Since its foundation, the College has been actively developing both management and political theory training programs for business administrators and managers. In mid-80s, the College introduced the Sino-German government joint training program. Since then, various qualification training programs were delivered in accordance with modern training concept, by using the latest training materials and appropriate techniques. Since the period of “Ninth Five-year Plan”, the College has been undertaking tasks of delivering management training to managers from national and Shanghai large & medium-sized key enterprises, with the trainee number exceeding 9,000.  Meanwhile, the School has been actively engaged in the training to popularize Deng Xiaoping’s Theory and “Three Representatives”, developed joint EMBA programs, short-term business management course studies and professional Qualification training for CPA, for accountants, for economists and so on. In its long-term training practice, the college has developed its own training specialties, i.e. stress on improving both personal aptitudes and Party’s nature; developing appropriate modules, menus and up-to-date training courses; emphasizing case study, interaction, simulation and practical training methods; backed-up by an integrated service team consisting of research, training and consulting.

In its long term of training history, the college has gradually developed its own experienced full time and part time trainers. They not only have the theoretical foundation but also abundant practical experience in social, economical and political aspects. Among these trainers, over 80 are full-time and 50 % are professors; also there are about 80 part-time trainers, consisting of famous executives, government officials, university professors and institute researchers.  This highly experienced and qualified team of trainers has become a critical guarantee to the college’s sustainable development in new century.

The college has been equipped with excellent training facilities: teaching buildings are facilitated with campus intranet, multi-functional auditoriums, multi-media classrooms, computer labs, simulation rooms, languages labs, e-reading room, library and other modern teaching facilities in teaching administration. Located in the university area in southwest Shanghai, the college not only enjoys a convenient transport and but also a pleasant environment, including cinema, activity rooms, playground, big diners, guesthouses and other auxiliaries, which can satisfy various needs of trainees while they are studying and living on campus.

In the past 26 years, the college has provided training to more than 20,000 middle and senior administrators and over 200,000 managers from different fields.  It has earned itself a reputation and won the honorary title ‘the Cradle for Entrepreneurs’. Over the years, the college has been successively awarded the following titles: National Model Unit for Vocational Training, Shanghai Model Unit for Adult Education and the Shanghai Model Unit.

Entering the new century, the college has prepared itself with the sustainable development training strategy – better serving customers with brand name. Now a high-standard intelligent new building and an academic activity center has just been completed, to meet the requirements of state-owned assets supervision and SOE reform, several internationalized training programs and courses are being developed.  The college will sincerely make contributions to the supervision of state-owned assets and SOE reform, to the performance improvement and value increment for our customer companies, to the enhancement of business managers’ qualities and to the realization of a harmonious and better-off society.