Industrial Economics (International Business and Cross-border E-Commerce)
1. Training objectives
The "Belt and Road" initiative aims to create a good environment for coordinated regional economic development for countries in the "Belt and Road" region to achieve the win-win goal of a community of interests, a community of destiny and a community of responsibilities through the "five links" approach of policy communication, road connectivity, smooth trade, currency circulation and people to people connectivity. Information technology has accelerated the intensity of information exchange between countries along the "Belt and Road" and facilitated trade, investment and personnel exchanges. With the rapid development of mobile Internet, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, big data and other emerging information technologies, cross-border e-commerce has become an important new business model, which brings new opportunities for countries in the "Belt and Road" region to expand trade areas, tap new growth points of business trade, and promote the balance of business trade.
The "Belt and Road" International Business and Cross border E-Commerce Master Program is mainly aimed at senior officials, senior managers, professionals and relevant researchers in countries along the "Belt and Road", aiming to cultivate a sense of social responsibility to adapt to the needs of economic globalization, understand the characteristics and laws of new technological environment and new business models, master the theoretical framework of cross-border e-commerce, enterprise management in the information age, international commerce, etc, As well as high-end composite talents with a certain practical and innovative spirit, to enhance the comprehensive competitiveness of countries along the "Belt and Road" to participate in multilateral trade through modern and electronic means, which will help promote the economic prosperity and development of countries along the "Belt and Road" and the establishment of a sharing and communication platform.
This project relies on the first-class teachers and advanced teaching environment and equipment of the National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center - Modern Service Industry Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of the University of International Business and Economics, and through two-year full English teaching, adopts the "immersion" teaching method to help students systematically master the theory and practice of international commerce and cross-border e-commerce, as well as various roles, responsibilities and capabilities under the new technological environment and new business model, Deepen the trainees' understanding of the opportunities and risks in cross-border e-commerce management, marketing, logistics, finance and other aspects, improve the trainees' ability to establish new business cooperation fields and paths with China under the "Belt and Road" initiative, develop successful business cooperation models, and form new development formats.
2. Length of schooling
The educational system of this project is two years, and the "1+1" training method is adopted. That is, in the first academic year, classroom teaching, practical teaching, business investigation, special lectures and cultural experience are completed in the University of International Business and Economics, and in the second academic year, independent practice and graduation thesis are completed.
3. Language of instruction
The teaching language of this project is English.
4. Cultivation mode
1) Classroom teaching: "immersive" and "experiential" teaching is carried out in the form of classroom teaching, case discussion, heuristic teaching, interactive discussion, tutor guidance, etc.
2) Practical teaching: relying on the national experimental teaching demonstration center of our college, and taking the comprehensive experimental platform as the practice environment, students can systematically experience the complete operation process of cross-border e-commerce and master the core link operation.
3) Business investigation: In order to enhance students' understanding of China's open economy, students will be organized to conduct different types of enterprise investigation in a planned way; On site experiential learning and exchanges were conducted with Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, Dunhuang, Taobao Village and other e-commerce enterprises.
4) Special lectures: regularly invite experts and scholars in international commerce, cross-border e-commerce, e-commerce and other fields to hold special lectures with the theme of "the Belt and Road".
5) Cultural experience: regularly organize students to take cultural tours in and out of Beijing, or participate in various Chinese cultural experience activities.
5. Curriculum and credit requirements
1) The curriculum emphasizes the combination of theory and practice, highlights interactive participation and practicality, and improves students' ability to understand, analyze and solve practical problems in the field of international economic cooperation.
2) The courses include classroom learning module, practical teaching module, business investigation module, special lecture module and cultural experience module. The credit system is adopted, and the minimum credit requirement for obtaining a master's degree is 30 credits. Including 18 credits for compulsory courses, including 12 credits for basic compulsory courses, 4 credits for basic degree courses and 2 credits for special lectures; 7 credits for elective courses; 3 credits for business investigation; 2 credits for platform practice courses.
6. Degree awarding
Students who have completed the learning requirements specified in the training program and obtained corresponding credits, completed the master's thesis and passed the thesis defense will be awarded the master's degree in economics
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