Program to cultivate global leaders

The Belt and Road Institute at Peking University's Guanghua School of Management has launched a "future leaders" dualdegree international undergraduate program to cultivate global talent that understands China.

The program aims to develop the next generation of global leaders by equipping them with an intimate understanding of both China and their home markets, instilling cross-cultural knowledge, development language competency and creating opportunities to form friendships with other outstanding students from across the world, said Liu Qiao, dean of the school.

The first group of about 40 students, from 14 top-tier business schools across the globe, will join their Chinese counterparts at Guanghua School of Management in 2020 for the third and fourth years of undergraduate study, after completing their first two years in their home countries. The program will expand to around 100 students per year in the future, he said.