UIBE Professor to Speak at UD Next Week:

Promo for an important event at UD next week:

China is now the world's largest exporter (replacing Germany), third largest economy, and world's biggest auto market (replacing the United States). GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2009 was 10.7%, and China is estimated to replace Japan as the world's second largest economy later this year. Trade liberalization has lifted millions in China out of poverty and into the middle class, and these new consumers are ready to spend. Never in the history of humankind has one country developed as rapidly as China. In short, China's economy is booming!

The possibilities for American-based businesses in China are nearly endless. No matter what your major, and no matter what industry your career takes you to, at some point in your career you will likely interact with employees, co-workers, supervisors, suppliers, or customers, in China. The more you can learn about business practices in China now, the better prepared you'll be for those future interactions.

The School of Business Administration is in the final stages of negotiating an exchange and cooperation agreement with one of China's top business schools, the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in China's capital city, Beijing. UIBE has an international reputation for excellent business education. Many senior officials from China's government, especially the Ministry of Commerce, are UIBE graduates, including the current Chinese ambassador to the United States. Fun fact: although UIBE is mainly a business school, it does have several arts & sciences departments as well, and one of UIBE's music professors is a star in China and sang the Olympics theme song along with Sarah Brightman at the opening ceremonies to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing!

Under our partnership, SBA students will have the opportunity to study for a semester at UIBE in Beijing. The classes will be taught in English by world-class faculty and there is no language requirement to participate. If you are interested in this opportunity, you are invited to learn more about UIBE from a UIBE professor next week. Dr. Ming Men, Professor and Director for Center for Financial Markets and Investment at UIBE (and a former Fulbright Scholar), will be attending RISE next week and has agreed to speak to SBA students about what it's like to study at UIBE and live in Beijing. Here are the details:

WHAT: "Studying at UIBE"

WHEN: Wednesday, March 17, 2010

TIME: 4:30 - 5:30 pm

WHERE: MH 209

WHO: Dr. Ming Men, Professor, UIBE
Seating is limited, so be sure to arrive early. If you have any questions about this opportunity, please don't hesitate to email me. I look forward to seeing many of you next week!