Internship with Entrepreneurial Training in China with CIP

This is a program I very much liked compared to all other internship programs I considered during my search. I graduated with a bachelor in International Business and Trade and would like to do my Master degree but I was keen to getting some corporate experience before continuing.
I knew this is really a step out of comfort zone because I needed to man up and grow some amount of self confidence and trust in my good-self. I wanted to be sure I was not a corporate misfit. I also was serious to make sure that I did not have too much theories without skills.
My internship placement was staged in a shanghai company with an investment banking company located at the center of the city. I liked this company because though I was a marketing student, I got to understand the operation of financial companies especially services.
Before my arrival into China, CIP arranged a conversation between me and the HR manager of my prospective host company. Our discussions were based around my role as an Intern. Have done minored Finance, I felt I could also use the opportunity to practice investment banking. So I had a mixed role of marketing financial instruments and projects as well as evaluating organizations for corporate takeovers and infrastructural investment. I also learnt what it takes to invest into china especially regarding very sensitive sectors.
As part of the program, we had 3 days set aside for entrepreneurial training for all interns. OMG !!! I loved it. We had representatives of several organizations practically teach us how to set up a business as an expat in China and the procedure is very simple with the few tactics we were taught. I will not share that here but I will encourage Interns to choose CIP’s program because of their entrepreneurial training. This is not only relevant in Chinese context but could be applied elsewhere.
Coming out of this program, I will surely recommend it to intern irrespective of their field of study because you get more than just an experience.