| On September 25, 2005, the Cheung
Kong Graduate School of Business held its first EMBA/MBA commencement
Ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Present at
the grand gathering, apart from CKGSB teachers and students and
their relatives and friends, are officials from China's Ministry
of Education., the Academic Degree Office of the State Council
and Hong Kong & Macao Office of the Ministry of Education,
Director-General of the Education Department of the Guangdong Province,
the Beijing Municipal Commission of Education and Mr. Li Ka-shing,
founder of the Li Ka Shing Foundation and Shantou University. The
grand gathering was presided over by Dr. Daqing Qi, Associate Dean
in charge of Administrative Management at CKGSB.
The National Steering Committee for China's MBA Education sent a
letter of congratulations to CKGSB, noting that "since its establishment,
CKGSB has been fully committed to blazing new trails and trying for
continued innovations, and now, we are very glad to see that, by
being deep rooted in the lessons from prestigious business schools
both at home and abroad, and through successfully integrating the
domestic developmental dynamics and international best practices,
the school has, after nearly 3 Vyears of intense efforts, managed
to make considerable progress in key areas such as faculty development,
curriculum planning, MBA admission & education, and teaching
management, amongothers. The graduation of the first MBA/EMBA students
is another milestone on the road to being a top international business
school."
At the commencement, the first for CKGSB since its establishment
more than two years ago, more than 330 MBA/EMBA graduatesreceived
their diplomas respectively from the hands of Mr. Li Ka-shing and
a number of CKGSB professors in the majestic Great Hall of the People.
The entrepreneurial skills they developed at CKGSB--social responsibility,
strong teamwork, professional integrity and humanistic care--will
contribute to enrich their future life. The management theories and
the best practices deeply rooted in multicultural contexts they have
learned from the world-class professors and experts at CKGSB will
greatly benefit them. They are sure that, with what they have learned
at CKGSB, they will be able to achieve more ambitious goals in their
pursuits, and lead Chinese enterprises to take a lead over their
peers in the global economic arena, contributing greatly to the continued
revitalization of China.
"Today is a historic moment for CKGSB," announced professor Qi to
kick off the ceremony. All attendees stood up,saluting the National
Flag and humming the National Anthem.
A video briefing on CKGSB, entitled "For the benefit of the Yangtze
River", brought us back to the initial stage of the newly founded
CKGSB in November 2002. With strong support from the Chinese government,
CKGSB has been striving to realize one of Mr. Li's dreams, which
is to help build a strong nation and cultivate a fair and equitable
society. CKGSB has attracted business executives and leaders from
top commercial enterprises and government agencies.
Within three years, CKGSB has made considerable progress. , The School's
success should mainly be attributed to its innovative development
strategies and objectives, its advanced concepts of school management
and its core values. For the purpose of fulfilling its great mission
of building a world-class business school for China and developing
world-class entrepreneurs for China, CKGSB is focused on developing
a set of business leaders with international perspective, humanistic
spirit and social responsibility by insisting on its strategic choice
of "developing the advantages, identifying the approaches and optimizing
the tactics" and adopting a unique multicultural concept of school
management, and has encouraged every student to build the philosophy
of "study theories for the practical applications and run businesses
for the benefit of the nation and the people", helped the students
to set their ambitious goals and take on more social responsibilities.
Dr. Xiang Bing, Dean of CKGSB, delivered a speech at the ceremony
and then declared the resolution of the Academic Degree Committee
of CKGSB. He congratulated the students on the successful completion
of their study at the school and obtaining their EMBA/MBA degree.
In his passionate speech, Dr. Xiang told the graduates that the next
five to ten years is a critical period for the economic growth of
China. There is still a long way ahead to go to create a large group
of real world-class enterprises. So, it is imperative for our graduates
to make more contributions to our society and to redouble our efforts
to promote the great cause of the continued revitalization of China
. "We hope that you will be able to make some great achievements,
making all Chinese, and your school, feel proud of you. For a business
school, the real success, in essence, is the success of its alumna.
I sincerely wish you success both in your life and your careers.
All of you are integral components of the CKGSB, which is, forever,
your spiritual habitat."
In his speech, Dr. Xiang also said that since its establishment three
years ago, CKGSB has made outstanding achievements, adding a splendid
page to China's education history. He stressed that it would be impossible
to make such great achievements within so short a period without
strong support and unremitting efforts and seeing things from a radically
different perspective. He added: "I would like to take this opportunity
to extend our heartfelt thanks, on behalf of all the staff and faculty
of CKGSB, to all the leaders present at the ceremony, Mr. Li Ka-shing
and the foundation as well as all the friends from all circles. At
the same time, I also would like to take this opportunity to extend
our sincere thanks, on behalf of the leaders of CKGSB, to all the
teachers and students as well as their relatives and friends for
their valuable contributions to the extraordinary development of
CKGSB. Looking forward, CKGSB will make continued efforts to realize
its great dream of making CKGSB to be one of the top ten business
schools in the world. I am sure that all of us will witness the realization
of the goal."
In his speech, Dr. Bing Xiang pointed out that CKGSB could not make
such a great achievement without the strong assistance and support
from Li Ka Shing Foundation. Apart from providing considerable financial
assistance, during the past two years, Mr. Li Ka-shing has personally
visited CKGSB three times to share his business wisdom and life philosophies
with our students and teachers, which is the greatest encouragement
.
At the ceremony, after expressing his congratulations, Mr. Li Ka-shing,
once again, gave his encouragement to our graduates in his passionate
speech entitled "The Strength of a Strong Man", sharing with attendees
the beliefs he himself has cherished and adhered to in his life.
In the speech, he pointed out that the strength of the strong man
is defined by their steadfastness to ideals and principles, marked
by their diligence to duties and responsibilities, and the way they
use their intellectual capability to illuminate and create a humane
and bountiful society. Whether we can weave our wisdom and our strength
into our culture, enabling its renewal and relevance to withstand
the test of time; and to contribute to the building of a joyful,
a brighter, and a more prosperous future for our beloved country.
Mr. Yang Lin, the Executive Director and Executive Vice President
of Digital China Corporation, and Mr. Molin Sheng, working at the
Customers' Finance Company Group of the General Electric Corporation,
delivered their speeches at the ceremony on behalf of the EMBA and
MBA graduates respectively.
At the ceremony, CKGSB graduates also presented commemorative gifts
to Mr. Li Ka-shingXa packet of elaborately crafted white marble seeds
and a long scroll entitled "CK Is Our Family". At the end of the
ceremony, the graduates sang the CK Schoolfellows Song and Mr. Li
posed for photos with the teachers and students of CKGSB.
Sep 25, 2005
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