The RBS International Advisory Committee 2013 Annual Meeting is held in Beijing

April 12-13, 2013, the RBS International Advisory Committee 2013 Annual Meeting was held in Beijing.

During the meeting, term of office of IAC members has been completed. Prof. Yuan Baohua, director of the 1st International Advisory Committee, no longer holds this position due to physical reasons. Upon his agreement, Prof. Yuan will serve as the honorary director of the 2nd International Advisory Committee. He also recommends Prof. Ji Baocheng and RUC President Chen Yulu to be the director and deputy director of RBS IAC. The Committee is now augmented with a total of 28 members. RUC Vice President and RBS Dean Prof. Yi Zhihong awarded Letters of Appointment to each member. The annual meeting was hosted by Prof. Ji Baocheng.

Firstly, RBS Dean Prof. Yi Zhihong delivered a speech titled New Start, New Journey in which she introduced the School’s major achievements in 2012: our Level 1 Discipline of Business Management  ranked the first in the recent discipline evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Education, official accreditation awarded by AACSB International, joining founding member of the Global Network of Advanced Management led by Yale School of Management which holds 23 top business schools, realizing in advance the goal of developing into the top business school fulfillment of the 2015 strategic objective of “become a top Chinese business school with international perspective”. Dean Yi informed the members of the School’s goals and strategies for the future, including promoting the School’s international visibility and influence and building one of the most respected business school in the world within 7 to 10 years. . She also stressed the School’s priorities for 2013, such as faculty team building, , case bank development and brand promotion.

RBS’ Associate Deans, Prof. Huang Jiangming, Mao Jiye, and Son