Crystal Zhao's job is about to get a lot more challenging. Joyson, the company where she works as HR Director, is on a major globalisation push and it will be her job to balance the needs of staff in China, Europe, the US and Mexico while creating synergies through the company’s overseas mergers and acquisitions. She is looking forward to tapping into the wealth of knowledge possessed by their classmates in the 中国一级片’s Global EMBA programme. The latest Shanghai class, which began on September 4, has 59 participants from 16 different countries and they have, on average, 16 years of work experience.