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Earlier this month, HKUST and Our Hong Kong Foundation (OHKF) co-presented a highly insightful webinar on China’s plan to accelerate towards low-carbon innovation to reach carbon peak and neutrality. This unique online event featured Mr XIE Zhenhua, China’s Special Envoy on Climate Change, as he shared China's plans and initiatives to achieve carbon peak by ... Read More

Last month, the Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group, co-chaired by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Securities and Futures Commission, announced its latest strategies for Hong Kong’s financial ecosystem transition towards carbon neutrality as well as the successful launch of the Centre for Green and Sustainable Finance. Aligning ... Read More

As a leading institution in business education, our faculty members have contributed to the economic and social advancement of the region. We are delighted to announce their latest recognition from various institutions: Professor Songnian CHEN, Chair Professor of the Department of Economics, has been named a Senior Research Fellow by the Research Grants ... Read More

Two of our undergraduate students have achieved outstanding results at the recent Hong Kong Securities and Investment (HKSI) Institute Scholarship Programme 2021. Second-year student Joyce TANG (Global Business) received the Champion and Team Awards. The Team Award was shared with another student from the University of Hong Kong. And third-year student Tommy ... Read More

On July 6, the Center for Economic Policy successfully held a panel event that explored the “Financial and Social Well-being of Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong”. The event was moderated by Professor Albert Francis PARK, the center’s Director, and led a lively discussion with Professor Sujata VISARIA, Associate Professor of Economics at HKUST, Professor ... Read More

In the space of one and a half year’s time, special purpose acquisition companies – also known as SPACs – have evolved from being a relatively vague and overlooked niche structure to the hottest trend on Wall Street. Although the trend has cooled off, Professor Winnie PENG, Director of the Tanoto Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies ... Read More

On 27 July, BBA alumnus Joshua TSUI, Head of Marketplace/Shops of foodpanda, joined our alumni community online and shared his experience leading a startup product line for the food delivery giant. The event was moderated by Professor Jiewen HONG, Head of Marketing Department. foodpanda is expanding beyond food delivery and tackles the quick commerce ... Read More

On July 12, Dr Merle HINRICH joined the Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA Program as a fireside chat speaker. Having spent six decades living and working in Asia, Dr HINRICH is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Global Sources – a 50-year-old B2B sourcing platform listed on NASDAQ that connects global buyers and suppliers. Participants of the fireside chat ... Read More

The HKUST EMBA Alumni Association has made a generous donation to establish HKUST EMBA Alumni Association Award for Best Cases – the School’s first business case-related award for full-time faculty members. The award was established to recognize the efforts of our faculty in developing cases at HKUST as well as contributing their cases to the education of ... Read More

The Executive Education Office has launched two new in-person programs on Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship (September 2) and Digital Transformation (November 25 & 29). Both programs are specially curated to equip executives with cutting-edge insights and stay creatively ahead of the curve. Taught by Professor Jack LAU, Design Thinking and ... Read More