For those that want to chase start-up dreams in China, MBA programs offered by local universities are undoubtedly a quick springboard for them to enter this vast emerging market.
Professor Yao Yang, BIMBA in Peking University, said, "More and more foreign students are coming to China for MBA education especially after the financial crisis…"
Peking University’s MBA program has seen foreign students increase to 40% of total MBA students from just 5% five years ago. For them, the opportunity to exchange knowledge with classmates from around the world and to gain experience in another culture is one of the MBA program’s most valuable benefits.
CCTV.com reported that Professor Yao said, "The most challenging part is to understand the Chinese economic system, during the transformation from a planned economic system, to a market economy…"