Six-day knowing trip will offer 20 agents of leading China business school important understandings into the city's varied and growing economy
DUBAI, UAE, November 16, 2015-- A delegation of more than 20 Chinese business leaders remains in Dubai to find out about the city's meteoric increase from fishing village to worldwide hub for trade, transportation, logistics and financing, and how it is perfectly positioned to play a crucial role in China's Belt and Road initiative.

The group-- existing and former students of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), a world-class institution whose graduates direct 20 % of China's most important brands-- is taking part in a six-day knowing journey facilitated by Falcon and Associates to discover more about the unprecedented opportunities Dubai presents China throughout business, tourism, culture and lifestyle.

The programme began with a discover Dubai trip, taking in the Burj Khalifa, Burj Al Arab and Dubai Creek, while classroom sessions - provided in partnership with world-class organizations cole polytechnique fdrale de Lausanne (EPFL), INSEAD and Capadev - concentrate on Dubai's economic advancement, as well as its Smart Government initiatives.

Other highlights consist of site sees to Emirates, which operates 70 weekly flights between 5 locations in China; Jafza, which is house to 230 Chinese companies; and Jumeirah Group, which has one home in China and a further eight in the pipeline.

"We're thrilled to be hosting such prominent company leaders from China and for them to find out about Dubai through their own experiences," said James Maughan, Director of Dubai Business Internships, Falcon and Associates. "Building on the success of Dubai Business Internships, which offers impressive Chinese graduates the chance to study and do worldwide business in Dubai, we acknowledged there was also need for a program tailored for the established leaders of today.

"There is an actual appetite in China to discover about the emirate, and we hope the website check outs to Dubai's leading entities, classroom sessions and high-level meetings will leave a lasting impression and a deeper understanding of the chances that exist, in addition to understandings into how the city is being shaped by the pioneering spirit and visionary leadership of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.".

Dubai is the current location in CKGSB's "Global Insights" overseas discovering programme, which has actually included partnerships with leading organizations, such as Yale, Stanford, INSEAD and the Harvard Kennedy School. These journeys, tailored for China's leading company executives, goal to supply unparalleled knowledge, understandings and peer networks in countries which make every effort to maintain strategic partnerships with China.

"Dubai is a fascinating city, a place of fantastic intrigue for Chinese," stated Li Wei, Professor of Economics and Director of China Economy and Sustainable Development Research Centre, CKGSB. "It was unexpected to discover Chinese expatriates make up around 10 % of Dubai's population, while a lot of us were not fully familiar with how deep and strong the China-Dubai relationship already is. We wonder about the potential in Dubai and happy to have this opportunity find out about its economy and explore chances.

"It is likewise specifically kindlying to take a look at how Dubai is adding to our next generation of company leaders through its Dubai Business Internships programme, while we were captivated by the heat of Emirati hospitality and rich Bedouin culture and heritage.".

Other website sees consist of Emaar, Masdar City and Dubai Chamber, which 3000 Chinese companies are members of, while trips to other cultural highlights of the UAE, such as the desert and the Grand Mosque, are also arranged.