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Jun 9, 2010 10:47
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Jun 10, 2010 10:20
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GUEST05200 Public Holidays in China

On the following national holidays, banks and offices are closed, as are some shops, restaurants and tourist sights. These are peak domestic travel periods.

1 January     New Year’s Day Three days’ Holiday (From Jan.1 to Jan.3)

January-February     Chinese New Year/Spring Festival (follows the lunar calendar and it lasts about 10 days: e.g. Feb.13- Feb.21 in 2010; Feb. 2-Feb.10 in 2011; Jan. 22-Jan.30 in 2012)

1 May     Labor Day     Three days’ Holiday (From May 1 to May 3)

1 October      National Day     Severn day’s Holiday (From Oct.1 to Oct. 7)

In addition, Chinese celebrate the traditional festivals by following the lunar calendar, like the Mid-autumn Festival (one day holiday), the Dragon Boat Festival (one day holiday), you are advised to confirm the exact date of those festivals in the Gregorian Calendar from your China interpreter or your Guangzhou/Shanghai tour guide.

Opening Hours

Banks: Usually Mon-Fri 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Some open for limited services on Saturday.

Shops: Hours vary. Most shops are open daily 9:30 am to 9:00 pm. Department stores and malls, 10:00 am to 10:00 pm.

Offices: Mon-Fri 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Some close for lunch, noon-1:30 pm or 2:00 pm

Museums: Usually open seven days a week 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, although a number of museums and other tourist sights are closed for one day each week.

Bars: Generally, bars that double as cafes often open as early as 7:30 am and stay open all day. Others open by noon. The official closing hour is 2:00 am after midnight. However, bars in some big cities may close at different time. Please confirm it with your tour guide in Shanghai, Guangzhou, etc.

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Jun 11, 2010 10:16
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GUEST05200 Business Culture/ Some Tips for Doing Business with Chinese (1)

Doing business in China? Having a basic understanding of Chinese business culture and etiquette will definitely helps a lot. The following tips may help you succeed.

Guanxi (relationships between people)

Guanxi is what glues Chinese people together in their social life. For Chinese, if you have a good guanxi (personal relationship) with him or her, everything becomes easy to do. It’s also true to Chinese companies. Therefore, if you want to sell products to Chinese companies, you must establish a good personal relationship with your target company’s purchasing manager.

Compared with people from America and Europe, Chinese people are more emotional. In a way, They will decide a business deal based on how much your personal relationship with them. A good personal relationship also means a kind of trust from Chinese to you.

There are many ways to develop a good relationship with your Chinese business partner. The typical way is to invite him or her to have dinner.

The eating and drinking is an important communicating medium in China and is often used by Chinese themselves, especially when they want to establish or develop a good relationship with a business partner, a local influential official and so on.

When eating, you may talk about business, but your emphasis should be on some light topics, like your family, your hobbies, your aspirations, etc. Just treat your guest like a friend rather than a business partner, and in this way, your guest feel that you are close to him or her, you are as sincere as a friend, gradually, he or she will trust you and develop a good personal relation with you, then, it’s much easier to talk business deals with him or her.

While eating with your Chinese business partner, drinking and toasting is a must. To learn the subtle details, you may need to hire a Chinese interpreter to help. (Chinese interpreter can also be hired from a Chinese translation company or any agency that offers Chinese translation service).

In conclusion, Chinese people base their business relationships on trust and honesty, like to mix business with social life, appreciate modesty and respect for the elderly and those with higher social position and titles.
Jul 3, 2010 19:59
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GUEST93169 Business Culture/ Some Tips for Doing Business with Chinese (2)

A better understanding of the way of Chinese thinking, the way of Chinese communicating, and the way of Chinese doing business will definitely help your business negotiations go on smoothly.

Giving face or Gei Mian Zi

Mian Zi (Face) could be loosely defined as the "status" or "self-respect" in Chinese. Giving face (it means giving due respect) is a very important concept in China. You must give the appropriate respect to your Chinese business partner according to his or rank and seniority.

Basically, Chinese people are thoughtful of others, avoid confrontation, and save face on behalf of themselves and others.

For Chinese, it is the worst thing to lose face. It also accounts for that they always pay attention not to make their business partner lose face in business practice. For instance, when they disagree with you, they never say it directly. Instead, they say it in a roundabout way. So, if they say “I’ll think about it”, “I have another idea”… their words are actually graceful ways to say “No”.

Likewise, if they don’t trust you, they never show it by their expression. It’s said that Chinese are good at hiding their emotions. Also, they never say something unpleasant directly to you although you may cause him or her very angry.

When dealing with Chinese businesspersons, never prove him or her wrong nor shout at him in public, for your action would risk putting a Chinese in a situation that he might lose face.

If you do have something unpleasant to talk with your Chinese business partner, it’s advised to hire a China interpreter/translator/assistant to help conduct your topic and express your ideas in a tactful way.

In conclusion, to get a successful effect without letting a Chinese lose face, any criticism should be delivered privately and discreetly, or else, just opposite to what you wish.

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Taboo when talking with Chinese
There are some taboo areas in social conversations with the Chinese. Try to avoid these conversational topics as much as possible. Many nasty arguments as a result of these topics.
Jul 6, 2010 09:37
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Jul 18, 2011 14:32
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Jul 19, 2011 02:10
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Mar 4, 2013 18:38
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GUEST97194 Hi in shanghai till 3/14 need interpreter for a week to assist with textile manufacturers an travel back and forth to Shenzhen and Guangzhou. Long days / fun days I am from chicago: US.
Mar 7, 2013 10:19
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GUEST09230 Hi, Need a translator in Taizhou week of 18 to 22 of March.
Aug 17, 2013 01:03
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