.

In 2014, CKGSB and its world-class faculty were mentioned in more than 300 original articles in top-tier international media – a staggering 200% increase over 2013 – and that’s not to mention a whole range of additional coverage through reprinted articles and syndicated material.

After 40 years of engagement, two-way trade between the EU and China has now reached  €430 billion, but the potential for the two sides to engage further is huge, with two-way FDI levels not yet reflective of the partnership.

Forbes Korea recently covered CKGSB in a special feature in their December edition, in which Dean Xiang Bing talks about the school’s unparalleled alumni network, and the school’s plans for expansion. Not only will 2015 see the launch of the new Dual Degree EMBA Program with IMD, but the focus will widen from business in China to global leadership and global ownership.

As China’s largest trading partner, the EU’s fortunes are inextricably tied to those of China – and vice versa. In partnership with economic institute Asia Matters, CKGSB is set to host the EU China Economic and Finance Forum as part of the Sixth EU Asia Top Economist Round Table on November 17 in Beijing, featuring CKGSB Dean Xiang Bing and Professor Li Xiaoyang, as well as a cast of other business executives, policy makers and academics.

CKGSB and UN Women hosted a standing-room only seminar on gender diversity and women’s leadership in the workplace at CKGSB’s Beijing campus, featuring top-level participants from the business world – and even a media celebrity!

Students new and old came together in the spectacular setting of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse as the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business held its Opening & Graduation Ceremony, simultaneously celebrating the graduation of current students and welcoming new ones into the school.

CKGSB Founding Dean Xiang Bing was a featured speaker at the first Oxford & Cambridge Symposium on Enterprise, Ethics and Development (SEED) held recently in the UK.

At a recent ASEAN Business Club Forum in Singapore, CKGSB Founding Dean Xiang Bing gave his assessment of today’s business environment in China, and laid out why China should forge more links with ASEAN.

Founding Dean and Professor of China Business and Globalization at CKGSB, Xiang Bing, joined leading business, financial and political leaders from around the world at the recently concluded World Pension Forum’s 4th Annual Aspen Summit, where he discussed China’s economic turnaround, before looking ahead to what the future might hold.

AVIC President Lin Zuoming, Ctrip CEO Fan Min and Alibaba founder Jack Ma are some of the CKGSB alumni mentioned in a series of recent articles on the school by Business Because. Reporter Seb Murray also spoke at length to Sarah Feng, Senior Manager of CKGSB’s MBA program, to get her thoughts on the school and its admissions process.

CKGSB Founding Dean and Professor of China Business and Globalization Xiang Bing took time out during a recent trip to London to speak to the Financial Times’ Business Education Editor Della Bradshaw about CKGSB’s past, present and future. Dr Xiang sat for both written and video interviews with Bradshaw for the FT’s prestigious Meet the Dean section. Here are the results.