Plan
Your Business Trip: China
Business Trip:
Reserch and
Preparation for your trip:
- Table of Investment Cost Comparison for 5
Countries in Asia: Vietnam,
China, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos - report covers
factors such as: land, building cost, utilities, taxes, labor, company
registration, factory licensing, safety and security, etc.
- Planning A Business Trip: Ten
Things To Think Of Before You Go
- Business
Trip Journals: Our useful
business trip journals
Industrial Parks and
Ports to Visit:
China Useful Links:
Tourism:
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TRAVEL BASICS
Visa:
Visa
form from Chinese Embassy in the U.S. Visas are available
from Chinese embassies and consulates in most
countries. Visas are required by all foreigners entering mainland
China, although visas are not required by Western nationals visiting
Hong Kong and Macau.
China
at a Glance:
country's current economic
data
Currency:
yuan (CNY); note - also referred to as the Renminbi (RMB).
1.00 USD = 6.86251 CNY (2008)
Current exchange rate:
click here
Weather:
extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north
Time:
Current
time and weather, click here
Capital:
Beijing
Municipalities:
Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin
Provinces:
Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang,
Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai,
Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
autonomous regions: Guangxi, Nei
Airports
in China:
Telephone: China
Country Code
: 86
- Area code for
Beijing is: 010
- Area code for
Shanghai is: 021
Long distance call
to China:
- 011 - US exit code;
then 86 - country code; area code - 2 - 4 digit
area codes (take out the first 0); then
phone numbers
In-country call:
- Cell phone to land
line in Beijing first dial 010 and then the
8-digit number. In another Chinese city, dial 0+ two-digit city code,
plus the number.
- Cell phone to the
US, dial 001+area code and number.
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Runckel
& Associates Service: Visit
Facilitation
- On the Ground
Support
- Site Selection,
Logistics, Licenses for Building and operating Factories in China
- Sourcing
Products,
Meet the companies
- Assisting
Executive
MBA Programs and Business Groups
Runckel &
Associates
has experienced English-speaking associates on the ground in China to
prepare and support your visits: Most
of these associates
have been working with us for 6-8 years during which they have
performed a wide variety of projects with us. This gives you and
your company experience, knowledge, a trusted partner and an advantage
helping you in all aspects of your new endeavor in Asia.
Site
selection and
logistics during the visits: We regularly work with the
major industrial parks, national business promotion agencies and local
specialists on site selection, licenses and permits. We therefore
can arrange meetings and visits that can help simplify your data
collection and help ensure that you are receiving the most accurate
information and are not missing key facts or failing to consider
important information that can make your project more profitable and
more predictable in terms of its success.
Sourcing
products and
visiting factories during the visits: We are specialists
in assisting companies seeking to produce products or to source
products in all parts of China. Our specialists in China can
help you find the best company to produce and source your product and
visit them.
Assisting
Universitiy's
EMBA programs and business group for trips to China: Our
study
tour is designed for business schools, EMBA students and business
executives with a view to provide understanding of China’s business
culture, business organization and management in an Asian
context. Our team of international business, diplomatic and
cultural specialists has a long and rich background in China.
We arrange for lectures, company visits and tours throughout the trip
to help executives better understand the challenges and the
opportunities that Asia offers.
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Knowing a few words of any language helps to show your business
contacts and people you meet, etc., that you are interested in their
country and seek more than a short-term gain. Here are a few
keywords:
Hello: Ni Hao
How are you?: Ni Hao ma?
Please: Qing
Thank you: Xie xie
You're welcome: Bu keqi
Excuse me: Dui buqi
My name is: Wode mingzi jiao...
I understand: Wo ming bai
I don't understand: Wo bu ming bai
Please wait: Qing deng yi xia
Good bye: Zai jian
Chinese Names: There are about one hundred widely
used family names. The five most common surnames are Chang (Chan
in Cantonese), Wang, Li, Shao and Liu. Although many of the
surnames may be pronounced the same, the Chinese characters can be
different. In China, the family name precedes the given name,
which is occasionally followed by the secon name or the western
equivalent of a first name. For example, Huang Hua would be
called Mr. Huang, and Hua would be his given name. However, some
Chinese will switch the order of their names when they are dealing with
foreigners. Further, many Chinse adopt given names, many of which
are Western names. Married women rarely take their husband's
family name.
Chinese Food: Chinese
cuisine can be divided into four regional categories: Beijing/Mandarin
and Shandong (with steamed bread and noodles as staples), Cantonese and
Chaozhou (lightly cooked meats and vegetables), Shanghainese (the home
of 'red cooking' and wuxi spare ribs) and Sichuan (spicy, with lots of
chilli)
Chinese Art:
Current News on
China:
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