From September 20 to September 28, Shanghai Administration Institute (SAI) had the Training Program of Integrated Management Course for MBA Candidates from the Germany Advanced Institute College of Economics (Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft). All of 16 trainees were the senior-or-intermediate-level management members from well-known German enterprises and were studying for MBA degree at Germany Advanced Institute College of Economics. The industries they worked for covered such fields as automobile manufacturing, food processing, utilization of renewable energy, production of electric fittings, garment, railway freight, kitchen ware production, pharmaceutical packaging machinery manufacturing and business process outsourcing (BPO).
Deputy President XU Wei attended the opening ceremony of the program and introduced them to the general situation of SAI. Deputy President ZENG Jun attended the closing ceremony, listened to the trainees talking about their training experience,and awarded them with certificates of completion.
In the light of the occupations and interests of the trainees, the program offered some special lectures related to such fields such as economic and social development, business investment practice, high-end manufacturing, policy decisions and management for major projects, traditional Chinese culture, governmental public administration, civil services, etc. Besides, the trainees were also organized to pay a visit to Shanghai Volkswagen, Yangshan Deep-Water Port, China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, the heavy equipment manufacturing base of Shanghai Electric Group in Lingang, Shanghai Automotive Wind Tunnel Center and New-Energy Vehicle Engineering Center, tour the city and the ancient towns of south of the Yangtze River and practice Chen-style T’ai chi ch’uan, a traditional form of Chinese martial arts. With the cooperation of the Division of Trainees Management, representatives of the trainees in the young and middle-aged cadre class and civil servant class of the institute had a panel discussion with the German trainees. They had in-depth exchanges on multiple aspects such as the cultural and lifestyle differences between China and Germany, social welfare, governmental civil service, educational systems, philosophy and history.
The trainees generally believed that the program was practical and rewarding with various forms and rich contents. Some even said that the education quality and management culture of SAI exceeded their expectations and were impressive. On behalf of all the trainees, Ms. Heidi Hohensohn, Chief of the program and professor of Advanced Institute College of Economics, said, "The training project has been going on for eight consecutive years and keeps being improved as new elements are added every year. Therefore, the project has been better and better and we are always filled with anticipations. By this year, a total of 100 students have received training at SAI. Many of them have applied what they learned in the institute to their actual work. Some of them have taken the initiative to do business with Chinese, and some know how to have dealings with Chinese suppliers and customers, or fall in love with Chinese culture and even begin to learn Chinese. In a word, the project has enhanced the commercial intercourse and friendship between China and Germany. Therefore, we are very grateful to SAI for its continuous support to the project and hope to carry it on for a long time. "


