On September 10, 2016, over 20 EMBA students from School of Management, Lanzhou University left for USA for a study tour and completed the first stage study mission on Oct. 17, 2016. Ping Zhao, Secretary of Party Committee of School of Management, Associate Professor Zhaoyang Liu, Liang Lei, MBA Project Executive and Associate Professor accompanied.

The first stop of the tour is San Francisco, where Silicon Valley is located. Under the new situation of rapid change of world economy, the main purpose of visiting Silicon Valley is to experience and study business intelligence, forward-looking vision, technology innovation and outstanding leadership of Silicon Valley's elites. After visited companies like Google, Intel and Yahoo, all the students have expressed their great achievements and thought the trip worthwhile.

Photo 1 Students in Google

Photo 2 Software engineer of Google is introducing application innovation of Google Map to students

Photo 3 Dr. Kern Peng of Intel is introducing the basic information and future strategy of Intel

Photo 4 In front of the headquarter of Intel

Photo 5 Visit Yahoo

The second stop is Bellingham where the College of Business and Economics, Western Washington University (WWU) is located. Brian Burton, Vice President of WWU, Professor Scott T. Young, Dean of College of Business and Economics, Professor Craig Dunn, Professor George Zhang, Professor Stephen V.Senge and Professor Kati Johnson extend a warm welcome to MBA students from Lanzhou University. After a short and solemn welcome ceremony, the student began their study at WWU.

Photo 6 In WWU with teachers from College of Business and Economics

Photo 7 Brian Burton, Vice President of WWU is giving a welcome speech to EMBA students from Lanzhou University

Photo 8 Welcoming ceremony

Photo 9 Party secretary Ping Zhao and teachers from Lanzhou University communicate with vice president and teachers of WWU

Photo 10 Dean and teachers of College of Business and Economics WWU communicate with Party secretary Ping Zhao and teachers from Lanzhou University

Photo 11 Dean and teachers of College of Business and Economics WWU with Party secretary Ping Zhao and teachers from Lanzhou University

The College of Business and Economics, WWU has arranged two great courses for EMBA student from Lanzhou University: Innovative Thinking by Professor Ed Love and Business Ethic & Corp Society Responsibility by Professor Craig Dunn.

Photo 12 Prof. Ed Love is teaching Initiative Thinking to EMBA students from Lanzhou University

Photo 13 EMAB students from Lanzhou University is answering questions and interacting actively with Professor Love

At the beginning of Professor Love’s course, every student was attracted into the ocean of innovative thinking. The heated discussion of cases has pushed the brainstorm to a climax and the exchange of ideas and thoughts has left a deep impression on students. The Innovative Thinking course has raised some extraordinary views, for example, innovation can bring advantages to enterprises in market competition. If used properly, innovation means monopoly in some way. But in reality, innovation of many companies ended in failure, which is because innovation does not only mean the pop-up of some ideas. There must be paths and methods for these thoughts. The other view worth mentioning is that to promote innovation, one must master innovation ability, which includes questioning, observing, networking, experimenting and associational thinking.

Photo 14 Prof. Craig Dunn is teaching Business Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility to EMBA students from Lanzhou University

Business Ethic & Corp Society Responsibility given by Professor Craig Dunn has also provided the students with a wisdom feast and motivated students to think. Professor Dunn stressed in the course many times that College of Economics and Management of WWU and School of Management Lanzhou University have the same core value in personnel training and both think that students should have social responsibility, which is the foundation that has promoted the two schools deepening their cooperation all these years. The core content of Professor Dunn’s course is as follows: ethic-beyond-morality will bring more value to a company (morality is the basis and law is the baseline of morality); ethic means to judge and choose from good and bad, right and wrong, fair and unfair, praise and criticism; to test ethic, 7 aspects should be considered: principle, result, fairness, care, freedom, virtue and sustainability.

Photo 15 Factory of Boeing

Photo 16 Outside the factory of Boeing

During breaks, students have visited the factory of Boeing in Seattle. With the help of alumni of WWU, Boeing has opened a VIP path for students from Lanzhou University and gave them a special experience. Students have left their footsteps in the factory of Boeing.

Photo 17 Bob, manager of Fluke is introducing Fluke to students

Photo 18 Visit the factory of Fluke

Besides, students have also visited Fluke, one of the world top precision instrument diagnostic equipment manufacturer. Students who engaged in manufacture agreed that the lean manufacturing and sustainable innovation of Fluke worth learning and promoting in China and the visit was fruitful.

On completion of the first stage study tour, with the beautiful memory of San Francisco, Bellingham and Seattle, students will begin their next stage of study and visit in Washington.