SDN Beijing, the chapter of the Service Design Network international, is a regional network of organizations and businesses in China. SDNBeijing aims to the promotion of academic and practical activities on service innovation, design strategy, service-oriented product design, service design methodology and service business innovation. Facilitate service design practitioners in China.
The Report presents the development of service design in China over the past years and identifies 69 colleges and 140 teachers who are currently conducting education and research in service design.
Deaths caused by chronic diseases accounted for 87% of the total mortality, and the medical expenditures incurred accounted for 70% of the total disease medical payments. However, the current concepts, technologies, services, and models of prevention and control are still out of date for chronic diseases.
On May 28, 2018,The China Beijing International Fair For Trade In Services opened.As an important part of it, the“2018 China Service Design Congress” was held at the National Convention Center in Beijing. SDN Beijing hosted the congress, jointly with the Dragon Design Foundation(DDF）and other agencies.
SDNbeijing won the SDN Chapter Award! The winner announcement and Award Ceremony took place during the SDGC17 Members Event on November 1st, 2017. The awards showcase the amazing impact of the SDNbeijing for international community. 国际服务设计联盟（北京）荣获2017SDN Chapter Award！颁奖典礼于2017年11月1日国际服务设计大会（SDGC2017）期间举行。该奖项旨在表彰全球各SDN联盟在服务设计组织、交流、推广等方面的积极贡献。
The China Service Design Education Alliance has been officially established! The founding members include eight prestigious institutions: Academy of Arts & Design-Tsinghua University、 School of Industrial Design、 College of Design and Innovation-Tongji University、 HNU Design-Hunan University、 School of Design-Jiangnan University、 Nanjing University of the Arts、 University of Science and Technology Beijing、 Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. Key highlights include: Academic Exchange: Experts from top institutions shared insights on trends like AI, digital transformation, and aging society design. Industry-Academia Collaboration: Showcased innovative projects and connected students with industry needs. Educational Innovation: Advanced curriculum development and explored strategies for global-local integration in service design education.
The China Service Design Education Alliance (CSDEA) "Service Design Education Research Forum 2025" will be held on January 11, 2025, at the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University. The forum, themed "Chime · Cohesion · Collaboration" aims to foster collaboration, co-construction, and shared growth among educators, researchers, and practitioners in the field of service design. Leveraging the CSDEA platform, the forum seeks to promote the deep integration of government, industry, academia, and research, building an innovative ecosystem centered on harmonious teaching, synchronized cognition, and shared outcomes in industry and research. With the relentless efforts of design educators with international perspectives, service design education in China has undergone more than a decade of exploratory development. According to the fourth survey report on Chinese universities, led by the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, by 2021, 69 universities in China had introduced 147 courses related to service design. Additionally, 140 university faculty members have engaged in service design research, publishing 819 academic papers and 18 textbooks or monographs. These numbers continue to grow. On June 18, 2016, representatives from eight universities signed the "Proposal for Establishing the China Service Design Education Alliance" at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. The proposal called upon China’s design, academic, and industrial communities, as well as like-minded individuals and organizations, to advance theoretical and academic research on service design grounded in Chinese practice. The "Service Design Education Research Forum 2025" will focus on the following topics for discussion and exchange: 1, Concepts, theories, and methods 2, Educational research and exemplary teaching cases 3, Design practices and industry-academia-research collaboration cases 4, Career development for service designers 5, Preparations for the release of the "China Service Design Higher Education Survey Report 2025"
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