Prof. Xiuping Zhang is the professor and Vice Dean of Management School at Minzu University of China and the founder and the director of MBA program. She was the visiting scholar at Tilburg University in the Netherlands in 1999 and at University of Minnesota in 2010, 2012 and 2013. She received the Excellent Dissertation Award from Renmin University of China in 2004 and won the Excellent Paper Award from State Ethnic Affairs Commission of People’s Republic of China in 2012. Her research field includes International Business and Management.She is the author of books such as The status of Chinese industries (Beijing: Economy &Management Publishing House, 2014), The Competitiveness of Supply Chain (Beijing: Renmin University of China Press, 2005), Border Trade Logistics (Beijing: Minzu University of China Press, 2011), Philosophical Thoughts and Practices of Supply Chain Management (Beijing: Economy &Management Publishing House, 2014). Her translated works including Building Management Skill by Richard L. Daft (Beijing: Tsinghua Press,2015) and Organization Theory and Design by Richard L. Daft(Beijing: Tsinghua Press,2005,2007 and 2012).