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PCA Brings Consult Near to PKU
By Wang Liqiong
PKU NEWS 2005--12-6
http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=133851713
Peking University, Beijing, 6th, Dec.: Consult? You need? In case of unsolved
matters… with external mind power available? Consult has become a new key word
in our daily life full of uncertainties and consulting as an industry flourishes in China
in these two decades.
PCA (Peking University Consulting Association) is designed to bring consult near to
students during its three-year growth since 2002. The week-long BBS publicity till
3rd, Dec. has seen its highlight with popular intention from students, introducing the
historical growth of consulting, consult in China, noted international consulting
comp., job seeking in consult and qualities needed as a qualified consultant.
It is a birthday gift to PCA‘ s 3rd anniversary as well as to students who take a close
look on us or want to know consult, according to head of PCA Li Qilin.
PCA‘ s fast growth as a new student association at PKU with the back of school
leaders and expert scholars, it has attracted more than 400 student members from
various divisions with its outstanding characteristics: systematical knowledge
introduction and sharing mainly through five brand key projects; opportunity offer of
internship and job training through cooperation with top consulting comps.; first
student association in China to use KMP (knowledge management platform);
relatively mature project-focused operation system.
With the aim of being elite, academic, professional and international, PCA has kept
up with inside and outside consulting companies, academia, institutes and peer
associations.
According to Roland Berger (a famous international consulting company) analysis
report, China has been the only growing consulting market in prevailing global slump
during the past three years. Consulting industry in China is being in the prime time
with many alluring opportunities, while American and European formerly with
three-fourths market share and other Asian countries encounter their consult winter.
Featured with demanding challenges and high pay, consulting career becomes a hot
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