CU-CIBER is the lead co-sponsor of a unique faculty development program focusing on China’s Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Hong Kong annually ranks among the world’s most competitive areas and is the historic bridge between the People’s Republic of China and the West; China’s Pearl River Delta which surrounds Hong Kong is the world’s most dynamic economic development area with 34% of China’s exports, 30% of its foreign direct investment, 19% of its GDP, and 0.5% of its land area. Their integration is producing a world-class economic zone, each building on the strengths of the other. This zone is compared to Shanghai, China’s reputed commercial capital with 25% of China’s exports and 12.5% of its financial revenues.
The study tour is designed to give faculty firsthand experience of these exciting regions and to compare their phenomenal growth. Participants meet with senior executives, entrepreneurs and government officials who are making the growth happen. They visit Chinese and foreign companies doing business in these regions. They tour shop floors and observe some of the estimated 100 million workers who have migrated from rural China. They meet with local university professors to exchange views and develop new ideas for research and teaching.
January 4-16, 2009 – 2009 China Faculty Development in International Business Program
Participants in the “China: An Emerged Economic Powerhouse in the Global Economy” program gain firsthand knowledge of the dynamic growth of two of China’s leading economic regions – the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta/Hong Kong, and see how China is being transformed from a planned economy into a globally competitive market oriented economy. They visit Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Hong Kong.
The University of Colorado Denver CIBER hosted the fifth annual faculty development in international business program (FDIB) “China: An Emerged Economic Powerhouse in the Global Economy” on January 2-14, 2008. This faculty development program was sponsored by the US Department of Education and was co-sponsored by its Centers for International Business Education and Research. Our CIBER co-sponsors were:
Brigham Young University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Michigan State University
University of Connecticut
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Maryland
University of Memphis
University of Pittsburgh
University of South Carolina
University of Southern California
University of Wisconsin - Madison
The goals of this FDIB were to provide faculty with firsthand knowledge of the dynamic growth of two of China’s leading economic regions: the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, and to see how China is being transformed from a planned economy to a globally competitive market oriented economy.