More and more joint programs with prestigious business schools are helping to enhance the reputation of China’s own business schools. In turn, they are attracting more international students. As China continues its economic rise, an increasing amount of foreigners are starting to seek opportunities in China. For example, the new joint executive MBA program operated by Peking University's Guanghua School of Management and Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, Tsinghua University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill formed joint executive MBA programs in 2012. And before that Shanghai's Fudan University joined with Washington University in St. Louis and Renmin University of China forged links with the University of Chicago in 2002. China unveiled this pilot joint venture program in 2002 and at the time 30 universities were allowed to run them. Since then The Ministry of Education has gradually allowed more universities to join with a total of 64 now running joint programs.

Comments: China’s top business schools are becoming more and more noticeable and popular in the minds of young Westerners alongside China’s continued economic growth. It presents many opportunities for top ranking Western business schools to team up with influential Chinese counterparts to operate their high quality programmes in China.