Born in Milan in 1980, Francesco Boggio Ferraris graduated with honors in political science with a thesis entitled “China’s Rise of Power. A New Bipolarism?” He graduated in Chinese Language and Culture from Is.I.A.O and earned the HSK certificate of proficiency in Chinese language, furthering his studies at Nankai University in Tianjin and at BLCU in Beijing; he completed a training course from the Università Cattolica of Milan focused on teaching Chinese language.
Since 2009, he has been director of the “Scuola di Formazione Permanente” of the Italy China Foundation and since 2022 of the ICCF Academy – Italy China Council Foundation. In recent years, he has focused his efforts on the design and implementation of training courses focused on intercultural management strategies for Italian enterprises and multinationals in Italy and Europe, with a focus on the fashion sector, luxury and in the field of hospitality services aimed to Chinese tourists.
He is a lecturer in several master’s degrees, from the MBA “Doing business in BRICS” at the Luiss Business School to the master’s degree “Didattica dell’italiano L2 a studentisinofoni” at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. He is also responsible for the intercultural management module of the master’s degree “Global Management for China” at the Cà Foscari University of Venice, Orientale di Napoli, Roma Tre, Macerata and University degli Studi di Bergamo. He is a member of the scientific committee of: “Mondo Cinese”. In June 2015, he inaugurated the first Chinese branch of the Italy China Foundation’s “Scuola di Formazione Permanente” in Chongqing. In 2020 he published for Mondadori: “Business in China. Tools, Strategies and Opportunities along the New Silk Road”.
