At the beginning of the meeting, Assistant Dean, SHEN Li, provided a comprehensive review and summary of ZIBS achievements over the past five years, our core objectives, and the top 10 priorities of 2023. She further elaborated on the top 10 priorities for 2024, which include establishing high-level Sino-foreign cooperative education programs, building a sustainable overseas center network, launching a series of ZIBS unique branded events, maintaining a sustainable management and operation system, and so on.

Subsequently, different departments and ecosystem teams reported and exchanged ideas on the priorities for 2024. We've also recognized and awarded outstanding faculty and staff members as well as different teams for their outstanding achievements in 2023 (in no particular order):

At the end of the meeting, ZIBS Dean BEN Shenglin emphasized in his concluding remarks that 2024 marks the beginning of the second five-year for ZIBS and is crucial for the internationalization and global expansion. He stated, "The world is within reach, and the key is in our hands." He called on all faculty and staff members as well as ZIBS ecosystem teams to take inspiration from the outstanding individuals and teams recognized, to uphold ZIBS motto of "Connecting the World, Shaping the Future" and to comprehensively advance our strategies for globalization, digitalization, and ZIBS ecosystem development. He urged everyone to work together in the new year to propel ZIBS towards its goal of becoming a science & technology-focused premier global business school from China, and to collectively script a new chapter for ZIBS second five-year plan.