My Experience as an Equity Research and Development Intern

By Keying Zhang, Equity Research and Development Intern

I completed an internship in  the China Reinsurance Company during the 2015 Summer Vacation in Beijing, China. I was in the Equity Research & Development department, mainly in charge of translating and transferring research reports into standard format, as well as everyday administration in the department. 

 

The selection process was quite standard, including verbal and numerical tests plus two rounds of interviews. According to the position I applied for, I prepared quite a lot about the equity market and basically every main ongoing process at that time. I believe on the basis of good numerical ability, my curiosity and communication skills are important as well. During the internship I got real insight into finance world as well as into a professional environment. Commercial sense, being professional, and career connections are the most valuable things I gained from the internship. 

 

Careers Network helped me a lot during the selection process especially in internship advice and with my CV check appointment. It’s never easy to find a satisfying internship. However it’s never wrong to develop yourself even just a little step! 

MY Internship in China – Final Blog

End of my internship…

 

After almost two months of hard work and intense learning from my teammates and doctors, it’s my time to return to UK for my final year. I have developed great deal of personal skills including communication, planning, organisation, problem solving and cultural awareness on an international scale. Most importantly, I made new friends and improved my Mandarin. In retrospect, I developed more understanding on the prospect of China and their working ethics. Altho
ugh being Chinese ethnically, I received western education most of my life, so this was a good chance for me to re-evaluate myself as a Chinese and Hong Kong citizen. I hope more international development projects are introduced in China to improve people’s livelihood and there would be more
people like myself and Doctor Li who are educated overseas while contributing back to China to improve the country in different ways.

Week Three as an Intern in China

After months of planning and organization, the opening ceremony of the Chirpy Dragon project was successfully held in a prestigious primary school in Guangzhou with distinguished guest such as Matthew Rous, the British Consul General in Guangzhou, our vice-chancellor, David Eastwood, Chen Jianhua, the Guangzhou Mayor. For my part in organizing this ceremony, I was involved in sending invitations
to schools and facilitating the communication between different parties.