China Executive Leadership Programs (CELP) offers comprehensive Commercial Bank Management Programs from 21 days to 6 months in length depending on the needs of the Chinese organizations. The CELP Commercial Bank Management programs are designed to give Chinese bank managers and executives an understanding of concepts and practices of commercial banking in the international and U.S. arenas. Lectures by University of Illinois faculty from the College of Commerce and Business Administration - Finance Department, U.S. banking and financial industry leaders, and public officials are complemented by thematically related field trips to U.S. banks and financial institutions, U.S. domestic and multinational corporations, and key government agencies. All participants are awarded a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign certificate of achievement upon completion of the program. China Executive Leaderships Programs has Commercial Bank Management program graduates from many Chinese organizations including: Bank of China, People's Bank of China, Bank of Shanghai, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and the Bank of Communications.

Representative Lecture Topics:

• Financial Analysis
• Credit Risk Management and Evaluation
• Cash Flow Management
• Cash Flow Valuation Models
• Overview of U.S. Banking and Financial Systems and Regulations
• Loan Pricing and Customer Profitability
• Commercial Loans
• Capital Fund Management and Basel Rules
• Venture Capital
• Cost Accounting
• Securitization
• Bank Marketing
• Currency Exchange Rate Risk Control
• International Lending and Credit Risk
• International Finance and Capital Markets
• E-Commerce and E-Business
• Management Information Systems

Representative Field Trips:

• Boeing - Chicago, IL
• Bank One - Chicago, IL
• Bank of America - Chicago, IL
• Federal Reserve Bank - Chicago, IL
• Motorola International - Chicago, IL
• AT&T, Underwriters Lab - Chicago, IL
• Lucent Technology - Chicago, IL
• Chicago Board of Trade - Chicago, IL
• Mercantile Exchange - Chicago, IL
• Citibank - New York, NYFederal Reserve Bank - New York, NY
• Morgan Stanley - New York, NY
• New York Stock Exchange - New York, NY
• NASDAQ - New York, NY
• U.S. Mint - Philadelphia, PA
• U.S. Union Bank - Philadelphia, PA
• State Farm Bank and State Farm Insurance Co. - Bloomington, IL
• Eli Lilly Company - Indianapolis, IN
• Federal Reserve Bank Headquarters - Washington, DC
• National League of Financial Institutions - Washington, DC
• U.S. Department of Commerce - Washington, DC
• Met Life Insurance Company - Los Angeles, CA
• Wells Fargo Bank - Los Angeles, CA