On November 10, 2022, the "10th Tencent Business School Development Forum", hosted by Tencent News, was held in Beijing. The forum focused on the theme of "Innovation and Openness", and jointly explore the innovation and openness of China's business education in the new era through a combination of online and offline methods. Shi Xianliang, Dean of the School of Economics and Management at Beijing Jiaotong University, was invited to attend the forum and give a keynote speech. Qiu Xiaodong, Vice Dean, attended the dialogue benchmark university interview session of the forum, and Zhang Lei, Director of the Professional Degree Education and Teaching Sharing Center, also participated in the forum activity. At this forum, the college was awarded the "2022 Business Education Industry Benchmark Brand", and Dean Shi Xianliang was also selected as the "China Business Education Role Model".
Wu Yingce, Director of the Career Development Department of the China Association of Higher Education, delivered an opening speech for this forum. He stated that standing at a new historical starting point, China's higher education is also facing new challenges, and the digital economy era has put forward new requirements for talent cultivation in higher education.In this context, it is necessary to implement the fundamental task of moral education and improve the coordination teaching system. Second, we need to comprehensively improve the quality of talents trained independently and attract talents from all over the world. Third, we need to construct a new pattern of opening up in higher education and support the process of Chinese-style modernization. Facing the new era and new mission, we need to accelerate the reform and innovation of higher education and help build a strong higher education country.
Shi Xianliang delivered a keynote speech titled "Characteristic Business Education for the Big Transportation and Logistics Industry in the Era of Digital Intelligence". He delivered a wonderful speech from four aspects, namely the characteristics of the digital intelligence era, the important position of the big transportation and logistics industry, the characteristics of business education based on professional advantages, and the cultivation of MBA talents with the characteristics of smart transportation and logistics in Beijing Jiaotong University. Dean Shi pointed out that transportation has become a pioneer in promoting China's modernization, especially since the establishment of the People's Republic of China. Several generations have crossed mountains and built bridges when facing water, building a transportation power and accelerating the realization of the strategic goal of building a transportation power. To this end, Beijing Jiaotong University focuses on leveraging its disciplinary advantages, using transportation and modern logistics as carriers to radiate and cover the development of related industries. In the future, Beijing Jiaotong University will further strengthen its own characteristics and promote the cross integration of emerging disciplines, striving to become a business school that leads China's industrial development.
With the vigorous development of China's innovative economy, the deep linkage between industry, academia, and research has profound significance in optimizing the allocation of resources in the business field. In the "Dialogue with Benchmarking Universities" section, guests from various universities conducted in-depth discussions on the theme of "Deeply linking industry, academia, and research to stimulate new potential in business education". Qiu Xiaodong, Vice Dean of the School of Economics and Management at Beijing Jiaotong University, proposed during the discussion that the integration of industry and education is an important issue in the national education planning outline and also an important part of the current cultivation of business talents. Only by actively promoting the deep integration of industry, academia, and research can we effectively promote the realization of a new ecosystem of business education with higher quality and efficiency in the entire society. Based on its own professional advantages and characteristics, the School of Economics and Management of Jiaotong University has carried out a series of measures in the professional degree program around the deep integration of industry, academia, and research. It strives to implement each training link in detail, systematically and organically integrate various links, and focus on cultivating industry leading talents.
To honor role models, gather strength for the future, and recognize the contributions of practitioners and benchmark universities in education, Tencent Business School Development Forum has selected the 2022 annual tribute list for the 10th anniversary. The School of Economics and Management of Beijing Jiaotong University has been awarded the title of "2022 Business Education Benchmark Brand," and Dean Shi Xianliang has been named a "Chinese Business Education Role Model."
The release of this list reflects the core mission and future development direction of Chinese business schools, and also indicates that Chinese business education needs to keep up with the pace of the times, be brave in exploring and innovating, establish a new model of business education with Chinese characteristics, and promote the new development of business education.