On 7 September 2026, the School of Business (MSB) of Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) hosted 2026 Global Management Challenge (GMC) internal training session at O303 in MUST. The event drew a large number of students and aimed to help participants quickly master GMC competition rules, learn from seniors’ practical experience, and improve their preparation efficiency and competitive strength.
This training invited two outstanding student representatives from the 2025 GMC Macau Regional Competition as keynote speakers: Lai Kunyang from the champion team and Li Chengze from the first runner-up team, who shared comprehensive insights ranging from competition rules to practical strategies. Xu Linxi, Vice Head of the Public Relations Department of MUSTMSBSA, hosted the event, with over 80 participants on-site and more than 100 joining online.
Group photo of Professor Tang Huajun, Assistant Dean of MSB (third from right in the front row) with participating guests and students
Professor Tang Huajun, Assistant Dean of MSB, delivered an opening speech on behalf of MSB. He welcomed all students’ active participation and thanked the champion and first runner-up representatives for sharing their experiences, as well as the MUSTMSBSA organizing team. Assistant Dean Tang emphasized GMC’s value for business students in integrating academic knowledge with practical training. He encouraged students to learn from seniors’ experience, refine their strategies, and adopt a balanced mindset beyond merely pursuing rankings. He also urged students to grow through team collaboration, decision review and practice innovation, and strive for excellent results in this competition.
Opening speech from Assistant Dean Tang
Following the opening remarks, Lai Kunyang, champion team representative, shared the core methodology for preparation and competition under the theme “From Forecasting to Correction: Market Judgment, Risk Buffer and Submission Assurance”. Drawing on his own hands-on competition experience, he focused on three key areas: market judgment, risk reservation, and submission management. With real competition cases, he explained how to gauge market trends from changes in inventory and orders, how to prepare response plans in advance to allow room for adjustment, and how to focus on verification during the submission stage to avoid errors. He also shared systematic decision-making procedures and tactics for offline final competitions.
Lai Kunyang, the champion team representative, shared his experience on-site
Subsequently, Li Chengze, first runner-up team representative, delivered a sharing session titled “How to Understand Operational Decision-Making”, systematically deconstructing the GMC's core operational logic. He elaborated on five core modules: scoring mechanism, production and delivery, sales and marketing, human resource management, and financial management, explaining the decision-making elements and optimization logic of each module to help students establish a holistic understanding of competition operations and master basic decision-making methods.
Li Chengze, the first runner-up team representative, shared his experience on-site
During the Q&A session, students actively raised questions and engaged in in-depth exchanges with the two speakers, gaining valuable guidance for competition preparation. The training event concluded with a vibrant atmosphere. Participants said the training not only helped them quickly understand the GMC competition process and rules, but also equipped them with practical preparation methods drawn from seniors’ hands-on experience, bringing them substantial benefits. The successful organization of this internal training has deepened students’ understanding of the GMC and further stimulated their enthusiasm for participation.
The GMC is a global strategic management competition spanning five continents with extensive international influence. Competing teams simulate the operation of a listed company and make business decisions across five consecutive fiscal quarters, with winners determined by corporate investment performance. Covering multidimensional business knowledge, including human resources, production operations, financial management, and marketing. The competition serves as a top-tier practical platform for students to hone decision-making skills, sharpen business thinking, and learn through competition. MSB looks forward to students’ steady performance, full play of strengths, and outstanding achievements in the 2026 competition.
(Contributed and reviewed by Professor Tang Huajun, format reviewed by Helen Kam)
