CEIBS Global EMBA "Building Bridges" series comes to Suzhou, with two professors and three industry leaders offering in-depth analysis on Chinese companies' Southeast Asia strategy.

As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms industries, economies, and global governance frameworks, the need for dialogue between China and Europe on innovation, governance, and shared development has become more important than ever. While China offers extensive application scenarios, engineering capabilities, and industrial scale, Europe excels in robust governance systems, trusted technology frameworks, and regulatory expertise.

"China has built a unique system where the central government sets the direction, local governments compete to execute it, and enterprises engage in survival-of-the-fittest market competition."

Against a backdrop of global turbulence and a rapid restructuring of the economic order, artificial intelligence is reshaping the foundations of the global economy, establishing itself as a central lever of national competitiveness.

“Emotions are high and unstable. The risk of a trade war between EU and China is real.”

“Neither side benefits from escalation: Europe would face higher costs and slower green transition, while China would lose access to a key market."

"These arrangements have generally been used on an ad hoc basis and have not evolved into a regular liquidity backstop."

“China’s supply side remains relatively strong: Exports are growing rapidly, industrial production is holding up well, and high-tech sectors continue to expand. However, domestic demand remains weak.”

"It's not a crackdown – but understandably, there are fresh worries when memories of 2021 have never faded."

"Curry's name and image will undoubtedly generate attention, but attention alone will not justify a US$400 million investment."

“The competition here is such that it propels its industry ahead of others.”

“I don’t think that many new job positions are going to emerge -  income redistribution will be a must.”

 “China plus one” strategies are no longer being driven only by Western multinationals seeking to reduce dependence on China by adding a second manufacturing hub nearby."

China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) successfully held the inaugural OBHDP Paper Development Workshop (PDW) at its Shanghai campus on 21 May 2026. This marked the first PDW hosted by the prestigious FT50 journal Organisational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes (OBHDP) in Asia in recent years and stands as one of the largest academic events ever organised by the CEIBS Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management (OBHRM) group. The workshop drew hundreds of participants from across Asia, including the Chinese mainland, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia and other regions. It brought together world-renowned journal editors-in-chief, associate editors, senior scholars and promising young researchers to advance high-quality academic research and exchanges in organisational behaviour, human resource management, applied psychology, marketing and consumer behaviour.

“For legacy brands with eroding premiums, leaders must decide whether to reinvest in vertically integrated capabilities or accept that revival may be better achieved under a different owner."

“For legacy brands with eroding premiums, leaders must decide whether to reinvest in vertically integrated capabilities or accept that revival may be better achieved under a different owner."

“This summer, I will travel across China to immerse myself in the local culture and gain a deeper cultural and contextual understanding of the Chinese market，” says Sarah Tagliarol, MBA 2027.

"Many executives are very experienced, but they may not always notice how they make decisions, influence others, or work in teams. So in class, I like to use videos, surveys, peer feedback, and observation data to help them “see themselves in action.”