The 2026 CGMA Global Business Challenge (GBC) North Asia Final successfully concluded on 30 May , bringing together top tier university teams from across the North Asia region for business case competition.  The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzen) crown the Champion at CIMA’s CGMA Global Business Challenge 2026 North Asia Final.

CIMA’s Global Business Challenge (GBC) is an annual competition for undergraduate students, created to showcase and develop the potential of future business leaders. Since 2024, AI applications have been integrated into the competition to mirror real business environments, making GBC one of the first business case competitions to embrace AI as an element of business problem-solving.

Through team-based business case presentations and live Q&A sessions, participants demonstrate their strengths in strategic analysis, problem-solving, and business management.

CGMA Global Business Challenge 2026 North Asia final – Result announcement

Champion: Team FineSME, The Chinese University of Hong Kong，Shenzhen

First runner-up: Team Evil Magic Ball, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics

Second runner-up: Team: Frontier Analytics, University of finance and economics, Mongolia

Team Archipelago Ventures, The University of Hong Kong

Commendation: Team THW ban BP, Macau University of Science and Technology 

Team Invictus, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

Team Formosa Explorer, Chengchi University

Future business leaders: You Shuxin, Team FineSME, The Chinese University of Hong Kong，Shenzhen

Matthew Christopher Handojo, Team Archipelago Ventures, The University of Hong Kong

Best AI application awards:
Team Evil Magic Ball, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics
Team Frontier Analytics, University of finance and economics, Mongolia
Team Archipelago Ventures, The University of Hong Kong


Best talent show:
Team Invictus, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
 
Acknowledge to partners and supporting organisations:
Premier AI Partner: Baidu App
Eco-partners: UNIPUS, Wanderpuff, Haier, New Quest, Chinese Foreign Joint Education Committee, Yoplait
Honored Partners: Linked-F, Arteche DYH Electric Co. Ltd., Dalian No.1 Instrument Transformer Group