On December 8th, the 18th China MBA Development Forum was held at the South China University of Technology (SCUT) with the theme of Creating Capabilities through Science and Taking on Missions. Representatives of the 17th presidium of the MBA Federation of Tianjin University (TJU) participated in the forum led by Qian Liu, a teacher from the Student Affairs Office of the MBA, College of Management and Economics (CoME). The forum is directed by the National Graduate Education Steering Committee for Business Administration Degrees, sponsored by China Committee of MBA Development Forum and School of Business Administration of SCUT, and organized by the MBA Education Center of SCUT. Representatives of teachers and students from more than 200 schools attended the forum.

With great pride, we announce that the TJU MBA project has won the following four awards in this forum:

Dong-sheng Liu, a class of 2000 Tju MBA alumnus and president of Xunchuang Electronics, was awarded Ten Elite Persons for China's MBA Mission in 2018;

The first China MBA International Art Festival held by the TJU MBA Federation was awarded Top Ten Campus Classic Activities of China MBA Business School in 2018;

Li-kai Dong, an MBA postgraduate of TJU, was awarded New Star of Chinese MBA Alumni Venture Enterprise 2018;

Jian-chao Wang and Yu Zhang, MBA postgraduates of TJU, were awarded Chinese MBA Rookie 100.

Reportedly, the China MBA Development Forum, launched in the spring of 2000 at Tsinghua University, has been held for 18 consecutive sessions since the first forum was successfully held at Peking University in June of 2000. Directed by the National Graduate Education Steering Committee for Business Administration Degrees, the forum is the largest and most influential annual event of MBA groups in China. The forum invites many industry elites to share high-quality research, and it is a platform highly efficient and authoritative among MBA groups in China, which was created by hundreds of thousands of China MBA graduates nationwide.

With the mission of cultivating managerial elites with the ability to think systematically, solid analytical ability and innovative spirit, the Tianjin University MBA project devotes itself to cultivating innovative managerial talents and future leaders with international vision based on systematic and innovative curriculum and rich enterprise practice. In the first national professional degree evaluation by the Ministry of Education, the MBA project of TJU was evaluated as “A”.

Based on Tianjin, “facing the country and integrating into the world”, the TJU MBA project has gained extensive influence in Tianjin and even the whole country. It has trained a large number of outstanding alumnus, supplying to high-end manufacturing, financial investment, engineering construction and public undertakings, and has made important contributions to the promotion of social and economic innovation and development. The MBA project has won society recognition by its own merits, and will steadily move towards the goal of building a first-class MBA project with Chinese characteristics in the future.

By: College of Management and Economics

Editors: Qin Mian and Keith Harrington