The Chinese Women's Entrepreneurial Management Program has opened its first class at Tsinghua SEM on May 26, 2009.

The first intake of Chinese Women's Entrepreneurial Management Program is a group of 50 Chinese women from diverse industries including education training, information service, cultural communication, consulting service, entertainment, retailing, agriculture, etc.. With average age 31, 12% of them hold master degree, 52% of them hold bachelor degree.

Professor Oliver Gottschalg from HEC-Paris delivered the first course named “positioning entrepreneurial opportunities” to the participants.

The program was sponsored by Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women initiative, which will train underserved Chinese women who aspire to or currently operate their own business, aiming to provide them with the integrated entrepreneurial and managerial education with a global perspective. The Women's Entrepreneurial Management Program, which will run for five years, will include workshops, seminars, classroom teaching, mentoring and guidance in the producing business plans. Curriculum will focus on business practices in entrepreneurship, marketing, management, and finance. The next intake will take place in autumn of this year.