Benefits from a trip to ChinaWhen you receive samples and make sure that this is what you need, you can start to gather in China. It is necessary to go to see for himself. Even if you can not sign a contract, in any case, the experience of getting acquainted with China is valuable, and I think that your trip will not be in vain.
Here are a few benefits that you will receive, personally visiting China:
• In person will see who you are dealing.
• improve their status in the eyes of the Chinese.
• Rate-term relationship.
• Feel the difference in the manner of doing business, at the same time and you will understand why they are "not as" we.
• Make sure the vastness of choice of products in the Chinese market.
• Finally, an unforgettable experience on the culture of this country and culinary delights!
Getting Started on arrival
The trip to China has been more effective if you combine time visiting factories with specialized exhibitions. There you can see a lot of companies, chat live with the producers and intermediaries, "feel" products. And still be able to make appointments at the exhibition with the companies with which you have already established contacts in the network. Even if they will not participate, then just come to look at the achievements of their peers.
So you've decided to go. Take care of the visa in advance. Ask potential Chinese partners to send you an invitation. I think that this will not have problems. If under any pretext they refuse to help with the invitation, please note - this is a bad sign. Specify whether the original invitation to the embassy. When you receive an invitation, go to the embassy and apply for a business visa. Buy the ticket. You can also ask your partner to stay for you or you can do it yourself sites
www.ctrip.com,
www.elong.net,
www.sinohotel.com.
Do I need a translator? Need more room for complacency and more confidence. Search translators can be done on the Internet. Translation services, depending on qualifications will cost 700-1000 yuan per day.
I am sure almost 100% that you will not have to deal with the factory, but rather with the mediator, who speaks English at an acceptable level, or provide an interpreter. Even if your spoken English is very bad, do not worry too much, the Chinese have it no better. Therefore, do not be nervous about your level.
However, upon arrival in China:
• Do not expect that the Chinese will meet you at the airport or provide transportation. Plan your trip so that no one could depend.
• Do not expect that you will find in China a taxi driver speaking in English - here it is very rare. Ask you to write Chinese Name Address in Chinese. Moreover, always keep ready the phone number of your Chinese partner, so that if necessary you could dial his number and let him talk to the driver.
• If you are traveling in the Chinese metropolis, learn to correctly calculate the time. Believe me, the streets of big cities in China sometimes resemble Babel.
• Do not eat in China everything, even if you love culinary delights. If your stomach is not accustomed to such food, then either disappointed or ill.
• If you are invited for dinner, then get ready for the fact that the meal with the Chinese you have to drink a lot. If you do not drink, better arrange another time and place for the meeting.
• Always carry cash in RMB, as your credit card will be rather useless outside the hotel.
• Have you come up with a Chinese name and Chinese as possible is the name printed on the reverse side of your business card.
If you have and the legal address, title, and other information, it would be nice and print them in Chinese. Bring as many business cards - you need them, because the rules of etiquette are usually given a business card to everyone with whom you conduct business talk.