China has become a distinctive innovation system where AI, digital platforms, robotics, advanced manufacturing and entrepreneurial intensity reinforce one another at scale.

For C-suite leaders and board members, the question isn’t whether China’s model can be copied. It’s what it reveals about how competitive advantage is being built, and what leaders elsewhere must reconsider about their own strategy, technology choices, operating models and organizational capabilities.

IMD’s Inside China’s Innovation Ecosystem immersion is an intensive executive journey in Shenzhen, one of the world’s most dynamic centers of technology and innovation. 

Drawing on IMD research, the program combines executive dialogue, strategic framing led by the program directors, and visits to leading companies such as Lenovo, UBTech, SF Express and Ping An*. You’ll explore the forces shaping China’s speed, scale and capacity for commercialization – and what they mean for your organization. 

By the end of the experience, you’ll leave with a focused agenda for action: clear priorities, decisions to explore, and assumptions to revisit.

*Company visits are illustrative and subject to confirmation.

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