On 5^th July 2017, the new intake of Manchester Global MBA students received a warm welcome to start their 2-year MBA journey at China Centre, Shanghai.  The cohort comprised of students coming from diverse nationalities, including Britain, China, Malaysia, South Korea and the Netherlands. Some companies represented include AstraZeneca, Henkel, Siemens, SAP, Pfizer, Unilever and etc.

On 12^th June, Dame Nancy Rothwell, President and Vice Chancellor of UoM attended the China alumni gala dinner in Beijing. The dinner was supported by alumni volunteers. Over 200 alumni joined the dinner.

The Sixth Asia Pacific Business School Desert Challenge (Yashasai) was concluded satisfactorily after three days’ competition in the Teng Ko Erh desert. AMBS team composed of 24 students and alumni from China and Singapore Centre got 1^st place among all the overseas business schools and was awarded the highest prize - Sha’Ou Trophy, a breakthrough for AMBS in this renowned Asian business school desert competition.  

Bright Eyes Project is an initiative from Birtish Chamber for members to improve the lives of under-privileged children in rural China. It has been an on-going effort through the refurbishment of classrooms, supplying new desks, chairs and libraries. For the past two years, the Chamber with members  have focused the support to include eye testing and, where necessary, the supply of prescription glasses. During 12th to 15th April, 2017 China centre sent a memeber of staff to join the BritCham delegation to visit Lixin County and delivered English classes to 4 ementary schools and 10 classes.

On Saturday 6^th May, UoM China Centre invited Mr. Tiger Yang Founder and CEO at Chinapex and Mr. Hongxing Huang, CEO at Dahe Media on Digital Marketing. The two gentleman combined have both deep industry experience and profound practical knowledge in the field of Digital Marketing and media branding. The session welcomed over 40 candidates and students. 

On Wednesday 1st March, UoM China Centre invited Dr. Alison Ashton to Shanghai! Continuously being one of the most popular academic, Alison delivered an insight into Operationalising and Communicating Value (OCV), which takes an integrative approach of bringing together the two business functions of Operations and Marketing.  

On 24th June, AMBS alumni and Hongkong-Fudan University MBA alumni held a first joint event on careers development. It was one of the Leadership Forum series, initiated by Simon Zhou, one of AMBS alumni.  Ms. Sherry Fu, Director of the UoM China Centre, made an opening speech and welcomed the alumni from both business schools. Both schools were ranked top business schools, and she encouraged for more joint events in future. 

During 6^th – 7^th May, the First University of Manchester China Centre Alumni Education Forum was held in Shanghai. Some of AMBS alumni joined the forum, and engaged with speakers, other distinguished guests and participants to exchange ideas regarding some experimental attempts that is assertive but not aggressive in the process of moving forward China’s education sector.

On the 6th May, UoM China Centre invited two guests to talk about innovation in branding and marketing. The event was initiated by Marketing Club. Both companies are young but gaining increasing popularity in short time. They both established several popular brands and represent an emerging lifestyle; a new attitude towards life - happiness, health, high quality, and etc. among new generation.

On 23^rd April, two external experts were invited to share with alumni on essential of outfits. The event was one of the Leadership Forum series. Alumni were impressed by how to make proper outfits in global environment, and how outfit enhanced personal image, interpersonal skills as well as leadership impact in careers. 

On 22^nd April, our newly established alumni club – China Centre Big Data & AI Club, held its first event at the China Centre. Four external experts were invited to speak. Our senior alumni who were engaged or interested in the areas attended.

On the 22nd April, UoM China Centre was delighted to invite Mr. Canny Lu, Senior Tax & Treasury Manager in Kimberly-Clark, to share with alumni on the treasury and tax management of multinational company. During the session, three topics were shared - Multinational Company vs Tax Bureau, Impact from US Tax Reform, Treasury Management of Multinational Company.

On 16^th April, China Centre Healthcare Club organized a salon to share the topic of New Models in New Trend of Healthcare Industry. Two alumni shared their expertise – Kevin Zhou talked about 3D (digital, device and diagnosis); Yunfei Zhang shared on translational medicine. After speeches, there were intensive discussions on the two topics. The China Centre boosted the largest number of alumni engaged in healthcare and pharmaceutical industry. The Healthcare Club was the first club to be established in China Centre. 

On the 15th April, Allen Mao, Initiator of China Centre Continue Study Club, shared with alumni on business strategy. Allen combined the strategy thinking from Sun's Art of War, Wu's Art of War, The Theory on War, and theories from Michael E· Porter, Clayton Christensen, as well as his own practice of strategy management, to analyze which strategy approach a company should take, whatever Fortune 500 company or SME. He concluded three main strategies: classic, innovative and adaptive strategies. Alumni were very interested in the topic and highly engaged in sharing their own opinions. 

On 14th April, two of our alumni were invited to speak for a delegation of nearly 90 students from various UK universities at East China Normal University. They were in a Study China Program, coming to stay and study in China for three weeks. Most of the delegates were interested in studying or working in China in the near future. The delegation was organized by the University of Manchester.

On 12th April, the UoM China Centre invited James Morley-Kirk, a senior Business Psychologist with years of experiences in China, to talk us through the topic on Talent Assessment. Though an evening event, alumni came from distance. They were either HR professionals or non-HR but interested in individual association with the topic. Talent assessment was not a brand new product, but was not adopted as widely or correctly as it shall be, esp. in China.

On 8th April, the “Wolfman” alumni career event was successfully held at the PwC Innovation Centre. Holding a master’s degree in Economics from the Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), as well as Chief Business Development Officer of PwC China, Mr. Timo Lei began the topic on what ‘Wolf spirit’ was in careers development.

On 7^th April, Ms. Sherry Fu, Director of the UoM China Centre, led an alumni delegation to visit Sanpower, a leading Chinese conglomerate. The alumni delegation was warmly welcomed and received by Mr. Lei Yue, Senior VP of Sanpower Group. A Memorandum of Understanding between the Alliance Manchester Business School and Sanpower, to enter into a mutually beneficial partnership in the attraction, development and retention of Sanpower’s talent pool, was signed on the day.

On 18^th March, China Centre Continue Study Club held an event on B2B (Business to Business) marketing.  Our alumni engaged in marketing accounts for a large percentage. Mr. Allen Mao, Initiator of China Centre Continue Study Club, opened the event by introducing the club and its development.

On 13^th March, China Centre Healthcare Club organized its first club event of this year. Lisa Sun, who’s our MBA alumna and Sales Director of QuintilesIMS China, shared with alumni the topic 2016 China Pharma Review.

On 12th March, China Centre organized an afternoon tea session with our alumni outdoor sports club.  Karl Florczak and Robert Hoare from the school in Manchester were also present. Yunfei represented the club to look back the past and look forward to the future. Ms. Sherry Fu, Director of China Centre, congratulated our alumni for their outstanding performances

On 12^th March 2017, Dr. Srinivas Yanamandra, DBA alumnus of Alliance Manchester Business School, was invited to give our alumni a speech on Crisis in Economics and Economics in Crisis. Dr. Yanamandra is a qualified accountant by management qualification, and has 16 years of post-qualification experience in bank governance and regulation.

On 11^th March, the UoM China Centre organized an alumni & careers induction session for 2017 January intake students. During the session, Ms. Sherry Fu, Director of the UoM China Centre welcomed all the students and encouraged them to take part in & contribute to the future alumni events.

On 8^th March 2017, Ms. Sherry Fu, Director of the UoM China Centre and SORSA UoM Alumni Association members celebrated the International Women’s Day by visiting PwC Innovation Centre. Timo Lei, President of SORSA UoM Alumni Association, is the Chief Business Development Officer of PwC.

On 2^nd March 2017, the University of Manchester China Centre, Wharton Business School alumni association and SHMBA co-organized an event entitled Location is Everything, on e-commerce and digital marketing. E-commerce and digital marketing are transforming retailing industry and consumers' behavior in every way. The speech was delivered by Professor Bell, who’s the author of “Location is Still Everything-The Surprising Influence of the Real World on How We Search, Shop, and Sell in the Virtual One”.  Alumni from different business schools raised questions and shared their views.