CityU executive programme for Russian government officials

The Executive Education unit of the College of Business (CB) organised an advanced programme in Public Policy & Administration for Russian government officials from 14th to 24th October. The programme was supported by The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA).

The 11-day programme was taught by CB professors at the CityU campus. RANEPA School of Public Policy Dean Prof Sergey Zuev and CityU College of Business Dean Prof Houmin Yan and Executive Development Director of International Programmes Dr Yanni Yan opened the programme welcoming the 26 Russian government officials. Activities included lectures, site visits to tourist attractions and public and private organizations, a final presentation, and a closing dinner with the CityU EMBA alumni.

After the site visit to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), programme participant NILOV YAROSLAV, Senator of State Duma, Russian Federation and Head of State Duma Committee on Public Alliances and Religious Affiliations, commented in a news interview that the “Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) in Hong Kong is very effective in defeating corruption, especially in the ‘grassroots’ level of everyday life.”

“I believe that our country [Russia] also needs to create an independent body to fight corruption and the head of this agency should be a politician from parliamentary opposition,” NILOV added.

The students were divided into five groups, each with a CB professor as their project supervisor, to work on a final project. The programme concluded with group presentations and a panel discussion for their findings.

Prof Wenyu Dou, Associate Dean of the College of Business, presented the completion certificates to the students at the Royal Park Hotel on 24th October, followed by a buffet dinner with Dean Prof Yan, CB faculty members, and CityU EMBA alumni.

Project themes

National Program of Anticorruption Measures
Project Supervisor: Dr Arthur Cheung Kam-chuen, Senior Teaching Fellow of the Department of Public Policy, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Facilitation, Development and Implementation of PPPs in Social Sphere
Project Supervisor: Prof Ngai-ming Yip, Professor of the Department of Public Policy, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Effective Integration of the Crimea into the System of State Administration in Russian Federation. Identifying its Social and Economic Development Model
Project Supervisor: Dr Chor-yung Cheung, Senior Teaching Fellow of the Department of Public Policy, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Effective Management of Metropolitan Areas as Key to Regional Development
Project Supervisor: Prof Muammer Ozer, Director of Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme and Professor of the Department of Management
Energy Efficiency as Driver of Economic Growth. Establishment of Overall Economic Energy Efficiency Management System
Project Supervisor: Dr Wendy Li Wanxin, Associate Professor of the Department of Public Policy, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Programme topics:

Lectures

Management Marketing in China: Delivering on Promises, Avoiding Perils by Prof Wenyu Dou, Associate Dean of the College of Business and Professor of the Department of Marketing
Social, economic & political development and challenges in mainland China by Prof Hon S Chan, Professor of the Department of Public Policy and Acting Head of the Department of Linguistics and Translation, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Keep society clean: the government's anticorruption measures by Prof Ting Gong, Professor of the Department of Public Policy
Manage human capital in the world city: building Hong Kong’s comparative advantages by Prof Ziguang Chen,
Maintain and strengthen Hong Kong’s competitiveness as a world financial center by Dr Wilson Chan, Adjunct Professor of the Department of Economics and Finance
Housing policies and management in Hong Kong by Prof Ngai-ming Yip, Professor of the Department of Public Policy, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Social, economic and political evolution and development in Hong Kong by Dr Kui-wai Li, Associate Professor of the Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business
Governance of Hong Kong and Role of Government by Dr Chor-yung Cheung, Senior Teaching Fellow of the Department of Public Policy, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Guest talk

Governance of Hong Kong and Role of Government by Dr Priscilla Leung Mei-fun, Honourary council member, Legislative Council of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Government Town Planning in Hong Kong by Ms Phyllis Li C M, JP, Deputy Director of Planning, Territorial Planning Branch, Planning Department of The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, accompanied by Mr Edward Lo, Chief Town Planner/ Technical Services, Planning Department of The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Provide the world’s best transport infrastructure & system by Mr Laurence Chan, Director of Hong Kong EV Power Limited
The civil servants of Hong Kong by Mr Joseph Wong Wing-ping, GBS JP, former Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Site visits

Stanley Market and Victoria Peak
Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), facilitated by Dr DH Fung, Adjunct Professor of the Department of Economics and Finance, introduction to the law enforcement, prevention, and community education to fight corruption by Mr Daniel So Ping-hung, Executive Director of Centre of Anti-Corruption Studies, ICAC
Efficiency Unit of The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, facilitated by Dr Arthur Cheung Kam-chuen, Senior Teaching Fellow of the Department of Public Policy, introduction to Hong Kong’s Civil Service System and Government Efficiency, and Public Sector Reform in Hong Kong by Mr Michael Chan and Mr Simon Lam of Efficiency Unit
Hong Kong Housing Authority of The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, facilitated by Prof Ngai-ming Yip, introduction to the public housing policies and management
Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, facilitated by Dr Wilson Chan, meeting with Ms Alice So, Senior Manager, Entrepreneurship Centre of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited
Thomson Reuters, facilitated by Dr Wilson Chan, introduction to company background and operations
Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Centre, and Design Gallery, facilitated by Dr Wilson Chan, introduction to an innovative and technological culture with government policies, measures, and programmes by Mr Benjamin Yau, Manager of International Relations

About the RANEPA Executive programmes at CityU

The College has organised three sub-division programmes for the RANEPA network:

6th – 10th October – Advanced management international study programme on Hong Kong: Managing change in the world’s future city for The Graduate School of International Business (GSIB) of The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) Executive MBA (EMBA) students
13th – 17th October* – Advanced programme in Public Policy & Administration for Master of Public Administration (MPA) of The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) alumni
14th – 24th October* – Advanced programme in Public Policy & Administration for Russian Government Officials, supported by The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
*The second and third sub-divisions attended the same lectures and site visits during the period between 14th to 17th October.

For more information on the first and second sub-division programmes for RANEPA EMBA students and MPA alumni, please click on individual links.
For more information about Executive Education programmes, please visit the EE website.

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