April,2008  
     
 

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School News

82 MBA Teams from World's Top Schools Compete for CEIBS innovateCHINA Global Challenge   
April 28, 2008. Shanghai campus. - A total of 82 teams from the world's top business schools -- including Harvard, London Business School, MIT Sloan, and INSEAD -- as well as Top Asian schools such as Tsinghua SEM, Fudan IMBA, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University MBA, will compete for the nine spots available in the final round of the CEIBS innovateCHINA Global Challenge. read

More Shenme?  MBA Students' Newspaper Asked to Increase Number of Copies
April 24, 2008. Shanghai campus. - Didn't get a copy of the first two issues of the freshly launched MBA students’ newspaper Shenme? Not to worry, there will be more to go around next time as the editing team plans to up the number of printed copies for future issues. read

 President Zhu Xiaoming Receives CEIBS Alumni Affairs Office Briefings, Offers Strategic Solutions  
April 25, 2008. Shanghai campus - CEIBS President Zhu Xiaoming visited the school's Alumni Affairs Office today for a series of informational briefings by the alumni affairs team. During the visit, he was accompanied by CEIBS Associate Dean Prof. Zhou Dongsheng and HR Director Ms. Dong Xuejun.read

CEIBS Hosts Seminar in Milan with Fondazione Italia Cina Featuring Prof. Juan Antonio Fernandez
April 21, 2008. CEIBS International Relations Office -- CEIBS Management Professor Juan Antonio Fernandez today presented a lecture on “Challenges in Doing Business in China” to an audience of Italian executives and CEIBS Alumni in Milan. The event was the first in a series of China Executive Seminars co-organized by CEIBS’ new partner in Italy, Fondazione Italia Cina.   read

Extra! Extra! Read All About It!- CEIBS Students Launch Internal Newspaper
April 14, 2008. Shanghai campus. - Want to get the latest buzz on what's happening on campus? Then check out Shenme? CEIBS first-ever student-run newspaper. Launched in January 2008 by three enthusiastic students -- Jordana Blanchet, Jimmy Grossmann and Steven Khoo -- from the class of 2007 to 2009, Shenme? is an informal forum for CEIBS students and professors to highlight their talents, experiences and opinions. read

CEIBS Hosts 1st Annual Luxury Brands Forum
April 19, 2008. Shanghai campus - Three hundred international and domestic luxury brand executives, students and journalists packed the CEIBS Shanghai campus auditorium today and yesterday for the school’s 1st Annual Luxury Brand Forum. The forum, entitled "Winning Consumers with Luxury as a Value-Added Service," featured speeches from 17 top luxury industry executives, officials, or academic experts. read

CEIBS Signs Agreement With Fondazione Italia Cina
April 18, 2008. Shanghai campus -- As a grand finale to Day One of the 1st Annual Luxury Brand Forum, CEIBS hosted a signing ceremony to form a cooperative partnership with the Fondazione Italia Cina. The foundation represents 200 famous Italian companies including Salvatore Ferragamo, Missoni, and Versace. read

Lujiazui Finance Salon Features CEIBS Professor Wu Jinglian
April 17, 2008. CEIBS Lujiazui International Financial Research Centre - More than 50 Chinese government officials, scholars and financial experts gathered today at the CEIBS Lujiazui International Financial Research Centre (CLFC) to listen to CEIBS Baosteel Chair Professor of Economics Wu Jinglian's keynote speech on "Opportunities and Challenges of China's Economic Transition". read

CEIBS Clubs Host "Venture Capital Investments and Exits in the Clean Tech Industry" 
April 1, 2008. Shanghai campus -- The outlook in China for the emerging field of "clean tech," referring to businesses supporting environmental protection and preservation, was the topic of a lively evening panel discussion that attracted a full-house of attendees to the 300-seat CEIBS auditorium. read

CEIBS Hosts Executive Forum in Nanchang, Launches Jiangxi Alumni Chapter
April 10, 2008. Nanchang - Today's Executive Forum, offering excellent advice on "How to Forge a Powerful Brand," and the launch of the CEIBS Alumni Association Jiangxi Chapter helped CEIBS consolidate its local presence and strengthen its relationship within Jiangxi Province. read

 
 
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Honours and Awards

82 MBA Teams from World's Top Schools Compete for CEIBS innovateCHINA Global Challenge
April 28, 2008. Shanghai campus. - A total of 82 teams from the world's top business schools -- including Harvard, London Business School, MIT Sloan, and INSEAD -- as well as Top Asian schools such as Tsinghua SEM, Fudan IMBA, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University MBA, will compete for the nine spots available in the final round of the CEIBS innovateCHINA Global Challenge. read

 
 
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The Link

ENTERTAINMENT ENVOY: Yang Lan, TV Host & Olympics' Goodwill Ambassador

Monte Carlo, September 23, 1993. On that date 15 years ago, this exotic European city was the gathering point for a small group of Chinese journalists flown over to report on one of the most important international news stories in China's recent history in terms of international image - the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on which city would host the 2000 Olympic Games.

Among the Chinese broadcast journalists in the Monacan capital was a 25-year-old TV reporter named Yang Lan, who was making her first trip to Europe. As assistant to renowned broadcast sports announcer Song Shixiong, Yang was given the daunting task of translating the IOCs decision live as millions of her compatriots tuned in back home. If the IOC were to choose Beijing, she would be delivering a glorious message to her nation. If not, she would be delivering a devastatingly disappointing message. Full Article

 
 
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Media Coverage

04/18/2008 CCTV9 -- Report on CEIBS 1st Annual Luxury Brand Forum
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04/22/2008 ICS -- Culture Matters featuring CEIBS Ext. Communications Director Laurie Underwood on Career Paths
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04/10/2008 KBS -- Korean KBS TV Documentary on "Life at CEIBS
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04/18/2008 ICS -- Report on CEIBS 1st Annual Luxury Brand Forum
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04/10/2008 ICS -- Interview with Prof. Zhang Yimin on Significance of Yuan Trading Below 7 Against USD
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04/05/2008 ICS -- Interview with Prof.Xu Bin on China's Real Estate
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04/02/2008 ICS -- Interview with Prof. Zhang Yiming on Exchange Rate
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If you've got it, flaunt it, have a fling with bling
BEIJING, April 29 -- Luxury goods, once the polar opposite of "necessity goods," are no longer so superior in quality, scarce in number and emblematic of the elite alone. Sales are booming worldwide, in particular in China.  Full Article

Chairman Mao: An Unlikely Business Guru
China's former leader Chairman Mao Zedong has had various incarnations: guerrilla fighter, political leader, mass murderer and pop-art icon. Now, 32 years after his death, in perhaps the most unexpected transformation, he is being reinvented as a business guru. Full Article

China's appetite for luxury goods grows as wealth soars
CHINA may overtake the United States to become the world's second-largest market for luxury goods this year after Japan, industry experts said at the First Luxury Brands Forum yesterday. Full Article

Chinese investors wait in vain for government help -- Focused on inflation, financial authorities resist calls to cut trading taxes    
"The problem with the Chinese markets is not liquidity. It's the valuation," Xu said. "Approving more funds isn't going to solve the fundamental problem." Full Article

China amasses stake in BP 
"China has a lot of cash, and a lot of dollar reserves," said Chang Chun, a professor of finance at the China Europe International Business School in Shanghai. "And this may be a good time to buy. They are not going for controlling interests, just for investments."Full Article

Week ahead in Asia & cific from April 12
SHANGHAI - 1st Annual Luxury Brand Forum, hosted by China Europe International Business School. Full Article

Chinese market to grow 39% in three years
Professor Per V. Jenster, the professor of Strategic Management at China Europe International Business School in Shanghai, recently paid a visit to his home of Denmark, where he discussed his insights into the Chinese market, where there are now 500 wineries in operation with an estimated 178,000 hectares of wine and a population that drinks around 1.12 litres per head. Full Article

Chinese Fund Firms Diversify Products
If the funds' investment portfolios are similar, they cannot resist the market's fluctuation, said Xu Xiaonian, professor of economics and finance at China Europe International Business School. And there is a large space for the growth of the Chinese funds. Full Article

Talent is out there, we just need to be smart as to how we harness it
CHINA'S economic transformation has been the result of producing goods and services more efficiently and cost-effectively than almost anywhere else in the world. Full Article 

Skolkovo legt Konzept für MBA vor
Die Skolkovo School of Management in Moskau will im September 2009 mit einem Vollzeit MBA starten. Schwerpunkt des 16-monatigen Studiengangs ist die Bearbeitung verschiedener Projekte. Auch Auslandsaufenthalte in Indien und China sind geplant.Full Article

Il primo annual luxury brands forum a Shanghai    
Oggi a Shanghai si è svolta la prima edizione dell’Annual Luxury Brands Forum. Molti i temi sul tavolo, discussi da autorevoli protagonisti della moda internazionale: da Ermenegildo Zegna alle spagnole Tous e Agatha Ruiz della Prada, fino a Cesare Romiti. Il presidente della Fondazione Italia Cina ha fatto il punto sulle mutate prospettive dell'alto di gamma, di cui il "bello e ben fatto" tipico del made in Italy è un esempio eclatante, come ha precisato il presidente della Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, Mario Boselli. Full Article

Le prospettive del lusso in Cina: se ne parla domani e dopodomani a Shanghai    
Non ancora assurta a Mecca del lusso ma sulla buona strada per diventarlo, la Cina fa discutere i player dell’alto di gamma: un appuntamento importante è l'Annual Luxury Brand Forum di Shanghai, un’iniziativa di Fondazione Italia Cina, Iese Business School e Ceibs (China Europe International Business School), in programma domani e dopodomani presso il Petrolchemical Auditorium del Ceibs Shanghai Campus, al 699 di Hongfeng Road nel distretto di Pudong. Full Article

In Cina il lusso made in Italy    
Al via a Shangai il primo Annual Luxury Brands Meeting organizzato dalla Fondazione Italia Cina in collaborazione con IESE Business School e CEIBS, la prima business school in Asia e tra le più importanti del mondo. Tramite il settore del lusso Made in Italy, la Fondazione vuole aprire un canale per l’intero “sistema moda” e lifestyle italiano, anche per i marchi che non godono di un posizionamento altrettanto forte ma che si distinguono per un alta qualità del prodotto. Full Article 

Fude montará fábricas en China por valor de 6 millones en 2008    
Fude tiene la sede en Zizur Mayor y cuenta con oficina en Beijing y delegación en Shangai. En ella trabajan en total 25 personas- La ingeniería Food Tech ha trabajado y está inmerso en proyectos que suponen una inversión 47,9 millones de euros. Full Article 

 
 
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Alumni News

President Zhu Xiaoming Receives CEIBS Alumni Affairs Office Briefings, Offers Strategic Solutions
April 25, 2008. Shanghai campus - CEIBS President Zhu Xiaoming visited the school's Alumni Affairs Office today for a series of informational briefings by the alumni affairs team. During the visit, he was accompanied by CEIBS Associate Dean Prof. Zhou Dongsheng and HR Director Ms. Dong Xuejun. read

CEIBS Hosts Executive Forum in Nanchang, Launches Jiangxi Alumni Chapter
April 10, 2008. Nanchang - Today's Executive Forum, offering excellent advice on "How to Forge a Powerful Brand," and the launch of the CEIBS Alumni Association Jiangxi Chapter helped CEIBS consolidate its local presence and strengthen its relationship within Jiangxi Province. read

 
 
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Upcoming Events

2008.05.03 Notice for the estbalishment of CEIBS Alumni Association Hunan Chapter
  ( Hunan / Alumni )
2008.05.09 The Second Women in Leadership Forum
  ( Shanghai / Exec Ed )
2008.05.30 CEIBS Alumni Mobile Class in Luoyang
  ( Luoyang, Henan / Alumni )

 
 
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Media Contact

Ms. Laurie Underwood, Director of External Communications
Email: lunderwood@ceibs.edu | Tel: +86-21-2890-5505 | Fax: +86-21-2890-5273


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