CCBC’s China Ready Series: Chinese Business Culture and Gift Giving – Better understand your interactions with Chinese counterparts
CCBC’s China Ready Series: Chinese Business Culture and Gift Giving – Better understand your interactions with Chinese counterparts
CCBC’s six-part China Ready series of webinars is designed to provide guidance and expert advice to companies interested in exporting to China. The second in the series, Chinese Business Culture and Gift Giving—Better understand your interactions with Chinese counterparts, offers participants valuable insight on the intricacies of Chinese business culture and the importance of ‘getting it right’ when meeting a Chinese business counterpart for the first time. A key mantra in business is to ‘know your customer’ and nowhere is this more true than in China. Participants received key cultural pointers on how to make a positive impression and also what pitfalls to avoid in your personal interactions. Real life experiences were highlighted in this session, providing participants with practical examples on how to ensure a successful business trip. A Q&A session followed the presentation.
Interested in watching a video recording of the presentation? Please contact your Chapter Director to request the link.
Participants who complete this six-part series will receive an official CCBC China Ready Certificate.
About the presenter:
Sarah Kutulakos
Executive Director & COO, Canada China Business Council
Sarah Kutulakos, Executive Director for the Canada China Business Council, has extensive experience in China Prior to joining CCBC, Sarah worked for 11 years in marketing, product development, and management with a major multinational corporation, where she had multiple assignments involving China. Sarah managed worldwide product businesses that marketed to China and used China-based sources of supply. She was also involved in several projects requiring cooperation with the Chinese government. Sarah has led both established and start-up businesses within the context of a global corporation and has broad emerging market business experience, and has been involved in the Greater China region since the late 1980s when she lived and worked in Taiwan. There, she was the first non-Chinese employee of a local high-tech start-up firm, where she gained a deep understanding of Chinese business practices.
A fluent Mandarin speaker, Sarah’s interest in China began at the University of Wisconsin, where she studied Chinese, marketing, and international business. She holds an MBA in finance and operations from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester. She frequently speaks on China issues, including marketing, trade, investment, and Canada-China relations.
This introductory six-part series is for those considering China for trade diversification or who are curious but not sure where to start. The six modules in the series cover a range of topics related to doing business in China – conclusion of all six will leave participants ready to consider their next steps. As China enters a phase of ‘rebound spending’ post lockdown, the timing has never been better to seize the potential in this massive consumer market.
Webinar Sessions:
- July 22: China Demystified—10 myth busters about doing business in China
- July 29: Chinese Business Culture and Gift Giving—Better understand your interactions with Chinese counterparts
- August 5: Getting Your Product Certified and China Ready—Simplifying the import license and compliance process
- August 12: A Guide to Exporting to China
- August 20: IP in China 2020—No longer a barrier to taking on the China market
- August 26: E-Commerce 201—Selling your product in China without having to jump on a plane
This session was free of charge for CCBC members in good standing, C$25+HST for non-members.
