31 Mar 2026
The programme brought together experts from academia, industry, and professional services to engage in in-depth discussions on core issues such as governance, succession, innovation, and social responsibility for family businesses in the digital age.
As a significant practice of XJTLU's "academic + industry" integration, the CIE and the HeXie Academy, leveraging their interdisciplinary strengths and deep foundation in HeXie Management Theory, have developed a systematic research and practice system in corporate governance and innovative succession. The FOSD programme represents a further extension of this foundation.
At the outset of the programme, Prof. Xiaobo Xu, Executive Dean of the CIE and Director of the HeXie Academy, delivered an opening lecture titled "Family Sustainable Development and Capacity Building from an Industrial Perspective".
Focusing on the core theme of "capacity building", Prof. Xu systematically introduced an ecological education exploration path based on HeXie Management Theory and using the X-Eco Mall as a platform. He emphasised that shifting from "knowledge transmission" to "capacity building" is a crucial transformation for the sustainable development of family businesses, and that the FOSD programme provides systematic capability support for families across the three dimensions of governance, succession, and innovation.
Prof. Youmin Xi, Executive President of XJTLU, delivered a lecture titled "Business Paradigm Shifts and Family Governance", profoundly analysing the fundamental changes in business logic driven by the waves of digitalisation and artificial intelligence. He pointed out that family businesses urgently need to shift from a traditional "power transfer" model to an "eco-co-creation" governance model, with the "HeXie Mindset" – a complex mindset integrating visionary orientation, dual rationality, and dynamic evolution – as the soul of succession. Prof. Xi also systematically elaborated on the five-step succession planning method based on HeXie Management Theory, providing both theoretical and practical guidance for the longevity of family businesses.
Mr. Xianghong Lin, Founding Partner of NRL Capital, systematically explained the dynamic relationship between family influence and macro evolution from a macro perspective. The three driving forces of the macro environment – political systems, economic forms, and social values – collectively shape the "rules of the game" for family development. Family influence is shifting from a "power radiation" type to a "value resonance" type, with a core formula: Family Influence = Intergenerational Cognitive Compound Interest × Capacity to Provide Certainty × Long-term Time Horizon. Truly influential families can integrate the resilience of the first generation, the systems of the second, and the technology of the third into a cross-cycle buffer mechanism, achieving a leap from "wealth across three generations" to "influence across three generations".
Ms. Yiyu Zhou, Founder of Homeland Digital Consulting, shared how digital technology is reshaping the operational logic of family offices. Drawing on Homeland's practical experience, she deconstructed the core directions of change brought by digital family offices in efficiency improvement, risk control, and precise decision-making, and provided practical pathways for system setup, tool selection, and resource integration, offering forward-looking guidance for families to build efficient and scientific family office systems in the digital age.
Additionally, several other guests, including Mr. Wei Wang, Founder of China Wafer Level CSP Co., Ltd.; Prof. Zeren Gesang from Sichuan University; Mr. Hua Zhu, Vice President of Homeland Digital Consulting; Mr. Junjie Zhang from HJ Partners; Mr. Haowen Wu, Chairman of Good-Ark; Ms. Fei Pu, General Manager of Lepu Medical; and Mr. Haixiao Gu from King & Wood Mallesons, delivered rich and practical presentations covering technological innovation, psychological communication, asset allocation, life science investment, family education, and legal succession.
During the practical sessions, participants visited Zhongji Innolight CO., LTD. and Suzhou Good-Ark Electronics.
At Zhongji Innolight, participants gained a close-up understanding of the technological innovation and industrial layout of a globally leading optical module company. At Good-Ark, they experienced the practical integration of "family culture" with corporate development and social responsibility.
This combination of "technology" and "culture" provided family business development with insights from both technological and humanistic perspectives.
At the conclusion of the programme, Prof. Xiaobo Xu awarded certificates of completion to the participants. He also composed an acrostic poem expressing aspirations for family succession, bringing the study tour to a successful close. Concurrently, the programme officially adopted its Chinese name "福士德" (Fu Shi De). "福" (Fu) signifies enduring family blessing; "士" (Shi) represents industrial elites; "德" (De) embodies the sustainable path of virtue. The trinity of blessing, elite, and virtue aptly forms the foundation and direction for the longevity of family legacies. May every family, amidst the tides of time, see their blessings endure, elites emerge, and virtue perpetuate.
31 Mar 2026