In this episode, Lyndsey Zhang, shares with us her newly released book, The Surge – An Overview of China’s Rapidly Evolving Corporate Governance and Coming ESG Revolution!

Starting May 3rd, 2021, you can receive a 60% discount on the purchase of the Kindle version of the book on Amazon for a limited time.

Episode Highlights (with timestamps)

• Inspiration behind the writing of “The Surge” (2:14)
  • Education background and experience working in both US and Chinese companies
    
• Titling the book “The Surge” (5:10)
  
• Who will be interested in this book (9:25)
  • Global investors who are investing in China companies and interested in learning how to evaluate China companies’ CG risks (11:07)
  • Corporate chairpersons, board directors and executives from multinational companies with connections in China (11:30)
  • CG, ESG, law, mergers & acquisitions (M&A), management & strategy experts from international consulting firms (12:13)
  • Business school professors and Master-level students in business, law, accounting, auditing, corporate secretary or similar programs (12:48)
  • And anyone who’s interested in understanding Chinese companies CG models and China’s rapidly evolving ESG movement (13:23)
    
• Importance of understanding China’s corporate governance (14:00)
  • Rapid evolution of Chinese companies 
  • Industry leaders (15:26)
  • Regulation system (17:12)
  • Investing (19:13)
    
• How “The Surge” helps us understand China’s corporate governance (20:20)
  • Unique approach of China’s economic reform
  • Using case studies to understand the history and development of China’s corporate governance (22:27)
  • Covid-19 crisis’ effect and new ways of thinking (23:06)
    
• ESG evolution in China (23:59)
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
  • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
  • Corporate Social Credit System (CSCS) (25:42)
    
• China’s corporate governance development and ESG next steps (27:48)

To purchase “The Surge“, click here.