On the morning of December 2^nd, 2016 AIBSEAR Guangzhou Conference was held in the International Conference Hall  of GDUFS. This conference was co-organized by Hong Kong  Institute of Business Studies at Lingnan University and GDUFS Collaborative Innovation Center for 21st-Century  Maritime Silk Road and hosted by School of Business, GDUFS. The  conference attracted more than 100 representatives from over 40 countries and  regions, including deans of prestigious business schools, deans of school of  foreign languages,scholars and entrepreneurs.

The conference was chaired by Prof. He Chuantian, Vice President of Guangdong  University of Foreign Studies and Dean of School of Business. President Zhong  Weihe delivered a welcome speech, hoping to take the opportunity of this  conference to further promote our goals of building an internationalized and high-level  university.

Then, Prof. Cui Geng, Chairman of the Southeast Asian Chapter of the Academy of International  Business delivered a  speech. He said that the conference was held in China for the fourth time in  sixteen years. On behalf of all the participants, he expressed his heartfelt  thanks to GDUFS (especially the Conference Affairs of the Business School),  guests who delivered a speech, paper reviewers and other relevant  personnelfor the efforts they paid.

Prof. Li Jiatao,  Associate Dean of HKUST Business School and Yang Quanxing, General Manager of  GUANGDONG TEXTILES IMP. & EXP. CO. , LTD were invited to made a keynote  speech at the opening ceremony.

The conference  was held from December 2nd to December 4th. In addition to the special  symposium on “Connectivity and Prosperity: ASEAN Economic Community and  China’s Belt and Road Initiative”, there were 17 panel discussions.

On the afternoon of December 2nd, Business School Forum was held at  GDUFS.

The conference is an important event for our international cooperation  and exchangeand plays a very important role in promoting the exchange between  GDUFS and business schools of famous universities as well as scholars at home  and abroad.