On the morning of May 19, 2018, the second meeting of BNUBS’s International Advisory Committee (IAC) was held in the conference room A314 of the main building. The participating committees included: Professor Dong Qi, Deputy Secretary of BNU Party Committee, President of BNU and Chairman of IAC, Professor Song Xiaowu, Consultant of the China System Reform Research Association, Mr. Yang Zejun, Chairman of the Board of Silk Road Supervisory Fund, Mr. Wang Huiyao, State Council Counselor, Director and member of Think Tank Center for China and Globalization (CCG) and Deputy President of the European and American Alumni Association, Ms. Shi Yanlai, Founder and Chairman of Beijing Honghuanglan Children Education Technology Development Co., Ltd., Mr. Hu Shaoxian, Party Secretary of and chief partner of Pan-China Certified Public Accountants and the 13th National People’s Congress member, and Ms. Pei Yu, the representative of Zhang Bangxin, the CEO of Tomorrow Advancing Life Education and Technology Group. Lai Desheng, Dean of BNUBS, Sun Zhijun, Party Secretary of BNUBS and other party and administrative members of BNUBS, department heads, MBA center directors and student leaders also attended the conference.

Dong Qi, Deputy Party Secretary of BNU and President of BNU expressed welcome and gratitude to the members and guests. Sun Zhijun, Party Secretary of BNUBS introduced the new members of IAC, namely Ms. Wu Sufang, Director of the Beijing Municipal Finance Bureau (absent for public affairs), Mr. Hu Shaoxian, Party Secretary of and chief partner of Pan-China Certified Public Accountants and the 13th National People’s Congress member, Mr. Zhang Bangxin, the CEO of Tomorrow Advancing Life Education and Technology Group (presented by Ms. Pei Yu, the head of future star project of Tomorrow Advancing Life Education and Technology Group). Then President Dong Qi issued certificates to the new members.

Subsequently, Dean Lai Desheng reported on the development, future development goals and ideas, and issues to be discussed since IAC’s first conference. Next, the IAC actively made suggestions on the development strategy, BNUBS’s governance and management, talent cultivation, scientific research, social services, and discipline construction.

Mr. Yang Zejun affirmed the remarkable development and changes of BNUBS in the past year. Song Xiaoyu said in his speech that he was willing to spend more time in doing research with BNUBS in the future. Ms. Shi Yanlai discussed the positioning of business schools, the ways to cooperate with enterprises, industry research reports and labor force in the process of enterprise transformation. Mr. Hu Shaoxian made several suggestions on how to run a distinctive management school. Ms. Pei Yu expressed her thoughts on the combination of colleges and industries and also analyzed the importance of the main line of technology and innovation from the perspective of her own work. At last, Mr. Wang Huiyao made a final speech.

The IAC of BNUBS, which is an internal consulting organization composed of well-known experts, scholars, entrepreneurs and government officials at home and abroad is invited by BNUBS to provide advice on the development strategy and major policies of BNUBS.