DISCOURSE ON CONFUCIAN ENTREPRENEURS 2023

Saturday, April 8, 2023

Venue: Lee Shau-kee Grand Hall, Stanford Center at Peking University

Agenda

Morning   Opening and Keynote Speeches

09:00-09:05  Welcome!

Dr. WANG Jianbao

Research Fellow and EMBA Alumni, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

Adjunct Associate Researcher, Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Peking University (PKU)

09:05-09:30  Opening Address

Prof. TU Weiming

Director and Professor, Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies & World Ethics Institute Beijing, PKU; 
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Titular Member, International Institute of Philosophy.

Prof. XIANG Bing

Founding Dean, Professor of China Business and Globalization at CKGSB.

Mr. MA Mingwei

Deputy Party Secretary and Chairman of the Labor Union, China Energy Engineering Group Co., Ltd.

9:30-10:10  Keynote Speeches (20 mins per person)

Prof. FAN Heping

Senior Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences, Southeast University;

Distinguished Professor of Cheung Kong Scholars; Executive Director, WEIB at PKU.

Topic: The 'Special' Ethical Spirit of Entrepreneurs' in 'Special Times' 

Prof. XU Fei

Professor, Member of the Party Standing Committee and Managing Vice President ;
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE).

Topic: Confucian Entrepreneurship and Chinese Path to Modernization

10:10-10:30  Coffee Break

10:30-11:30   Keynote Speeches (20 mins per person)

Prof. WANG Shuguang

Professor, School of Economics, PKU;

Executive Deputy Director, Research Institute of Industry and Culture, PKU.

Topic: World is China and China is the World: Cultural Assimiliation and Value Creation in the Context of  Modernization

Prof. WANG Shuguang

Professor, School of Economics, PKU;

Executive Deputy Director, Research Institute of Industry and Culture, PKU.

Topic: World is China and China is the World: Cultural Assimiliation and Value Creation in the Context of  Modernization

Prof. YAO Xinzhong

Professor, School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China; Executive Director, WEIB at PKU.

Topic: The Confucian Entrepreneurship in Globalization

11:30-13:00   Buffet Lunch     Add: B1, Shaoyuan Western Restaurant, PKU

13:30-14:30  Dialogue I New Business Civilization in the Perspective of Spiritual Humanism

Moderator

Dr. QIN Shuo

Observer of Humanity and Finance; Co-director, Research Center for Chinese Business Civilization

Speakers: 

Prof. ZHANG Weihong

Professor, Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University;

Program Director, Spiritual Humanism Program, IAHS, PKU.

Mr. PAN Fanping

Deputy Secretary of the General Party Branch and Vice General Manager, People’s Daily Media Innovation

Mr. MAO Jihong

Founder of Fang Suo Commune and EXCEPTION de MIXMIND; Alumni, CKGSB

Vice President, China National Garment Association, CNGA;

Vice President, Association for Promotion of Cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong & Macao.

Prof. CHAO Gang

Professor, School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology (SCUT);
Director, Research Center for Corporate Social Responsibility, SCUT.

Dr. CHEN Maoze

Assistant Researcher, IAHS, PKU.

Dialogue II: Confucian Entrepreneurship and Chinese Modernization

Moderator: 

Mr. LIU Gaosheng

Board Member and Senior Vice President, Beijing Internet Based Engineering Co., Ltd.;

Postdoctoral Fellow, IAHS,PKU  (2017-2019).

Speakers: 

Prof. DUH Bauruei

Distinguished Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Prof. FU Pingping

Professor, Nottingham University Business China (NUBS China).

Prof. PENG Rui

Associate Professor, School of Humanities, Nanchang University.

Mr. FANG Qiuchao

Chairman of the Board and President, Guangxi Qiu Chao  Group Co. , Ltd.

Dr. JIANG Yinghua

Founder, Shanghai Cier Biotechnology (Kuiyin Health) Co., Ltd.

15:30-15:50  Coffee Break

Confucian Entrepreneurship’ (Rushang) is a compound concept embracing humanistic tradition (儒) and business dynamism (商); the ideal 21st-century ‘Confucian entrepreneur’

the Confucian Economic Sphere, from Zi Gong in pre-Qin times to Liu Xiangshan and his Song-Ming peers, right down to Zhang Jian, Shibusawa Eiichi and Tan Kah Kee in the modern era. In a century of unprecedented international economic development driven increasingly by East Asia, the concept of Confucian Entrepreneurship assumes a global significance.

Confucian scholar Tu Weiming regards the Rushang ideal as one of concern for the broader political, social and cultural health of the society in which commercial endeavours can flourish. Such 'entrepreneur-intellectuals' display obvious justice and benevolence in their business dealings: 'Human beings at their best are more than rational self-maximisers; they seek intrinsic meaning in their activities.'