Adhering to the Right Path, Making Innovations and Forging Ahead, FISF International Communication Wins High Appreciation | Info

Release time：2024-05-15    

On May 13th 2024, Jun Qian, Executive Dean of FISF and Professor in Finance, was invited by Sir Peiqin Gu, Chairman of China-Britain Business Council, to have a roundtable communication with the British corporate executive delegation on various topics including investment opportunities in China’s capital market and the development of FISF.

Professor Jun Qian stated that China-Britain Business Council is a State-level commercial trade network for the UK to promote trade and investment in China. For 70 years, the council has been actively participating in the cooperation between the two countries in various industries and regions, and thus is widely regarded as an important voice of the cooperation between British enterprises and China.

Qian said that the council had been always supportive of Britain’s increase in trade and investment in China, and he expected to take this meeting as an opportunity for FISF and the council to take the lead in promoting more British delegations to come to China for learning and exchange programs, enhancing British enterprises’ understanding and recognition of China, and deepening mutual communication and trust in order to strive for a bright blueprint of future development.

Sir Peiqin Gu mentioned that so far, the two countries had carried out extensive and in-depth cooperation in the field of higher education, and achieved fruitful results from joint schools to scientific research cooperation. More impressive is that executive education can directly participate in the economic and trade market, and cooperation in executive education can more efficiently promote mutual economic and trade cooperation, which is of great significance for the economic development and common prosperity of both countries. In recent years, FISF has arranged hundreds of entrepreneur students to study at top universities in the UK such as Cambridge University, Imperial College London, and London School of Economics, yielding a great many achievements in exchange and cooperation, and making a model of executive education and economic cooperation between China and the UK. These achievements will lead to further China-Britain cooperation in a larger number of fields and a deeper level.

Gu expressed that the council would continue to support FISF in its various exchanges in the UK and looked forward to fostering more extraordinary business elites equipped with global visions, innovative and capabilities leadership in the UK-China Global CEO Program being held recently, so that new vitality could be injected in the business relationship between China and Britain, jointly composing a new chapter of economic prosperity.

It is known that Shanghai is the first stop of the delegation’s journey to China this time. Later it will head to Hangzhou, and eventually to the final destination, Beijing. The activities along the way included a meeting with senior officials of the Chinese government, a gala dinner to celebrate the 70th anniversary of China-Britain Business Council, the first round of dialogue between China-Britain business leaders and former high-ranking officials, as well as exchange activities with other member enterprises and partners.

Invited to attend the roundtable communication were Guangzhou Hu, Professor in Economics at China Europe International Business School, and Dr. Yue Su, Chief Analyst of The Economist Intelligence Unit China Region.

Haofang Chen, Director of FISF Beijing Liaison Office, was one of the companions. Founded in Beijing in April 2024, FISF Beijing Liaison Office is an accredited institution of FISF in Beijing that will empower the whole school by utilizing the advantage of being in the capital city and interconnecting with government departments, industry associations and institutions stationed in China to help the school make positive contributions to the innovative drives, transformation and upgrading at national, local and enterprise levels.