Abundance International Education Institute

Founded in 2002, Abundance International Education Institute ("AIEI") has spent more than two decades developing, introducing, and managing premium international education programs. The group is a specialized provider of localized services for international education programs and an innovator in vocational-education investment, and it is also one of the earliest institutions in China to offer international executive degree education, bringing quality overseas programs to China and building a worldwide alumni network.

Guided by its vision — "Commitment to the Great Cause of Lifelong Education" — its mission — "Making lifelong learning life's most beautiful experience" — and its direction — "Connecting East and West, Let Education Lead the Future" — the group offers high-quality, practical international executive education programs on a global scale, benefiting professionals across business, industry, and government.

Over more than twenty years, as a benchmark in China's international executive education sector, the group has grown rapidly and remained at the industry's forefront. It has established teaching and service centers nationwide and built a complete executive degree program system spanning bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels in partnership with renowned European and American universities. To date, AIEI has forged strategic partnerships with nearly 100 universities across more than 20 countries, independently introduced over 60 international executive graduate and doctoral programs, and helped more than 20,000 students earn international master's and doctoral degrees. It has also helped nearly 100 domestic education-service organizations bring programs to market, giving corporate executives and business leaders ongoing opportunities to learn, empowering their careers, and creating value for society.

AIEI was among the first to introduce MBA, EMBA, and DBA business programs from world-renowned business schools in Canada, France, the United States, Belgium, and other countries to China. Flagship programs include those of HEC Liège (University of Liège), a Belgian institution with more than two centuries of history and thirteen Nobel laureates among its alumni. HEC Liège holds the "triple crown" of international accreditations — AACSB, EQUIS, and BSIS — and is recognized by China's Ministry of Education; it has been enrolling students in China since 2012 and has run successfully there for 14 years. Other partner institutions include Keiser University, Florida's largest private, not-for-profit university; Guglielmo Marconi University, Italy's first digital university; Pan-European University in the Czech Republic; SDC Media School in France; Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in Finland; and University of Applied Management Studies Mannheim (HDWM) in Germany, among others — spanning a wide range of disciplines to meet learners' needs at every level.

Notably, the group has built deep collaborations with more than twenty international chambers of commerce, weaving a business network spanning Asia, Europe, and North America. This gives students a pathway connecting them to global industry resources, cross-border business opportunities, and high-level networks, helping classroom learning take root in the real business world.

Milestones along the way:

June 2015 — AIEI facilitated and introduced a new joint bachelor's-to-master's program between the University of Liège and Shenzhen University. Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium personally witnessed the signing ceremony — the first time a head of state had witnessed the signing of a Sino-foreign university education partnership — earning wide acclaim from the industry and education authorities.

July 2021 — AIEI became China's first AACSB Business Member, delivering advanced international business education programs alongside integrated management and operations solutions, earning international recognition in cross-border business education.

December 2021 — At the invitation of the International Exchange Center of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education, AIEI invested in Guangdong Yuejiao International Group, partnering with a leading provincial education body to bring more quality international education programs to students in China.

May 2022 — In recognition of the group's exploration and innovation in online models for international education, AIEI was invited to join the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) — a UNESCO consultative partner — becoming the first Chinese enterprise to join as an institutional member.

March 2023 — AIEI officially became a corporate member of the American Council on Education (ACE), the first education group in mainland China to do so. That year and again in 2024, it received the "Connecting China and Belgium, Building the Future Together" annual award, presented by the Belgian diplomatic delegation, in recognition of its outstanding contribution to Sino-Belgian educational exchange.

June 2026 — Professor Henry Hui, Chairman of AIEI, was conferred the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Crown of the Kingdom of Belgium, granted by His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium, in recognition of more than two decades of sustained contribution to Sino-Belgian educational exchange.

With sincerity as its soul and passion as its heart, the group drives innovation, keeps pace with market trends, and continuously explores localized operating models for international executive education programs — building a complete service system covering overseas institution selection, due diligence and negotiation, program introduction, registration management, brand management, and academic management. Programs from dozens of renowned European and American universities have been brought to China through AIEI, with partners spanning the globe.

It takes ten years to grow a tree, but a hundred to cultivate a person.

Diligent cultivation, built on long-term commitment.

"Committed to the great cause of lifelong education" — benefiting people everywhere, advancing society, and contributing wisdom and strength to the realization of the Chinese Dream.