In the Internet age, the Internet businesses are crossing the border,  challenging and overturning the traditional enterprises like a great scourge. Ma Huateng even made four motions in the NPC, one of which is the “Internet+ecology” strategy. On 2015 June 7th, HKU SPACE Institute for China Business invited Dr. Toa Charm to attend a workshop in Shanghai. Dr. Charm would share his view on how Chinese and foreign enterprises could face the challenge of the Internet business and how they could create their own “Internet+” environment. 

在互联网时代，很多传统企业都感到忧虑甚至恐慌。互联网企业像洪水猛兽般跨界挑战及颠覆这些传统企业，多年行之有效的策略、商业模式及核心竞争力全都不适用。是否互联网企业占尽上风？是否传统企业巳难以翻身，必定走下跛及面向死亡？

看看互联网领军马云及马化腾如何看这题本。马云说，若互联网企业不能好好融合鼠标与水泥，互联网企业会很麻烦。马化腾更在全国人大提出了四项议案，其中一项就是〝互联网+生态〞战略。今年三月份，第十二届全国人民代表大会第三次会议在人民大会堂举行，李克强总理在报告中，首次提出制定〝互联网+〞行动计划。李克强在政府工作报告中提出，制定〝互联网+〞行动计划，推动移动互联网、云计算、大数据、物联网等与现代制造业结合，促进电子商务、工业互联网和互联网金融健康发展，引导互联网企业拓展国际市场。

事实上，传统企业在〝互联网+〞的战略是有其优势，例如线下的资源整全。〝互联网+〞概念的提出，让中国互联网行业以及传统行业的从业者都有了压力。谁能最终获取胜利就看谁能有效融合各方优点，制定合适的〝互联网+〞战略。

Tsinghua University and the Australia National University invite Dr. Toa Charm to deliver one of the major modules “International Management” in their Master of  Management program  in Beijing from  Sep. 7, 2015 to Sep. 10, 2015.

中国的企业在未来若要维持良好增长，都需要参考多方的经验，在本地市场或海外经营一样需要优化组织，把握收购合并或其他发展机会，借鉴外国概念改善中国的经营方式，如在海外发展同样是需要与国际接轨，不论是否踏出国门，同样也需要达到世界级的经营水平。内地企业的高层管理人员需要有系统化的课程，对国际运营与管理加深认识，同时参考多方案例，才能真正有效地帮助企业整合内地或国外的各个营运点，带来协同效应，改善企业现时的营运，及为未来的扩展打下扎实的基础。湛博士会与本课程的参与者分享国际化管理的知识及经验。

FinTech Innovation Forum 2015 held on 17 June in Shanghai. With the topic of “The Next-Gen Financial Services In a New Connected Era”, it attracted lots of financial and IT experts to participate in. Dr. Toa Charm was one of the guest speakers in this forum, to share his personal experience and opinion about the related areas during it.

China’s rise in economic prominence has always been inevitable – but its speed and extent was something few expected. From an industry defined by traditional loans-and-deposits to its current capability to offer multiproduct suites, omni-channel initiatives and cross-border strategies, financial institutions are now faced with new priorities to grow while innovating.

The coming of digital era and the evolution consumer preferences will drive the next wave of innovation for China financial services where convergence of disruptive technologies and new concepts of customer engagements come together to deliver connected experiences to the consumer. As this convergence proceeds, the financial services industry will finally see real innovation in every phase of the customer lifecycle engagement.

IDC Financial Insights together with Questex Media is proud to bring audiences the FINTECH INNOVATION FORUM where the thought leadership speakers, partners and analysts, such as Dr. Toa Charm, will share some key structural shifts already underway that will give China financial institutions in 2015 more reasons to innovate as they compete for new prospects and sustainability.

Congratulations to Dr. Toa Charm!  Dr. Toa Charm, GCE Consulting Managing Partner, was given the “Outstanding Teacher Award 2015” by the Institute for China Business, SPACE, University of Hong Kong on Jun 14, 2015 in their 5^th Anniversary Dinner.