On November 30, 2018, the 9th Xinhua Education Forum themed on“Unlock the Future” was held in Beijing. The Business School of CentralUniversity of Finance and Economics (CUFE) outperformed many candidates andreceived the honorary title of “2018 University with MBA Brand Power” for the fourthconsecutive year with its good social reputation and brand value.

The year 2018 marks the 9th Xinhua Education Forum, co-sponsoredby Xinhuanet (xinhuanet.com) and Youxue Education (edu80.com). Themed on“Unlock the Future,” the Forum invited a troop of gurus, including famousprimary and secondary school principals and university presidents, experts andscholars, and educational entrepreneurs, to review major educational policiesand key educational reforms throughout the year, and summarize experience ineducational explorations and practices in terms of “improving vocationaleducation and training systems,” “deepening industry-education integration,”“accelerating ‘Double First-Class University’ construction,” “exploring adigital, personalized and lifelong education system,” and “promoting thefostering and sharing of premium education resources.” Liu Siyang, VicePresident of Xinhua News Agency and a member of the party leadership group,Guan Peijun, Vice President of China Association of Higher Education and aformer deputy minister-level full-time member of the National Ethnic AffairsCommission of the People’s Republic of China, Yao Yujiang, President Assistantof Xinhuanet (xinhuanet.com), and Ma Tao, Vice President of the NationalInstitute of Education Sciences, attended the Forum. Liu Xinfeng, a teacher ofProject Development Office, the MBA Education Center, CUFE, and Feng Cheng,Vice Chairman of the 15th MBA Federation and an MBA student of Class 2018, attendedthe Forum and received awards on behalf of CUFE.

After several rounds of preliminary voting including media voting,netizen voting and expert voting, in combination with a comprehensiveevaluation on online reputation, media credibility and hardware capacity, theCUFE Business School was awarded “2018 University with MBA Brand Power” for itsMBA programs, along with other eight universities with outstanding MBA programs,including Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Fudan University, and School of Economics and Management, Tongji University.