2022 ACEM China Leaders for Global Operations Program (CLGO) Development Advisory Meeting Successfully Held

On the morning of January 15, 2022 ACEM China Leaders for Global Operations Program (CLGO) Meeting was held in Shanghai. 27 guests from all over the world attended the meeting online or on site. Gui Lin (Deputy Dean of the Graduate School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Jiang Wenning (Secretary of the Party Committee of Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Xiong Zhenhua (Secretary of the General Party Branch of the Student Innovation Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Academic Director of CLGO Program), Liu Shaoxuan (Deputy Dean of Antai College of Economics & Management), and Luo Jun (Director of CLGO Program of Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University) attended the meeting. The meeting was hosted by the deputy dean Liu Shaoxuan.

Gui Lin, Deputy Dean of the Graduate School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, addressed the meeting. Gui pointed out that the CLGO Program not only integrates the achievements of the construction of the MIT curriculum system, but also reflects the Chinese characteristics in the joint training of talents with the industry. She expected that the CLGO Program should adapt to the development and changes of the times, give play to the accumulated advantages of the program itself, and cultivate more talents for the development of the industry.

Jiang Wenning, Secretary of the Party Committee of Antai College of Economics & Management (ACEM), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), started with the founding and development history of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, then described the development achievements of ACEM over the years, and emphasized that the essence of the CLGO Program is to uphold SJTU's innovative school-running philosophy of teaching both liberal arts and sciences, and cultivate operation leaders for the country, society and enterprises.

Thomas Roemer, Executive Director of MIT LGO Program, said in his online speech that MIT hoped to maintain a good interaction with the Antai CLGO Program and promote the exchange of educational courses between the two sides.

Luo Jun, Director of CLGO Program, introduced the recent achievements of the program in terms of CLGO Project background, student profile and corporate partnership, etc. With the growing number of partner enterprises and the growing depth of partnership, especially the distinctive "Three-tutor Responsibility System", "University-enterprise partnership project practice", and "Operation and leadership improvement" models, the CLGO Program has become the best university-enterprise partnership platform, with precise and efficient complementation, to jointly build an all-win ecology. He also indicated that the development of the CLGO Program is inseparable from the support of strategic partner enterprises, which provide good practice platforms for the students. The empowerment of industry research institute and industry community classes has expanded the fields of CLGO cooperation and promoted the positive interaction between students and enterprises.

In the part of workshop, the guests gave recommendations actively to the CLGO Program and the development of the college. Guests present at this meeting include: Chen Long (Chairman and CEO of ZKH Industrial Supermarket), Cheng Jinglei (Founding Partner of Shengshi Management Consulting and former chief engineer of SAIC Motor), Fu Yue (head of Corporate Affairs Department of GSK Consumer Healthcare), Gu Xin (General Manager of Shanghai CIMC Logistics Equipment Co., Ltd.), He Yinghong (Vice President of BIEL Crystal), He Bin (General Manager of DRiV), Hu Jinghai (General Manager of CRRC Voith), Huang Haiqing (Vice President of Alibaba Cloud China), Ji Chengqin (Senior Technical Recruiter of Apple Greater China), Li Guohao (Procurement Director of Apple Asia Pacific), Li Huagang (Vice President of Shanghai Electric Group), Qiu Chuqun (Global Vice President of Siemens Industry Software), Ren Li (Procurement Director of Honeywell Asia Pacific), Wang Yalong (Vice President of ZKH Industrial Supermarket), Wang Zhen (Recruitment Director of Panasonic China & Northeast Asia), Wang Zhihuang (Senior Vice President of Bosch China), Wu Guangyu (President of Dun&Bradstreet China), Zhao Xiaodong (President of Milliken & Company Asia Pacific), Zhou Yan (Campus Recruitment Director of Apple Greater China), and Zeng Baiwen (General Manager of Hangzhou Yuhang Xin’ao Energy). (The above guests are listed in alphabetical order)

Wang Zhen, the representative of CLGO strategic partner enterprises and the Recruitment Director of Panasonic China & Northeast Asia, mentioned in the video speech that the "Dragon Team" and "I-PLUS" project practices promoted the talent exchange and cooperation between CLGO students and Panasonic Corporation, and provided a useful research path for the projects of Panasonic Corporation. Other guests held a hot discussion on how to deepen the integration of industry and education, strengthen university-enterprise partnership, meet the needs of new industries, and create a more influential project brand. Xiong Zhenhua, Secretary of the General Party Branch of the Student Innovation Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, spoke at the meeting. As a participant and builder of the program, he witnessed the development process of the CLGO Program. He was very grateful to the guests for the innovative training model proposed by them for the CLGO Program. He also called on the guests present to participate in the operation of the CLGO Program, to provide more talents with social influence and multi-dimensional value for society and enterprises.

Liu Shaoxuan, Associate Dean of ACEM, thanked the guests for their valuable suggestions and talked about three points of learning on the development of the program in his concluding speech. First, both enterprise operation management and talent training are trend-seeking and long-term beneficial projects. Therefore, the talent training of ACEM should meet the needs of enterprises in the industry, follow the trend of the times, and enhance the recognition of the whole society for the CLGO Program of ACEM. Second, from the perspective of talent ability training, CLGO Program should maintain the characteristics of enterprise practice, further improve the training of students' practical ability and grasp the globalization and modernization pattern. The responsibility and mission of SJTU as a first-class university in China also calls on its students to have an international vision, activate the gene of patriotism and Alma Mater honoring, and embrace the new era with an open and inclusive attitude. Third, the CLGO Program should adhere to the advantages of interdisciplinary integration, transform the project research results in a timely manner, and cultivate highly professional talents. Liu welcomed the guests present to participate in CLGO's project exchanges frequently, to realize the mutual benefit between the college and the enterprises.

Connecting with national strategy, serving regional development, exporting Chinese wisdom, and implementing the college strategy of "Two types of scholarship, horizontal (academic) and vertical (industry), reinforcing each other and connecting theory with practice”, is the school-running pursuit that has always been engraved in the hearts of Antai people. The China Leaders for Global Operations (CLGO) Program of SJTU gives full play to the superior and distinctive disciplines in engineering and management at SJTU, and is committed to cultivating comprehensive management talents who combine engineering management with practice. This CLGO Program Development Consulting Meeting is based on the era background of booming new technologies, new formats and new platforms such as 5G, AI and smart city, aiming at deepening the cooperation with industry leaders, jointly promoting the integration of industry and education, and creating a new landscape of shared value and all-win results.