Two Major Disciplines Were Awarded the Rating of "A+" Again

In May 2022, Times Higher Education (THE) released the third edition of a review that rates several academic disciplines in China. Two first-class disciplines of the School of Management Zhejiang University, namely, Management Science & Engineering and Business Administration, were both rated an "A+" for their outstanding performance.

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The “Business Plus” Scheme has Produced Fruitful Results Through Five Years of Continued Effort

In the past five years, the School of Management at Zhejiang University has taken several measures to reform the "Business Plus" Education Ecosystem by basing its strategies on an open platform. This has led to numerous achievements and innovations, elevating the School of Management to the status of a world-class school.

Provide a "Chinese Model" for Business Education in the World

In October, 2022, the "Business Plus" education ecosystem achieved a well-deserved recognition in the international journal ‘Management and Organization Review’. Wei Jiang and Zhang Chong yuan, the Dean, and a professor respectively of the School of Management in Zhejiang University, were invited by the journal to jointly write an article that provides commentary to Professor Carl Fey’s expectations for business education in China with the "Business Plus" education ecosystem. They pointed out that the "Business Plus" education ecosystem of the School of Management in Zhejiang University is an essential factor that can energize the future development potential of business schools in China.

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Management Science and Engineering Was Included in the Second Round of the “Double First-class” List

In February 2022, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and the National Development and Reform Commission published the second list of First-class universities and Disciplines of the world, also called “Double First-Class”. The Management Science & Engineering program offered by the School of Management in Zhejiang University was successfully included in the first-class disciplines list! The Management Science & Engineering program has made new breakthroughs and assumed new missions, after being rated as "one of the 12 most significantly improved disciplines of Zhejiang University" by the Ministry of Education (the only selected discipline in the field of humanities and social sciences of Zhejiang University).

"Virtual Teaching and Research Office for Management Courses" Led by Xing Yiqun, Was Welected for the First Batch of National Virtual Teaching and Research Offices to be Constructed as Pilots

In February, 2022, the General Office of the Ministry of Education issued a document announcing the “List of First Batch of Virtual Teaching and Research Offices to Be Constructed as Pilots". A total of seven virtual teaching and research offices of Zhejiang University were selected, and the "Virtual Teaching and Research Office for Management Courses" led by Professor Xing Yiqun was one of them. This is an important breakthrough made by the Zhejiang University’s School of Management, in the construction of foundational teaching organizations, and an important exploration in promoting the high-quality development of management education in China during the information age.

Five Scholars from the Zhejiang University’s School of Management, Were Included in the List of the "Most Frequently Cited Scholar in China" in 2021, and Zhejiang University Ranked Second Among All Universities and Colleges in Terms of the Number of Shortlisted Scholars.

In April, 2022, Elsevier, a global information analysis company, officially released the list of "Most Frequently Cited Scholars in China" in 2021. A total of five scholars from the Zhejiang University’s School of Management, were shortlisted. They were Hua Zhongsheng and Ma Qingguo from the Management Science and Engineering discipline, and Shi Junqi, Zhou Xinyue and Zhou Honggeng from the Business Administration discipline. It is worth mentioning that they have been shortlisted frequently since the list was released for the first time in 2015.

Our School of Management Ranked Third in Chinese Mainland and Thirtieth in the World in the FT Ranking List in Terms of 2022 Executive Education Programs

In May, 2022, the Financial Times published the 2022 Ranking List of Global Executive Education Programs. As a Chinese first-class business school to participate in the ranking for the first time, the Zhejiang University’s School of Management, ranked 30th in the world and 3rd in Chinese Mainland. Among them, the open curriculum program of executive education ranked 32nd in the world, and the customized curriculum program of executive education ranked 39th in the world. At the same time, it ranked 1st among all institutions which participated in the competition of open curriculum program for the first time this year.

The Case of Xu Xiaodong’s team was Included in the 12th "National Hundred Excellent Management Cases (Targeted Poverty Alleviation and Corporate Social Responsibility Project)"

In May, 2022, the Financial Times published the 2022 Ranking List of Global Executive Education Programs. As a Chinese first-class business school to participate in the ranking for the first time, the Zhejiang University’s School of Management, ranked 30th in the world and 3rd in Chinese Mainland. Among them, the open curriculum program of executive education ranked 32nd in the world, and the customized curriculum program of executive education ranked 39th in the world. At the same time, it ranked 1st among all institutions which participated in the competition of open curriculum program for the first time this year.

BAI@QTEM The International Masters Program Was Sponsored by the International Cooperation Training Program for Innovative Talents of the China Scholarship Council

In January, 2022, the China Scholarship Council released the list of approved universities to be funded for the "2022 International Cooperation Training Project for Innovative Talents". The "Joint Training of Management Quantitative Analysis Talents Based on QTEM" project applied by the Zhejiang University’s School of Management, was included again for a three-years’ funding after it was granted in 2019, thus ensuring that students of the project can conduct exchange and study in world-renowned universities.

By Analyzing the "Management Miracle" of Chinese Enterprises, the Case of Scholars Team of Zhejiang University’s School of Management, Was Included in the National “Top 100” Cases

In September, 2022, the 13th National "Top 100 Excellent Management Cases" were selected. As an important management research institute in China, the Zhejiang University’s School of Management, made another excellent performance in this selection. After multiple rounds of evaluation by 295 experts, the cases of several scholars’ team of the Zhejiang University’s School of Management, have stood out from more than 1000 contributions, and have been successfully included in the national "Top 100 Excellent Management Cases".

First-class Courses at the Provincial Level - These Undergraduate Courses Desired by Business Students Were Shortlisted

In November, 2022, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education announced the first-class undergraduate courses at provincial level (including online first-class courses, offline first-class courses and online-offline integrated first-class courses) and first-class undergraduate internationalization courses at the provincial level for the year 2022. Four courses of the School of Management Zhejiang University, namely Consumer Behavior, Innovation-based Entrepreneurship, Management Communication and Social Psychology, were successfully listed.

They Set an Example To Follow as a Result of Answering These Three Questions

In November, 2022, the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education decided to establish the 2022 Provincial Demonstration Course of Ideological and Political Curriculum, the Research Project of Ideological and Political Teaching, the Grass-root Teaching Organization of Ideological and Political Teaching, as well as the Research and Demonstration Center of Ideological and Political Teaching. Three teachings and research projects of the School of Management Zhejiang University, namely, Management led by Xing Yiqun, Organizational Behavior led by Yan Jin, and The Exploration on Ideological and Political Innovation of Accounting Courses in the Age of Digital Intelligence led by Qian Meifen, were successfully listed.

Excellent Achievement Award of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Zhejiang Province

In January 2022, the list of the 21st Excellent Achievement Award of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Zhejiang Province, the most prestigious award for achievements in philosophy and social sciences in Zhejiang Province, was released. 11 important achievements made by the scholars’ teams of the Zhejiang University’s School of Management, were listed, winning corresponding awards in fields of basic theoretical research and applied countermeasure research.

Zhejiang Science and Technology Progress Award

In July, 2022, Zhejiang’s Provincial Department of Science and Technology released the list of winners of Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Award in 2021. Professor Zhou Weihua of Zhejiang University’s School of Management, secured the third prize for his project "Coordinated Management of Supply Chain and Research on Bullwhip Effect".

2022 Excellent Cultural and Tourism Research Results

In October, 2022, the China Tourism Academy (the Data Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism) released the list of 2022 Excellent Cultural and Tourism Research Results. Professor Wu Maoyings team and Professor Ying Tianyus team from the Zhejiang University’s School of Management, won the first prize in academic paper and research report respectively. This was the first time that the tourism management discipline of Zhejiang University’s School of Management, won two excellent achievement awards in culture and tourism at the same time. Meanwhile, the Zhejiang University’s School of Management, is the only one school among all competitors to won two first prizes in the selection.

The Project of Hua Zhongsheng’s Team Passed Approved the National Key R&D Program

In November, 2022, the HDRDC and the Ministry of Science and Technology organized a review meeting of experts for a comprehensive performance evaluation of the national key R&D program. (R&D and application demonstration of science and technology consulting service platform based on model innovation). This meeting was led by Professor Hua Zhongsheng from the School of Management Zhejiang University, and the group of experts agreed that the aforementioned project has achieved the objectives and tasks defined in the assignment book on schedule with good quality, and the comprehensive performance of the project is clearly excellent.

Huang Liqiang’s Team and Their Project Supported Agricultural Development in Yunnan

To solve the problems of "small-scale, scattered and disordered" agriculture and the management difficulties of farmers encountered in Yunnan, Professor Huang Liqiang from the School of Management, Zhejiang University brought Zhejiang’s advanced experience and concepts regarding digital transformation of enterprises and the construction of "digital brain" to the west. In the last four years, he instructed his team to conduct field research in Yunnan , assisted Yuntianhua Group to promote the digital transformation of the agricultural industry; therefore, successfully maximizing the value of agricultural land, and improving the quality and productivity of agricultural products in an intelligent and efficient way. According to the feedback of Yuntianhua Group, the achievements of this project have produced a series of achievements since they were officially put into use in March 2022.

The Study of Wei Jiang’s Team Was Approved to Be Established as a Project with the Theme of "Common Prosperity".

In March 2022, the review results of the 2021 themed case collection organized by the Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center of the Ministry of Education were released. The Case Study on Promoting Common Prosperity through Social Entrepreneurship: Zhejiang Practice and Exploration, as published by Professor Wei Jiang, Dean of the School of Management Zhejiang University, as the chief expert, passed the review and was approved to be established as a project with the theme of "Common Prosperity".

Ying Tianyu and his Team’s project made it to the China’s Top 100 Excellent Projects List

In April, 2022, the review meeting of 13th “China’s Top 100 Excellent Management Cases" was held online. Ying Tianyu, a researcher in Zhejiang University’s school of management, with his team, successfully put forth: The Fulfilling Corporate Social Responsibility in an Innovative Way: Zhejiang Merchants Practice of Cultural and Tourism Industry Enabling the Achievement of Common Prosperity in Urban and Rural Area; a project that after being reviewed, was awarded the title of key project of the 13th “China’s Top 100 Excellent Management Cases". This is the fourth time that the scholars from ZJU’s School of Management were included in this list.

Wu Maoying’s Team Enhanced the Influence of Grand Canal International Tourism

In order to enhance the influence of Chinese culture and boost international tourism on the Grand Canal, the team of Wu Maoying from the Zhejiang University’s School of Management, made a comprehensive arrangement around the theme, intensity of experience and enjoyment of canal tourism for international tourists, and put forward countermeasures and suggestions for the related problems that affect the enjoyment of canal tourism experience of international tourists. In July, 2022, his research results were published in China Tourism Daily (the 3rd edition).

Kong Xiangwei’s Team Explored How to Ensure the Reliability of Decision Making in AI-Enabled Systems

Many unpredictable risks and accidents caused by artificial intelligence in high-risk application scenarios such as automatic driving and intelligent medical treatment might lead to a lack of trust in AI enabled decision-making systems. With this context in mind, Professor Kong Xiangwei’s team from the Zhejiang University’s School of Management, carried out a research around "Reliable Decision-making of AI-enabled System: Progress and Challenges". Their research results were first published online in the Journal of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management in April, 2022.

Kong Xiangwei’s Team Explored the Prospects of a New Management Discipline

In order to cope with another round of scientific, technological, and industrial reform, undergraduate education in economics and management must be integrated with digital economic thinking; thus, transforming the teaching paradigm is paramount in the age of artificial intelligence. Professor Kong Xiangwei’s team took the digital intelligence teaching practice of undergraduate Zhejiang University’s School of Management, as an example, and made a beneficial attempt to explore its prospects from three perspectives: innovative teaching, curriculum content reconstruction, and teaching resource allocation. They discovered a thematic vertical-horizontal teaching model featuring the integration of arts and science; and provided instances and references to design courses related to digital intelligence. Their achievements were published in the 8th issue of the China University Teaching journal in 2022.

Wu Maoying’s Team Discovered that the “Ceremony” Can Boost the Realization of Common Prosperity

The story of the revitalization and development of Zhinan Village in Linan District, Hangzhou, was widely praised as a model for rural revitalization and common prosperity. After nearly two years of tracking and field research, Wu Maoying’s team from the Zhejiang University’s School of Management, discovered a unique phenomenon of micro-interpersonal interaction among the villagers in the Zhinan Village. Following a theoretical framework of interaction ceremony, the team explored the micro evolution mechanism of "tourism development - daily interaction - social relations". This research has contributed in the high-quality development of cultural tourism industry and the realization of common prosperity in rural area. The results were published in the Journal of Travel Research, an esteemed international journal in the field of tourism research.

Wei Jiang’s Team Expressed Their Opinions on the Construction of “Chinese School”

The management practice of China is facing the problem of reductive labeling in the international academic community. Some western scholars appear to have a prejudiced and narrow interpretation of Chinese management practices; in terms of concept, cognition, and method. Centering on this issue, Professor Wei Jiang’s team from the Zhejiang University’s School of Management, conducted a research regarding "the West Meets the East: the Cognitive Intolerance and Reflection of China’s Management Practice", and recommended that the discourse power of Chinese philosophy and social sciences ought to be enhanced. The achievements were published in the well-known domestic management journal - Management World, Volume 38, Issue 11, 2022.

A Professor and His Team Set a Goal to Enhance the World’s Understanding About the Innovation in China

In July, 2022, the e-book named Resilience and Ingenuity: Global Innovation Responses to Covid-19 was jointly published by the British Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the European Patent Office (EPO), the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). As a Chinese expert who participated in the compilation of the book, Professor Huang Can from the Zhejiang University’s School of Management, and Associate Professor Zhang Yurong from the School of Law of Shanghai University explored and analyzed the impact of COVID-19 on China’s innovation from multi-dimensional standpoints; providing significant reference materials for the world to understand China’s innovation in the context of the COVID-19.

How Effective is an Innovation-Driven Development? Professor Guo Bin’s Team Revealed the Current Situation of Innovation in Chinese Enterprises.

In August, 2022, the 2022 Innovation Index Report of China’s Listed Companies, as compiled by the research team of Professor Guo Bin of the School of Management Zhejiang University, was jointly released by the School of Management and Shenxin Communication Think Tank of Shenzhen Press Group. The report evaluated 2,842 Chinese A-share listed companies based on an evaluation model that considers innovation power and innovation efficiency, and elected the Top 500 China’s Listed Companies in terms of the innovation index.

Analyzing the Data of 719 Listed Companies, They Reinterpreted the Connotation of “Specialization, Refinement, Differentiation, and Innovation”

What are the problems faced by the "Little Giant" SRDI enterprises in their current development process? Is "Domestic Replacement" worth “Specialization, Refinement, Differentiation, and Innovation”? In response to these problems, the team of Professor Guo Bin from the School of Management Zhejiang University, along with the Ernst & Young Research Institute and other institutions, formed a research group to perform an in-depth analysis of the development trend of listed SRDI companies, and jointly released the Report on Innovation and Development of Listed SRDI Companies (2022).