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28 Nov 2023
Dean BEN Joins Polimi SOM IAB & Leads Delegation to Italy

On November 21, ZIBS delegation visited the University of Turin and was warmly welcomed by the Director General of the University of Turin, Andrea Silvestri. BEN Shenglin, dean of ZIBS, gave a brief introduction of ZIBS and expressed the expectation of scaling up the cooperation with the University of Turin. The delegation also witnessed the graduation defense of some MCS students and participated in the alumni event for the 10th Anniversary of cooperation with the University of Turin. At the event, BEN Shenglin delivered a keynote speech, sharing ZIBS philosophy and story, and exchanged cooperation intentions with well-known Italian entrepreneurs.

                                                 

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In the morning of November 22, ZIBS delegation visited the Italian headquarters of Collège des Ingénieurs and held a meeting with its director CEO Silvia Petocchi. Both sides agreed to cooperate in the future in the fields of talent training, research exchange, and short-term joint projects. At the same time, the delegation also visited OGR, an innovative co-working and art space transformed by Turin train maintenance center, exchanged experience in entrepreneurship incubation and ecological integration.


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In the afternoon of November 22, ZIBS delegation held a meeting with Marcella Costa, Vice Rector of the University of Turin. Both sides highly praised the solid foundation and fruitful results of the existing cooperation on the Master of China Studies Program and discussed the potential cooperation opportunities in academic research exchange, faculty exchange, language teaching, and European University Alliance, etc. Both sides decided to deepen the cooperation. After the meeting, BEN Shenglin exchanged gifts with Marcella and welcomed her to visit ZIBS in the near future.


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On November 22, ZIBS delegation officially launched the ZIBS China Studies Centre at the University of Turin, which will be the ZIBS office in Italy in the future. It is fully responsible for degree cooperation projects, non-degree cooperation projects, academic research exchanges, faculty exchanges, and alumni engagement with the University of Turin. Both sides will have regular mutual visits, forming a positive interaction mechanism. In the future, the centre will also serve as the contact hub for ZIBS in Italy and Europe and continue to expand cooperation with other European universities.

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On November 23, ZIBS delegation met with ZJU alumni association Italy branch and visited Tsinghua University Milan campus, listening to the overseas campus construction and operation experience.


On November 24, as the only Asian member of the International Advisory Board of Politecnico di Milano School of Management, BEN Shenglin attended the first meeting of the Board and discussed with other members on topics including how to remain attractive for international students in light of the current geo-political changes, How to support the growth of junior faculty and how can ZIBS build collaboration with the potential partners.

On November 24, BEN Shenglin was appointed as the member of International Advisory Borad at the Politecnico di Milano School of Management. He attended the first meeting of the International Advisory Board and discussed with other members on topics "How to remain attractive for international students in light of the current geo-political changes" and "How to support the growth of junior faculty."


By actively seeking global opportunities, ZIBS continues to expand its networks through international exchange, academic research, overseas centers, cultural exchange, etc. FANG Fan, Academic Director of Master of China Studies Program, and CHEN Danfeng, Program Manager of Master of China Studies Program, participated in the above activities of the delegation.
1 Nov 2021
The 7th High Table Dinner of International Campus

 On October 27th, with melodious music and the attention of more than 270 faculty, staff and students, guests dressed in black gowns slowly stepped into the venue, the 7th High Table Dinner of International Campus officially started.

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       Professor He Lianzhen, member of the Standing Committee of ZJU Party Committee, and Vice President of ZJU, presented a certificate of thanks to LEE Der-Hong, the honorable guest of this High Table Dinner. The special guests of this High Table Dinner include ZHANG Min, Deputy Director of the Talent Office of Jiaxing Municipal Committee, RUAN Hui, Deputy Director of the Talent Office of Zhejiang University, LV Zhongfei, Member of the Standing Committee of Haining Municipal Committee and Minister of Organization Department. At the same time, Professor LI Erping, Vice Dean of International Campus, and Professor WANG Yufen, Deputy Secretary of Party Committee of International Campus, attended this High Table Dinner.

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       Professor OUYANG Hongwei, Dean of International Campus, extended a warm welcome to all the presents. He hoped that students could gain new knowledge from Professor LEE Der-Hong's sharing. "The residential college is not only the accommodation, but more importantly, it provides a platform and resources for students to grow and develop." Professor Tsui Lap Chee, the Master of Residential College, was unable to attend the meeting due to the epidemic. He sent cordial greetings to the presents through video. 

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       Being invited as the honorable guest, Professor LEE Der-Hong gave his first public speech since he took up the post of Dean of ZJUI. Professor LEE graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a Ph.D. He is also fellow of the Academy of Engineering, Singapore. For Professor LEE, the experience of returning to the motherland and being a member of the International Campus is extraordinary, and he used the words “back to where the journey started, yet start a new one” to describe his feelings. 

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2 Mar 2021
Interview with Robert Wilson-Winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics

Robert Wilson, winner of 2020 Nobel Prize in economics and famous expert in game theory B. He Lianzhen, vice president of Zhejiang University, delivered a speech on behalf of Zhejiang University. Ben Shenglin, Dean of the school of international business of Zhejiang University, and Zhang Zhizhou, vice president of Zhejiang Euramerican Association and CEO of Dunhe Asset Management Co., Ltd. participated in the topic discussion at Kanglu, the site of Zhejiang Euramerican Association. Assistant Professor Chen Hongyi, director of master of finance of Zhejiang University International Business School, presided over the activity.


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This interview was conducted in English. Professor Robert Wilson shared his views on the improvement of auction theory and innovation of auction form based on his excellent academic attainments in game theory. Ben Shenglin, Dean of the school of international business of Zhejiang University, and Zhang Zhizhou, vice president of Zhejiang European and American Students Association, interact with Robert Wilson online around their current situation in economic, financial and other fields. In the Q & a session, Shao Hui, assistant professor of International Business School of Zhejiang University, and Professor representatives of School of management also asked questions one after another. The online and offline audience and guests had a warm interaction and an active atmosphere.
27 Nov 2019
The knowledge of Chinese Centenary History: Summer School Project of China Studies

The year of 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the May 4th Movement and the 70th anniversary of the founding of new China.Taking this opportunity, China Studies Center, enrolling students from prestigious universities around the world, held the summer school project with the theme of “The knowledge of Chinese Centenary History”. Organized in August and October respectively as two phases，the project was designed into two parts including classroom teaching and outside learning .In the classroom, teachers in the center introduced the development and history of Zhejiang University and China Studies Center as well as their rapid progresses to the students. Jiang Wentao, Lin Ka, Patricio from Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina and Mette from Aarhus University in Denmark were invited to introduce and formulate some problems on  modern and contemporary China. During outside learning, the students visited the Zhejiang University, went to Alibaba Group and other high-technology enterprises to personally witness the rapid development in Hangzhou digital economy, paid a visit to the Site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Yucun Village in Anji County where the propose of the Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains Are Invaluable Assets was first put forward and other places where some theories were proposed which exerted great influence on modern and contemporary China.              

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Introduction of Zhejiang University and China Studies Center to students

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Visit to Zhijiang Campus , Zhejiang University

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 Visit to Zhejiang Zhaolong Interconnect Technology Co., Ltd.

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Experience lessons of Chinese

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The speech of Patricio about Xi Jinping's socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in the new era

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A survey in Yucun Village in Anji County

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Visit to the  Site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China


Harmonious interactions between teachers and students were formed during the project, which aroused students’ interests on Zhejiang University and China Studies.Some students showed they had a further understanding of profound and colorful China through lessons and visits. The expected results had been achieved in summer. Thanks to graduate school of Zhejiang University for financial support.
27 Dec 2017
Masters of China Studies Program Students visited China Community Construction Exhibition Center

November 27th，23 international students from Master of China Studies Program visited China Community Construction Exhibition Center accompanied by Professor Lin Ka in order to enhance their understanding of the history of China community construction. The exhibition center is located in Jinchadai Lane, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou.

The students successively visited the exhibition hall of the development of the resident’s committee, the exhibition hall of the development of community construction, the archive of the historical materials of community construction, the exhibition hall of community work and the exhibition hall of the achievement of nation-wide community social organizations.


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In the exhibition hall of the development of the resident’s committee, the students listened to the guide’s introduction to the development history of Chinese grassroots organization and the evolution of the grassroots election, and then they discussed the history of electoral system with the guide.


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In the exhibition hall of the development of community construction, learning about the rising background and the stages of development of community, the students showed such strong interest in the historical exhibits such as resident identification card and votes that they even had a heated discussion about the exhibits. Some of them took photo of the exhibits.


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When visiting the archive of the historical materials of community construction, the students focused their mind on reading varieties of literature materials and the related introductions. They also stood still in front of the sculpture describing the construction of people’s democracy under the leadership of Chairman Mao for a long while, admiring the grassroots democracy construction of the New China.


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In the exhibition hall of community work, after learning about the specialist social work service with Chinese characteristics , the students compared the Chinese social work service with foreign ones.


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In the last exhibition hall of the achievement of nation-wide community social organizations, the students enjoyed the close experience of Chinese neighborhood mutual assistance and appreciated a series of achievements of grassroots organizations such the theatre stage and the space of children. They all identified with these spontaneously formative social organizations and their influences on community.
23 Dec 2017
Understanding New Media: ICS Teachers and Students Visited Tencent Zhejiang Website Company

November 23th, 38 students from Master of China Studies Program visited Tencent Zhejiang Website Company in Hangzhou, as the practical investigation of China Media course.

Leaded by the course teacher Professor Wei Lu, the teaching assistant Doctor Huang Qing and the employees of Zhejiang Website, the students firstly visit the offices of different departments of the company to know about the basic structure of the company. After that, three project leaders introduced to the students the operation of the company, as well as the application of social Big Data to Penguin Intelligence products and Tencent Intelligence Campus products.


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The project leaders illustrated their projects with extremely detailed cases, such as the optimum number of words and pictures in a piece of daily news and the coolest large screen real-time interaction.


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In this way, they helped the students to understand better what they had learned about in class.


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The students caught the chance and raised varieties of questions: Are the employees required to work overtime? Will the arrangement of the website be adjusted according to users’ feedback? Will the mobile news takes data consumption into consideration? Does face recognition technology involve the problem of privacy security? Are teachers in school willing to apply these new technologies to teaching practice? The project leaders answered these question one by one according to their practical experiences and praised the students for the professional and realistic questions.

The students learned so much from the visit that almost every one of them walked out o the company with reluctance. They said that they enjoyed the great benefit of such practical activity, in which they could combine theory with practice, take full advantage of study China in China, communicate with the employees on the front-line and gain firsthand experience and deep understanding of China.


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