On October 9, Renmin Business School (RMBS) held the Second Plenary Meeting of its Fifth International Advisory Committee and the 2026 Annual Conference. Under the theme "New Paradigm in Technology-Driven Business, New Momentum for Global Collaboration," the meeting brought together representatives from academia and industry around the world for in-depth exchanges on the transformation of business education in the digital-intelligence era, international cooperation and future development of RMBS, jointly exploring new ideas and new pathways for building a world-class business school.
Zhu Xinkai, Executive Vice President of Renmin University of China (RUC), attended the meeting and delivered remarks. Also in attendance were Yi Zhihong, former Vice President of RUC and Professor of the Department of Finance; Wilert Puriwat, President of Chulalongkorn University, Chairman of the Council of University Presidents of Thailand and Chairman of the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning; Guo Jingjing, former member of the Chinese national diving team, Olympic diving champion and member of the World Aquatics Diving Technical Committee; Zhou Lin, Dean of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School; Cai Hongbin, Dean of HKU Business School, Chair Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute of China Economy; Joan Rodon Modol, Dean of ESADE Business School; Chen Xiangdong, founder, Chairman and CEO of Gaotu Techedu Inc.; Gao Zhenying, Chairman of Xiangcai Securities Co., Ltd.; Luo Ruiren, Chairman of Beijing Forbidden City Investment Management Co., Ltd.; Qian Xiaojun, founder, actual controller and CEO of Beijing United Information Technology Co., Ltd.; Huang Min, Chairman and General Manager of GoodWe Technologies Co., Ltd.; Li Jun, Chairman of Leyard Optoelectronic Co., Ltd.; Zhang Guohong, Secretary of the Party Committee and former chairman China Sciences Group (Holding) Co., Ltd., and Vice Chairman of Beijing China Sciences Runyu Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.; Hu Donghui, Director of Tsinghua Unigroup Co., Ltd. and Chairwoman of its Strategic Committee; Henry Chan, Vice Chairman and Executive President of the King Wai Group; and Zhang Yun, Chairman of Beijing Niutai Culture Development Co., Ltd. and Founder of the Shan Hua Project Charity Foundation.
Attending the meeting online were Antonio Majocchi, Deputy Rector of LUISS University and holder of the Deloitte Chair in International Management and Global Challenges; Emi Osono, Dean and Executive Education Program Director, Hitotsubashi University Business School; Christoph Kaserer, Dean of the School of Management, Technische Universität München (TUM), and Chair of Financial Management and Capital Markets, TUM; Xu Zhihao, CEO of Geely Technology Group Co., Ltd., Chairman of QJMotor, Chairman of Hongqiao Group Ltd., Independent Director of Anhui Gujing Distillery Co., Ltd., Vice Chairman of the Guangxi Federation of Industry and Commerce and Member of the International Advisory Committee of Singapore Management University; Jenny George, Dean of Melbourne Business School; Zhang Chunhua, Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Chairman of the Shenzhen Federation of Industry and Commerce and Chairman of Langhua Group; and Mao Zhenhua, Professor of Practice in Economics at HKU Business School and member of the Chief Executive's Policy Unit Expert Group, HKSAR.
Zhu Xinkai noted that in recent years RUC has consistently championed open education and advanced its internationalization strategy. It has established partnerships with 317 universities and international organizations across 63 countries and regions and set up 7 overseas joint research centers for exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, striving to move international cooperation from a "global presence" to "coordinated operation," with the depth and effectiveness of international exchange and cooperation steadily improving. He expressed hope that committee members would leverage their global vision, professional strengths and practical experience to offer insights on the "survival question" facing business education, the "cooperation question" in opening up education, and the "development question" for RUC as it approaches its centenary. He looked forward to the International Advisory Committee serving as a bond to further pool high-quality global resources, deepen academic exchange, talent cultivation and industry-academia-research cooperation, and jointly explore new pathways for the innovative development of business education in the digital-intelligence era.
(Chaired by Zhou Mingde, Chairman of the International Advisory Committee of RMBS, Chairman of Baofu Group and Chairman of Phoenix City Technology Group)
Chen Yao, Secretary of the CPC Committee of RMBS, announced the appointment of a new member to the Fifth International Advisory Committee. Qian Xiaojun, founder, actual controller and CEO of Beijing United Information Technology Co., Ltd., is the new member of the Committee.
(Zhu Xinkai presented the Appointment Letter to the newly appointed committee member)
Yi Jingtao, Dean of RMBS, presented the school’s 2026 Development Report, outlining its achievements over the past year and its plans for future development. He noted that over the past year, while upholding the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, RMBS has focused on constructing an independent knowledge system of business administration and has made positive progress in improving its organized research system, creating signature academic events, producing landmark achievements, developing top-notch innovative talent programs, cultivating leading entrepreneurs, improving a full-life-cycle career services ecosystem, building an open and shared international cooperation network, empowering the development of world-class enterprises, supporting Chinese brands going global, and expanding campus space. Looking ahead to the 15th Five-Year Plan period, RMBS will set its sights on becoming a domestically top-ranked global business education hub with international distinction, accelerate the building of an independent knowledge system for business administration in the digital-intelligence era, develop the "RUC School of Thought in Management," and further advance organized research, government-industry-academia-research collaboration, high-level opening-up and the development of outstanding faculty, so as to build a modern higher education governance system that is scientific, democratic and efficient and lay a solid foundation for becoming a world-class business school.
In the symposium, participants held in-depth discussions on six topics: The Era of Artificial Intelligence: Innovation in Management Education and Talent Development Models; Internationalization: From International Cooperation to Global Influence; Talent Development and Alumni Ecosystem: From On-Campus Education to Lifelong Development; Industry-University-Research Integration and the International Communication of Chinese Management Practices; Corporate Services and Institutional Sustainable Development; and Facing the Future: The Direction of Business School Development. Drawing on their own experience in academic research, business management and international cooperation, committee members shared cutting-edge observations and practical insights and offered suggestions on how RMBS can grasp the opportunities in business education, innovate its talent cultivation models, deepen industry-education integration, and expand its global cooperation network. In his response, Yi Jingtao said that the members' valuable insights had provided important guidance for RMBS as it charts its course amid the technological revolution and global changes, and that RMBS would take good account of this collective wisdom, continue to advance innovation in business education and global collaboration, and strive to follow a future-oriented path of steady and sustained development. The symposium was chaired by Yi Zhihong.
During the meeting, committee members visited Baofu Science & Technology Park for a field study and toured the park's exhibition hall. They also visited representative companies such as DarkJade Sciences Co., Ltd., Beijing Wanwei Yingchuang Technology Development Co., Ltd. and Cellixsoft Corporation, where they were briefed on the companies and held in-depth exchanges with their senior executives.
After the meeting, Joan Rodon Modol and Henry Chan visited the Zhongguancun Campus and the Tongzhou Campus respectively to engage in dialogues and exchanges with students.
The meeting further highlighted the important role of the International Advisory Committee as a high-end platform through which RMBS connects with the world, pools wisdom and deepens cooperation. Going forward, RMBS will continue to deepen exchanges and cooperation with the global academic and business communities, actively respond to the new requirements that the latest round of technological revolution and industrial transformation places on business education, accelerate the building of an independent knowledge system for business administration, and promote mutual learning between Chinese management wisdom and global business practice, making new contributions to building a world-class business school with Chinese characteristics and better serving the building of an education powerhouse and high-quality economic and social development.