Understand China. Lead with Insight. Build for the Future.
Leading CEO is Tsinghua SEM’s flagship executive program—the premier management program for global leaders seeking to understand China from the inside. It offers direct access to the thinkers, policymakers, and innovators shaping the future of global business—from China.
The world is changing at an unprecedented pace. For today’s business leaders, navigating complexity is no longer enough. The real challenge is to lead with clarity, act with conviction, and drive transformation that endures.
Designed for visionary entrepreneurs and top executives, Leading CEO sharpens leadership impact, deepens strategic foresight, and equips you to build enterprises that thrive in an era of rapid change—with China as both a lens and a laboratory.
Go beyond headlines. Gain unvarnished insights into China’s economic engine, government decision-making, and technological rise—directly from those at the center of it all.
As the crown jewel of Tsinghua SEM Executive Education, this program brings together the university’s deepest strengths: world-class faculty, policy connections, and a legacy of shaping China’s business elite.
Learn from Tsinghua’s renowned academics, leading policy minds, and global industry pioneers. Join an ecosystem of over 100,000 top executives and entrepreneurs.
Go beyond traditional management. Redefine your leadership mindset, strategic lens, and decision-making resilience.
Gain direct access to Tsinghua’s cutting-edge research in AI, advanced manufacturing, and clean energy—and learn how to translate it into competitive advantage.
Understand global and local capital flows and leverage financial tools to drive growth, manage risk, and enhance enterprise value.
Build trusted relationships with peers who are shaping the future of business across industries.
How to read China’s economy · Government and policy dynamics · Global power shifts and geopolitical risk · Sino-US economic relations · Chinese enterprises going global · Intelligent manufacturing trends · Financial reform and capital markets · Sociological and scientific thinking for leaders
AI across industries · Embodied intelligence and next-wave technologies · Smart healthcare · Advanced manufacturing technologies · Aerospace systems engineering · New energy vehicles and the energy revolution · Carbon neutrality strategies · From Tsinghua labs to market: research commercialization
Global capital markets in a new era · Value management and capital operations · Financial strategy for tech IPOs · Corporate governance and equity incentives · M&A trends and strategies · Sustainable investment and value creation · Asset allocation and investment strategies · Fintech frontiers: digital finance, blockchain, future capital ecosystems
Duration: 18 months
Locations: Beijing | Shenzhen | Shanghai | Hangzhou
Executive Education, Tsinghua SEM
Room A118, Jianhua Building, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
Tel: +86 10 6279 6479
Email: zhuw3@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn
Web: exed.sem.tsinghua.edu.cn