According to the requirements of the Organization Department of Party Committee, Sun Yat-sen University, the School of Business held a meeting for the appointment of Zhang Junsheng, the new Dean, on the afternoon of May 6th, 2024. Comrade Wang Fan - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Sun Yat-sun University, Comrade Zhuo Meng - Deputy Director-level Organizer of the Organization Department of Party Committee, members of the school's Party and Government leadership, and representatives of faculty and staff attended the meeting. The meeting was presided over by Zhong Yibiao - Secretary of the Party Committee of the school.

Comrade Zhuo Meng - Deputy Director-level Organizer of the Organization Department of Party Committee, announced the Party Committee's decision on personnel appointments: According to the decision of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the School on April 17th, 2024, Zhang Junsheng has been appointed as the Dean of the School of Business.

Wang Fan, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the university, presented the appointment letter to Dean Zhang Junsheng.

On March 18th，

We celebrate the 39th birthday of School of Business.

Inheritance and innovation, Sheer Endeavor.

Great effort, endure to the end.

New beginning, open a new Era.

Moving forward, the Future is promising!

In accordance with the 2024 United Nations Audit Plan of the National Audit Office of the PRC, Associate Professor Cai Guilong from the School of Business traveled to Nairobi, Kenya between mid-August and late September to participate in the year-end audits for the United Nations Office for the Support of the Peacekeeping Operations in Somalia for the 2023 and 2024 fiscal years, as well as the mid-year audit for the

Associate Professor Cai Guilong has delivered an outstanding performance in the United Nations audit mission, fully demonstrated the professionalism and dedication of Chinese auditors on the UN audit stage. His high-quality and successful completion of the UN audit tasks has earned full recognition from the United Nations Audit Office, National Audit Office of PRC. This once again highlighted the responsibility and commitment of the School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University.

Recently, the China Scholarship Council released the results of the 2025 Chinese Government's Distinguished International Student Scholarship Program. The Full-time International MBA Program (FIMBA) of the School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University has been awarded a special funding under this initiative. Through which, it will annually enroll a certain number of international students globally.

On January 3rd, 2025, the Expert Consultation Meeting of the Philosophy and Social Sciences Laboratory, Big Data Management Behavior and Decision-making Ministry of Education (hereinafter referred to as “the Laboratory”) was held in Meeting Room 302, the School of Business, No. 6 of Lan Yuan, East Campus of Guangzhou Campus, Sun Yat-sen University. This meeting brought together experts and scholars from all over the country to jointly discuss the development direction, positioning and future planning of the laboratory, aiming to promote the digital transformation and high-quality development of the philosophy and social sciences in China.

During the expert guidance session, all the experts provided valuable recommendations and strategic insights for the development of the laboratory. In particular, they engaged in a lively discussion on key areas including interdisciplinary collaboration, international cooperation, integration on industry-academia-research, resource optimization, and the development of digital intelligence research tools.

On the afternoon of January 14th, 2025, a delegation led by Cui Jianjun - Minister of The Social Work Department of Guangdong Provincial Committee, and Xu Dianhui - Deputy Minister, paid an official visit to Sun Yat-sen University. Zhu Kongjun - Secretary of the Party Committee of Sun Yat-sen University, Professor Li Shanmin - Director of the School of Economics and Management, and Professor Zhang Junsheng - Dean of the School of Business, attended the meeting. Both parties engaged in discussions on the collaborative establishment of the "Reform and Development Research Institute of Guangdong Business Association".

This meeting refined the cooperation framework, organizational structure, operation mechanism, responsibilities and positioning of the soon-to-be-established Reform and Development Research Institute of Guangdong Business Association, and established a detailed timetable for specific areas of collaboration, laying a solid foundation for the sustained cooperation between the Social Work Department of the Guangdong Provincial Committee and the School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University in the future.

On January 8th, the inaugural meeting of the Expert Committee for the 15th Five-Year Plan of Guangdong Province and the first consultation meeting for the 15th Five-Year Plan compilation were held in Guangzhou. At the meeting, Zhang Hu - Executive Vice Governor and member of the provincial Party Committee, announced the list of the expert committee. Wang Weizhong - Governor of Guangdong Province, presented the appointment letters to the attending committee members. The meeting also adopted the charter of the expert committee through a voting process. Professor Li Shanmin from the School of Business and Director of the School of Economics and Management, Sun Yat-sen University, was invited to attend the meeting and received the appointment letter from Governor Wang Weizhong officially becoming a member of the Expert Committee for the 15th Five-Year Plan of Guangdong Province.

Driven by the globalization wave, China's medical service system is standing at the forefront of transformation. As a leading institution in higher education in China, Sun Yat-sen University has gathered abundant academic resources and clinical practical experience. Recently, Professor Xiao Haipeng - President of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, and Professor Wang Fan of the School of Business - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Sun Yat-sen University, engaged in a profound round-table discussion with Professor Eric J. Rubin - Editor-in-chief of The New England Journal of Medicine.

Professor Xiao Haipeng and Professor Wang Fan both emphasized that the transformation of regional medical service practices will provide an empirical basis for national-level policy-making, while national policies will guide innovation and improvement at the regional level. They also highlighted the crucial role of international cooperation in this process. Artificial intelligence plays and will continue to play an important role in medical management. To obtain high-quality data, robust collaboration in data provision is essential, and China possesses the necessary conditions to facilitate this. And they further introduced their respective medical management training programs and goals - to cultivate future leaders and enhance the capabilities of current leaders.

The 2nd Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Business Administration Case Workshop (hereinafter referred to as "the conference") was grandly held at the School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou from December 13th to 15th, 2024. The conference was guided by the National MBA Education Steering Committee, hosted by the School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University, and organized by the Joint Professional Degree Office of Chen Ruiqiu Asia-Pacific Case Development and Research Center, and the Student Affairs Office. It was co-organized by the Richard Ivey School of Business and China Europe International Business School, with the support of the Alliance of Business Administration Case Studies of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Universities (in preparation). Guangzhou Automobile Group, Fok Ying Tung Memorial Hall, Guangzhou Nansha Hotel, and Nansha Yacht Club were the visiting enterprises, and the Business Administration Case Research Society of Sun Yat-sen University provided meeting support.

The China-France Outstanding Entrepreneurs - Digital Intelligence Management and Innovation DBA Program (hereinafter referred to as the "China-France Outstanding Entrepreneurs Program") is the highest-level doctoral program for entrepreneur cultivation in the field of business administration jointly launched by Sun Yat-sen University and Grenoble Ecole de Management. It gathers top-notch faculty and leading talents from the academic and business circles of China, France, the United States, and other countries. Through advanced learning in different modules such as digital intelligence management and innovation courses (taught by Chinese faculty), academic research training (taught by French faculty), business applications of generative AI (taught jointly by Chinese and American faculty), and global innovation classrooms, it aims to cultivate scholar-type managers and thinker-type entrepreneurs.

On October 13th, 2024, the 2024 enrollment ceremony was held at the School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University. Professor Yan Jie - Academic Director of Grenoble Ecole de Management, along with Zhang Junsheng - Dean of our school, Zhong Yibiao - Secretary of the Party Committee, Zhang Yifang - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Wu Chenguang - the assistant to the dean, and Chen Honghui - Senior Academic Director of the Center for Excellence in Management Learning, Dr. Song Bo - the class advisor of DBA program enrolled in 2024, alumnus Dr. Zhang Qing - Director of the Jiangxi Industrial Internet Research Institute of China Telecom, and alumnus Dr. Wu Xianfeng - Director of Zhongtian Holding Group and Chairman of Zhongtian South China Group, were invited to attend and witness together the moment of honor for the class of 2024.

From December 8th to 15th, 2024, led by Professor Wu Chenguang - the assistant to the dean, and Mu Xin - Director of the Center for Excellence in Management Learning, the students traveled to Grenoble Ecole de Management. Nestled at the foot of the Alps, the students immersed themselves in a rigorous curriculum of advanced professional courses and cutting-edge research methods, visited leading enterprises, and delved into the French culture. The romantic French atmosphere and the new learning challenges all served as nourishment, fostering profound personal and intellectual growth.