For the very first time in history, the largest oil field in China - DaQing - sent a group of executives to the Silicon Valley for a five week Executive Training Program at San Jose State University; China America Management Consulting Corporation was responsible for making the connection. GEP was given the honor of arranging two days of site visits for this group as part of their training program.

The objectives of the delegation was to meet with companies to learn about innovation policies and practices, innovation management concepts and, of course, learn about the newest and latest product innovations the companies have to offer the market.

GEP successfully arranged visits to Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, VeriSign and the famous IDEO; the delegation was particularly impressed with IDEO. We even arranged a luncheon with a few senior people from Sun Microsystems who are responsible for partnering with start-ups in the Valley.

GEP was proud to work with DaQing, San Jose State and the China America Management Consulting Corporation to provide for this Professional Study Tour™. It was a pleasure to spend time with the group and watch as they explored the companies and learned about how innovation is created and fostered here in the Silicon Valley.