Entrepreneurial Leadership Camp

In 2012, CEIBS pioneered the first entrepreneurship programme "CELC" in China, which is intended to identify the most promising local entrepreneurs and help them see further, develop a global vision, and create an innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem by providing them with the best entrepreneurial guidance.

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COURSE OBJECTIVE

COURSE FEATURE

1. A Global Perspective on Entrepreneurship

The most influential entrepreneurial mentors from around the world
Multiple overseas modules
Up-and-coming Chinese entrepreneurs from around the world

2. A Range of Updated Curriculums

Lectured by CEIBS professors and industry leaders, each module inspires students to learn by doing.
Eminent professors adopt CEIBS’ trademarked RSLM (Real Situation Learning Method), which aims to help students integrate theory with practice, and “listening” (classroom teaching) with “seeing” (company visits) based on a concise theoretical framework.
The RSLM elective modules feature immersive study tours led by CEIBS professors across multiple regions in China and beyond. These tours provide CELC and CVCC participants from different cohorts with an opportunity to learn together.

3. A Valuable Learning Organization for Entrepreneurs

Eminent professors hold a private advisory board to share their insights with students.
Students pay regular visits for cross-industry exchange and collaboration.
Cross-bother learning with students in CVCC to brainstorm ideas and share experience.
CEIBS Alumni Association for CELC & CVCC has built a lifelong learning community which offers post-CELC activities: "monthly company visits + bimonthly cultural lectures + quarterly business courses".

TUITION FEE

RMB 368,000 (2025)

UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, YOU WILL GAIN:

A certificate of completion;
Membership in the CEIBS Alumni Association. Learn more

CONTACT US

Ms. Josie Liu
Tel：86-21-28905319
Email：ljosie@ceibs.edu

Founder, chairman, majority shareholder or CEO
The start-up needs to have series A or later rounds of funding, hidden champions in segmented markets
An industry leader, innovator or challenger with high growth potential

This one-year programme consists of eight to nine modules, which are delivered at CEIBS Shanghai Campus, Beijing Campus, Shenzhen Campus and overseas.

THE 14TH BATCH OF THE CELC COURSE SETTING

DATE	LOCATION	MODULE
2025/11	Shanghai, China	Industrial Upgrading: The Driving Force behind the Era and Long-Term Vision
2026/1	Japan	Global Growth Playbook: Thriving Through Industry Cycles
2026/4	Shenzhen, Hong Kong, China	Industrial Upgrading: Industry Development and Dynamic Competition
2026/7	Shanghai, China	Industrial Upgrading: Game Theory and Branding Strategy
2026/9	The United States	Global Growth Playbook: Frontier Technology and Disruptive Innovation
2026/12	Shanghai, China	Industrial Upgrading: Corporate Capital Management
2027/3	United Kingdom	Global Growth Playbook: Origins of Innovative Technology
2027/5	Dunhuang, China	Gobi: Action Leadership

THE 13TH BATCH OF THE CELC COURSE SETTING

DATE	LOCATION	MODULE
2024/11	Shanghai, China	Industry Specialization: The Driving Force behind the Era and Long-Term Vision
2025/2	Southeast Asia	Global Growth Playbook: Southeast Asia- Globalized Manufacturing: Redefining Production Paradigms
2025/4	Dunhuang, China	Gobi: Action Leadership
2025/6	Shanghai, China	Industry Specialization: Game Theory and Branding Strategy
2025/9	Cambridge, United Kingdom	Global Growth Playbook: Cambridge- Beyond Borders: Cognitive Agility in the Globalization Era
2025/10	Shenzhen, China	Industry Specialization: Industry Development and Dynamic Competition
2026/1	Beijing, China	Industry Specialization: Capital Operations
2026/5	Tokyo, Japan	Global Growth Playbook: Japan- Exploring the Path to Thriving Through Industry Cycles
2025-2026	China	1+1 Content co-creation

THE 12TH BATCH OF THE CELC COURSE SETTING

DATE	LOCATION	MODULE
2023/11	Shanghai, China	Industry Restructuring: The Driving Force behind the Era and Long-Term Vision
2024/1	Shanghai, China	Industry Restructuring: Game Theory and Branding Strategy Upgrade
2024/3	Abu Dhabi, The United Arab Emirates	Middle East: New Overseas Markets for Chinese Companies
2024/5	Beijing, China	Industry Restructuring: Dynamic Competition
2024/7	Tel Aviv, Israel	Israel: Industrial Innovation Thinking
2024/9	Shanghai, China	Industry Restructuring: Capital Operations
2024/11	Cambridge, United Kingdom	United Kingdom: Industrial Globalization
2025/9	Dunhuang, China	Gobi: Action Leadership

THE 11TH BATCH OF THE CELC COURSE SETTING

DATE	LOCATION	MODULE
2022/11	Shanghai, China	Industry Restructuring: The Driving Force behind the Era and Long-Term Vision
2023/1	Guangzhou, China	Industry Restructuring: Platform-based Management
2023/3	Shanghai, China	Industry Restructuring: Dynamic Competition
2023/5	Shanghai, China	Industry Restructuring: Game Theory
2023/6	Beijing, China	Industry Restructuring: Financial Innovation
2023/7	Changsha, China	Industry Restructuring: Upgrade of the Branding Strategy
2023/10	Dunhuang, China	Gobi: Action Leadership
2023/12	Switzerland	Switzerland: New Thinking on Industrial Globalization
2022-2023	TBA	Private Advisory Board

THE 10TH BATCH OF THE CELC COURSE SETTING

DATE	LOCATION	MODULE
2021/9	Shanghai, China	Industry Restructuring: Innovative Organization
2021/11	ShenzhenGuangzhou, China	Industry Restructuring: Innovation Strategy
2022/1	Hangzhou, China	Industry Restructuring: Platform-based Management
2022/3	Shanghai, China	Industry Restructuring: Innovation Ecosystem
2022/4	Dunhuang, China	Gobi: Action Leadership
2022/5	Beijing, China	Industry Restructuring: Financial Innovation
2022/7	Israel	Israel: Innovative Thinking and Parallel Logic
2022/10	Switzerland	Switzerland: New Thinking on Industrial Globalization
2021-2022	TBA	Private Advisory Board

THE 9TH BATCH OF THE CELC COURSE SETTING

date	location	module
2019/9/19	Shanghai, China	Opening Ceremony
2019/9/20-9/22	Shanghai, China	Module I: Industrial Reengineering: new strategy
2019/10/24-10/27	Dunhuang, China	Module II: Leadership in the Gobi Desert
2019/11/11-11/15	Israel	Module III: A Road to Innovation in Israel
2019/12/13-12/15	Shenzhen, China	Module IV: Industrial Reengineering: new organization
2020/1/13-1/17	India	Module V: A Discovery to Globalization of Chinese Enterprises
2020/3/6-3/8	Beijing, China	Module VI: Industrial Reengineering: new ecosystem
2020/5/4-5/8	Silicon Valley, U.S.A.	Module VII: A Discovery to Innovation in Silicon Valley
2020/7/10-7/12	Shanghai, China	Module VIII: Industrial Reengineering: new finance
2020/9/7-9/11	U.K.	Module VIIII: New Thinking in Industrial Globalization

THE 8TH BATCH OF THE CELC COURSE SETTING

date	location	module
2018/9/20	Shanghai, China	Opening Ceremony
2018/9/21-9/23	Shanghai, China	Module I: Lean Startup
2018/11/12-11/16	Stanford University, U.S.A.	Module II: A Discovery to Innovation in Silicon Valley
2018/12/13-12/16	Shenzhen, China	Module III: Organizational Innovation & Motivation
2019/1/21-1/25	IIMB, India	Module IV: A Discovery to Globalization of Chinese Enterprises
2019/3/7-3/10	Beijing, China	Module V: Entrepreneurial Strategy & Platform Thinking
2019/5/6-5/10	Harvard/MIT, U.S.A.	Module VI: A Road to Future Tech. in Boston
2019/7/4-7/7	Shanghai, China	Module VII: Game Theory & Capital Innovation
2019/9/2-9/6	Cambridge University, U.K.	Module VIII: Blockchain Thinking and Practice

THE 7TH BATCH OF THE CELC COURSE SETTING

date	location	module
2017/9/14	Shanghai, China	Opening Ceremony
2017/9/15-9/18	Shanghai, China	Module I: Lean Startup
2017/10/30-11/3	Silicon Valley, U.S.A.	Module II: A Discovery to Innovation in Silicon Valley
2017/12/1-12/4	Beijing, China	Module III: Entrepreneurial Strategy & Platform Thinking
2018/1/15-1/20	India	Module IV: A Discovery to Globalization of Chinese Enterprises
2018/3/2-3/5	Shenzhen, China	Module V:Organizational Innovation & Motivation
2018/4/27-4/30	Dunhuang, China	Module VI: Leadership in the Gobi Desert
2018/6/29-7/2	Shanghai, China	Module VII: Game Theory & Capital Innovation
2018/9/3-9/8	London, U.K.	Module VIII: A Road to Future Tech. in London

THE 6TH BATCH OF THE CELC COURSE SETTING

date	location	module
2016/9/2-2016/9/5	Shanghai, China	Module 1: Lean Startup
2016/11/4-2016/11/7	Beijing, China	Module 2: Business Trend & Science Technology Innovation
2017/1/8-2017/1/12	Israel	Module 3: A Road to Innovation in Israel
2017/3/17-2017/3/20	Shenzhen, China	Module 4: Organizational Innovation & Motivation
2017/5/8-2017/5/13	India	Module 5: A Discovery to Globalization of Chinese Enterprises
2017/6/30-2017/7/3	Shanghai, China	Module 6: Capital Innovation
2017/9/4-2017/9/9	Switzerland, Germany	Module 7: A Road to Innovation in Switzerland and Germany

* All information above updated on May, 2025

PROGRAMME DIRECTOR

GONG, YAN

Professor of Entrepreneurial Management, CEIBS Programme Director of CEIBS Entrepreneurial Leadership Camp

* The list below is alphabetized by last name.

CEIBS PROFESSORS

CHEN, WEIRU

Associate Professor of Strategy, CEIBS

FANG, YUE

Professor of Economics and Decision Sciences Department Chair (Economics and Decision Sciences), CEIBS

HUANG,SHENG

Professor of Finance, CEIBS

HWANG, YUH-CHANG

Professor of Accounting，CEIBS

LEE, SIEW KIM JEAN

Professor of Management, CEIBS

Wang, Yajin

Professor of Marketing, CEIBS
Research Area Director of ESG

WANG, TAIYUAN

Professor of Entrepreneurship, CEIBS

XU, XIAONIAN

Professor Emeritus, CEIBS

XIN, KATHERINE RONG

Professor of Organisational Behaviour, CEIBS

Bayer Chair in Leadership

Associate Dean (Europe)

ZHANG, HUA

Associate Professor of Finance, CEIBS

ZHANG, YU

Professor of Strategy, CEIBS

Programme Co-Director of CEIBS Venture Capitalist Camp

ZHOU, DONGSHENG

Professor of Marketing Department Chair (Marketing), CEIBS

GUEST SPEAKERS

PIETER ABBEEL

Professor, UC Berkeley

ROBERT AUMANN

Winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics

BAO, ZHENAN Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University

Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University

MICHAEL CASEY

Chief Content Officer at CoinDesk, Inc.

DA, HONGFEI

Founder of NEO

Onchain CEO

TIM DRAPER

Founding Partner of DFJ

FENG, WEIDONG

Tiantu Capital CEO

GUO, YIKE

Professor of Computing Science Founding Director of the Data Science Institute, Imperial College London

KRISTIAN J. HAMMOND

Professor of Computer Science, Northwestern University

MARTIN HELLMAN

Winner of the 2015 Turing Award

GARRICK HILEMAN

Head of research at Blockchain

BENGT HOLMSTROM

Winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Economics

JOHN O'KEEFE

Winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

KEVIN KELLY

Author of THE INEVITABLE

LIU, QIN

Founding Partner of Morningside Venture Capital

LIU, RUN

Founder of RUNMI

MALCOLM LONGAIR

Professor, University of Cambridge Director of Development, Cavendish Laboratory

ROBERT C. MERTON

Winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics

PETER NOLAN

Professor, University of Cambridge

KONSTANTIN NOVOSELOV

Winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics

CHRISTOPHER A. PISSARIDES

Winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economics

SHAO, YIBO

Founder of evolve.ventures

MATSUI TADAMITSU

Former Chairman of MUJI

SUN, YONGHUI

Founder of CVTE

MAX TEGMARK

Professor of Physics, MIT

TONG, SHIHAO

Managing Partner of GGV Capital

YOSSI VARDI

Israeli Entrepreneur and Investor

WANG, GANG

Angel Investor of DIDI

WANG, QIONG

Partner of SIG China

WEI, ZHE

Founding Partner of Vision Knight Capital

GEOFFREY WEST

Author of SCALE

WU, JUN

Former Senior Researcher of Google

YANG, DONG

Founding Partner of SAIF Partners China

YUAN, ZHENG

Founder of ZOOM

ZHANG, PING

Tenured Professor, Tel Aviv University

ZHANG, SUYANG

Founder of Volcanics Venture

ZHU, XIAOHU

Managing partner of GSR Ventures

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