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Due to increasing market pressures and other situation-specific factors, employers are often required to terminate employees in China. This article briefly outlines some of the issues that must be addressed by employers before and after employee termination, including matters to consider during the hiring of prospective employees, from the perspective of the employer.
Establishing a Foreign-Owned Restaurant Business in Beijing
Outline the various procedures required to establish a restaurant in Beijing.
Do you konw what kind of companies can be setted up in China?
There are three different business incorporation vehicles which can be utilised to do business in China.
How to export to China
Analysis of the success and failure of doing business in China
5 tips to invest and do business in China
The importance of Guangxi (relationship) when doing business in China
How to do business in China
Business Culture
Business Culture.
Addressing Chinese
Chinese names appear in a different order than Western names. Each person has, in this order, a family or generational name and a first name.
Greetings
Handshaking is the accepted greeting. Chinese usually shake hands very lightly instead of taking the hand firmly and forcefully pumping it, and in China a handshake may last as long as 10 seconds.
Negotiation
You'll find it beneficial to bring your own interpreter, if possible, to help you understand the subtleties of everything being said during meetings.
Meetings
Meetings are considered very formal in China. It is a good idea to send a list of your representatives before the meeting, and to include their rank in your company.
Business Entertainment
Business Entertainment Business lunches are growing in popularity here. Business breakfasts, however, are not a part of Chinese business culture.
Appointment
Being late for an appointment is considered a serious insult in Chinese business culture.
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