China Centre Kids Club Event: Learn English from board games

18 Mar., 2018. Mcloud, Shanghai

On 18th Mar., China Centre kids club welcomed its second club event this year on Early Age Reading in English. Ivy Yang, an AMBS GMBA alumnus, a mom of a 5-year old boy, and an advocate for early childhood English learning via board games, drawing books and other fun teaching tools delivered an interactive sharing session.  Alumni parents and kids engaged in various ice-breaking board games where Ivy taught the rules first and left dads to play with kids while she presented to moms thorough theoretical explanations behind early childhood English learning for non-native speaking families. Heated discussion revolved around whether usage of vocabulary, ways of thinking, and pronunciation matters and which factor matters most. Parents also shared their own experiences and advice on English education for preschoolers.  

China Centre Continue Study Club Event: Innovation-Driven Start-Ups Session Two

18 Mar., 2018. Mcloud, Shanghai

On 18th Mar., Allen Mao, an AMBS alumnus and the founder of China Centre continue study club, delivered Session Two of Innovation-Driven Start-Ups, continuing the discussion on how to best utilize the innovative spirit in a start-up. In particular, he adapted Sun Tzu's military strategies or the art of war in the business setting creatively. The art of war is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Spring and Autumn period attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu so while being known by every Chinese not many have actually read or understood its language and wisdom. First Allen briefed on what the book actually says and then Allen shared with audience whether and how Sun Tzu's military strategies could be used to create business competitive advantages under VUCA time. During the Q&A session, alumni expressed their concerns regarding applying certain rules at work and shared their previous experiences.  

China Centre Healthcare Club Event: A brief discussion on Chinese pharma market

23 Mar., 2018. UMW China Centre, Shanghai

On 23rd Mar., the China Centre Healthcare Club has invite Audrey Lu (AMBS GMBA alumnus), Hongwei Zhao (AMBS  MBA Alumnus) and Pan Wei to give us a brief discussion on 1) the ‘two invoice systems’ in pharma distribution; 2) policy change and trend analysis on Tendering; and 3) solutions exploration on “2nd price negotiation & hospital sales volume control”. Alumni from healthcare sector gathered for knowledge sharing. The three-hour sharing was information-packed and followed clear and logical orders, respectively. For instance, Audrey Lu, speaker on the topic of  the ‘two invoice systems’ in pharma distribution first talked about how the State Council has released system rules and policy such as the “two-invoice system” for pharmaceutical distribution that will roll out nationwide in 2018. Then Audrey explained the rules to fill up background information by listing the content and context of rules: the rules will allow a maximum of two invoices between a manufacturer and hospital- each manufacturer will sell to a distributor and that distributor will sell directly to hospitals, eliminating multi-tiered distribution, and will impact all segments in the healthcare industry value chain, to various extends. Audrey also shared general expectation and consequences of actions that all levels of governments will make full efforts to implement the “two-invoice system”, and strengthen the monitoring over the market in order to meet the two-invoice system’s requirements in the short-term. In the end, comments were exchanged that companies which cannot meet the two-invoice system’s requirements will be squeezed out form the market.