Dean Qian began his leadership position at Tsinghua SEM in 2006, and I began as Dean of the MIT Sloan School in 2007.  In the years since, our work together has led to important new initiatives and an upgrade in the relationship between Tsinghua and MIT.   We have together launched a new collaborative Global MBA program at Tsinghua.  Our new MIT Sloan China Lab course has been developed in close collaboration with Tsinghua faculty, staff and students.  This year, our MIT Sloan Professor Scott Stern introduced his entrepreneurship course to Tsinghua students.  And through the last seven years I have been a proud and consistent participant in the Tsinghua SEM’s annual Advisory Board meetings here in Beijing.