The course is conducted in English。

Commercial enterprise plays a fundamental role in the age of globalization both domestically and internationally interacting with state authorities as well as agencies of international organizations. Since the 1990s, the rise of multinational corporations in economic scale and political influence has massively empowered their agency in international relations, and thus made them indispensable transnational actors and inevitably included in the strategic calculation when geopolitical competition intensified. This course will introduce and establish an understanding of the intricate relationship between commercial enterprise and government at both international and local levels.

This course aims to offer students basic knowledge and insight of the relationship between business and government. Not only reviewing two traditional viewpoints: business lobby the government and government regulate businesses, the course will focus on how they interact with each other intentionally, as well as how both simultaneously are affected by the society. Students are expected to grasp the nuts and bolts of the intricate relationship between business and government.