On June 14th, 2012, School of Public Policy & Management (SPPM) signed agreement on the translation and distribution of case studies with John F. Kennedy School of Government Case Program, Harvard College (HKS). The agreement is effective from June 30, 2012 to June 30, 2014. According to the agreement, HKS grants to SPPM the non-exclusive right to translate HKS case studies into Chinese and use hard copies and secure electronic copies of both English and Chinese versions within all degree and executive education programs of SPPM. While SPPM grants to HKS the non-exclusive right to translate SPPM case studies into English and use hard copies and secure electronic copies of both English and Chinese versions within all Degree and Executive Education Programs of HKS.

This agreement is a renewal of the agreement between SPPM and HKS of January 1, 2010. It forwards the mutual cooperation on case teaching of the two sides. SPPM has maintained and expanded the cooperation on case studies with HKS since 2004, starting from the sharing of cases, to the training of case teaching techniques and the co-development of cases. HKS has the world’s largest database of teaching cases designed for public management with nearly 2000 cases covering comprehensive fields including public-private partnerships, global issues and international relations, science and technology, policies on trade, transportation, education, election, social welfare, health and housing, gender issues, environmental problems, US federal and state governments, economic growth, human service, innovation, leadership, privatization, project evaluation and public financing. The subscription of this new agreement will bring more varied HKS cases for our personnel training and contribute a lot to Tsinghua’s training of innovative public leaders with strategic thinking and international perspective. Meanwhile, it will enrich cases on public management of Chinese characteristics for the personnel training of Harvard University, serving as an exchange platform for both Harvard and Tsinghua to learn China’s and international experiences.