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Navigating a Chinese Business Banquet
Building Guanxi (relationships), Doing Business, and More
Overview
Join Professor Xiaojun Wang, visiting scholar from Wuhan, China, for a presentation/discussion on how to conduct business in China. During the presentation, you will learn how to:
-Strengthen relationships with your Chinese business partners
-Distinguish variations among China’s ethnic regions and learn the importance of adjusting your manners to meet expectations in different cities
-Learn the art of greeting and exchanging business cards and gifts “the Chinese way”
Following the presentation, Professor Wang will walk you through the details of a business banquet – seating arrangements, eating different foods using chopsticks, returning toasts. You will “learn by doing” as you practice the “dos and don’ts” of a Chinese business banquet while enjoying a variety of menu items at Imperial Garden.
Agenda
5:00 p.m. – Registration and networking
5:30 p.m. – Presentation
6:30 p.m. – Chinese Banquet
8:30 p.m. – Program ends
Bring your business card to be translated by Professor Wang. Translation to be completed within two weeks after the program.
Date(s)
3/3/2009
Time
5:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location
Imperial Garden restaurant
2039 Allen Blvd
Middleton, WI
Cost
$40 - pay at door by check or cash
(includes dinner)
Registration
RSVP by phone at (608) 342-1310, or e-mail Nancy Hammermeister at hammermeistn@uwplatt.edu.
Please note our cancellation policy: no credit or refund for no shows or cancellations within five (5) days prior to the meeting. Substitutions are permitted with prior notice to the Confucius Institute.
Target Audience
Business community
Additional Information
The Confucius Institute is part of an international network of nearly 200 Confucius Institutes dedicated to enhancing the understanding of the Chinese language and culture around the world.
The Confucius Institute will serve the people of Southwest Wisconsin, the Tri-State Region, and the State of Wisconsin with high quality classes, programs and presentations, resources and events focused on learning about Chinese language and culture – for community members, businesses, and schools. The only Confucius Institute in the State of Wisconsin, it is a collaborative project among:
-University of Wisconsin-Platteville
-Hanban - The Office of Chinese Language Council International of the Chinese Ministry of Education
-South-Central University for Nationalities in Wuhan, China
Sponsors
Madison International Trade Association (MITA)
State of Wisconsin Department of Commerce
UW-Madison Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies
UW-Madison Small Business Development Center
UW-Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE)
UW-Madison Center for East Asian Studies
UW-Madison China Initiative
In partnership with the Confucius Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
Speaker Biographies
Since 1993, Wang Xiaojun (Helen) has been employed by the South-Central University for Nationalities (SCUN), Wuhan, China. In 2005 she became an associate professor in the economics department. She has been working as a visiting professor at the Confucius Institute, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, USA, since April 2008.
An accomplished teacher, she was awarded second prize in the SCUN teaching competition in December 2003. She has taught financial management, international taxation, public finance and taxation, banking credit management and contemporary Chinese economy.
Her research interests include foreign trade and investment in China, the Chinese social security system, the economic development of ethnic groups in China, and international accounting standards.
Some of her publications include: Digital Agriculture & Sustainable Development of Agriculture in Ethnic Areas of Western China (2005); Research on the Spreading Mechanism of Agricultural Experts System in Western China (2005); Analysis and Prevention on Financial Risk of Social Security in China (2004).
Xiaojun (Helen) is married to an economics professor at South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, China and has a 15 year old stepdaughter.