FESCO (外企人才在线)
www.fesco.com.cn/enfesco/engindex.htm
Under the supervision of the Beijing Municipal Foreign Economic Relations
and Trade Commission, the Foreign Enterprise Services Corporation (FESCO) provides human resource services to both foreign
enterprises and domestic clients. The services FESCO offers to foreign
commercial clients include: legal assistance, investment advice, a commercial
agency, notary services, and public relations aid.
The Person
Talent Consulting Service Corporation, established in June 1995, is part of
FESCO. Sponsored by the Beijing
Foreign Enterprises Service Corporation, the Person Talent Consulting Service
Corporation is a specialized personnel organization, authorized by the Beijing government to provide
personnel services to a variety of
enterprises in China. This consulting company’s scope of business includes: the
provision of qualified personnel to Sino-Foreign
Enterprises through head-hunting services;
finding
temporary workers as well; handling job-hunting and recruiting registration;
providing job information and consulting services on personnel affairs; offering a
re-study training program both at home and abroad. The website’s clickable links are uneven in the information they
provide. The link describing the firm’s training seminars, for instance, is
well organized, informative, and detailed, while the link for real estate
information contains only contact numbers. Concerning personnel services,
though, the website is cohesive and contains contact names and numbers. Email: person@public.east.cn.net.
ChinaWe.com
www.chinawe.com
The
website advertises itself as “the
first web site in China providing business-to-business e-marketplace for
manufacturer and trader.”
The site offers business-related
items and services via 1)a search engine linked to a Chinese
products and suppliers database and 2)a supply
and demand message board. The
web page provides e-commerce services as follows: an online shopping center, an online sample sale, and an online factory outlet. The website’s search engine allows suppliers and buyers to post,
view, and take advantage of timely
business opportunities.
An information search of
products or companies is
available in either English or
Chinese (GB5 or Big5), and
by key words or by categories.
Membership is necessary for consultation services. Services to
buyer members are free
of charge at present, unless a selection of optional
services is made. It is not
clear from the site what optional services include, although it is probable
that the majority of the following
count as optional services: IT Training:
as a business-to-business
trade portal, the website offers
Internet training;
Market Research: services for
supplier members include market studies, investigation of competitors, and business projections; Quality
Inspection:
offers “standard,
low-cost and quality inspection certification services for supplier members;” Credit
Report: working in conjunction with several credit
investigation companies,
provides
credit-checking services;
Banking Services: under construction, but the website indicates the
company plans to provide future banking services, including assistance for Chinese
enterprises in opening branch
offices in the US or Europe; letters of credit; and aid in opening banking accounts with overseas banks; Shipping
& Warehousing: shipping and warehousing
services; Insurance:
“various insurance products
offered by some leading insurance companies;”
Legal Service: offers access to international
and domestic law publications and information
on major
changes in laws or regulations relevant
to members; Financial
Consulting:
help in applying for
secured term loans, lines of credit, and
equipment leases; Customs Declaration:
provide import and export declaration services; Human
Resources:
in conjunction with several
headhunter firms, the
company
plans to offer staffing
services; Sales
Promotion:
assistance with Internet promotion. The website is well organized, with its services clearly delineated.
There is also access to news websites provided.
Shenzhen
New System Management Advisory, Ltd.
(深圳市南晟德管理 顾问有限公司)
www.sinoconsultation.com
This
Shenzhen-based firm consults on the following management systems:
ISO 9000, ISO 14000, QS 9000, SA 8000. The firm’s services are designed to
“regulate and improve the quality of a firm’s management, marketing strategy
and customized projects….” The firm focuses on assisting with total quality
management (to help in projects like restructuring) and human resource projects
and training services (to build a workforce, retain employees, achieve
organizational effectiveness and development). The website does not indicate
whether the firm offers these services to foreign enterprises.
Hua-Ander Certified Public Accountants (华安德会计师事务所)
www.china-cpa.com/contact2.htm
This firm has offices in Beijing and Shanghai. The
website offers both CPA and consulting services. The
firm handles both statutory and non-statutory audits, capital verifications, and
special projects such as due diligence. The firm’s areas of expertise include audits, reviews, and compilation of financial
statements according to international standards. The
firm also acts as registered tax specialists. Services for this
specialization include: computing and filing tax returns for individuals,
enterprises, and representative offices. The firm also offers income tax planning and
assistance to clients in resolving issues related to various taxes. As part of
its accounting function, the firm provides bookkeeping and accounting services
and prepares not only financial statements, in accordance with local or
international accounting standards, but also management reports, in accordance
with clients’ specific
requirements. Additional services include: custodianship of payroll and bank accounts; designing and implementing internal control
systems and standard operating
procedures (SOP). The firm’s services are based on
“successful assignments with multinational manufacturing and retailing
companies.”
This firm offers investment consulting services to its
clients. Dayue advertises its
mission as building “a
bridge between [the] Chinese market and Western investors.”
This claim indicates that the firm provides services to foreign investors in the
China market. The firm currently
provides consulting services in the following areas: investment and financing
consulting, enterprise reform and management consulting,
market research, and information
services. The
firm acts in the following capacities: advisor
to investors and lenders in structuring projects,
bidding or investment schemes, project feasibility studies, and
with the overall financing matters;
advisor to companies in applying
for bank or consortium loans;
advisor to enterprises on debt rescheduling and refinancing, including making refinancing
schemes, compiling and drafting refinancing documents, and coordinating relations
between the enterprise and the lender; assists
companies applying for multilateral financing including The World Bank, ADB, and
foreign government loans; financial
advisor in investment targets or projects for foreign investors and project
sponsors, in looking
for and recommending suitable
local partners for foreign investors, in
drafting financial
feasibility study reports or assessment reports, in conducting due diligence according to the requirements of clients, in
assisting clients in drafting
term sheets and contract
negotiations up to the official closing of projects; advises overseas clients on project development and approval
procedures; assists clients in understanding Chinese tax environment,
preferential policies, foreign exchange controls, and contacting or fostering working relations with regulatory
agencies and officers. The English
mirror site is very informative and detailed. It has links describing the
firm’s successful and upcoming projects, providing an online inquiry form, and
listing the firm’s strategic partners some of whom include well-respected,
international consulting firms.
Chesterton Petty International Property Consultants (卓德)
www.chesterton.com.hk
This property consulting firm is primarily focused on the Hong Kong market.
However, the website offers services for China,
including corporate office location
consulting, expatriate residential
relocation services,
acquisitions, sales and leasing,
valuation,
industrial services,
investment and development consultancy, residential portfolio management, research and consultancy, lease
renewals and rent reviews,
property management,
and building and project consultancy. The major drawback of the website is that it details these services in
reference to Hong Kong, but not for the rest of China.
Hong Kong Modern Management
Centre, Ltd.
(香港现代企业管理中心有限公司)
www.hkmmc.com
This management consulting agency has its
headquarters in Hong Kong; offices in Shenzhen, Tianjin, and Shanghai; and subsidiaries
in Dalian, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Zhongshan, Shandong. The agency’s consultative
areas of expertise include overall system management, flow reconstruction
and recreation, marketing management, human resource development,
decision-making management, target management and performance assessment,
manufacturing and processing control, cost budget and control, time management,
statistics technology applying, and international standard certifications. These international
certifications involve such systems as ISO9000, ISO14000, QS9000, and SA8000. ISO9000 refers to
international management setups by which to overcome the impact of WTO. ISO14000
directs a company on
how to scientifically
make environmentally
beneficial use
of natural resources. QS9000 refers to standards by which car suppliers can guarantee their products’ quality.
BS7799 is a standard for computer
network
maintenance and information safeguards. EN46000 relates to improving the quality of medical products.
TL9000 involves improving the communications industry’s quality. The agency offers distance
learning and provides
managers
training in
conjunction with universities in both Hong Kong and the PRC. The website offers
detailed information on these international certification standards, access to
email through registration, a membership application form available only in
Chinese, an online form for contacting the agency, updates in the industry,
discussion forums still under construction, and a description of the agency’s
staff. Information on this website is concentrated on international
certification standards.
Golden Finger Investment Consultant (广东金手指投问有限公司)
www.manbu.com.cn
This
Guangdong-based professional investment
securities advisory organization offers investment analysis, consultation for
investment in stocks, and advice on the bond market. Website links include:
stock market quotes, news, and developments; access to other related networks
and organizations; information on membership; and industry news and analysis.
Some of the links are still under construction, but this is a promising website.
GTA
Information Technology Co., Ltd. (国泰安信息网)
www.chinagtait.com/eindex.htm
This
Shenzhen-based company is
a major provider of research
on finance,
securities, and economics in China. The advertised mission of the company is “to provide professional services
for investors in and researchers of the Chinese stock market.” The website offers research
databases concerning China’s
finance, securities, and economics sectors. These databases are available in TXT
and FoxPro versions.
The company
offers researchers assistance
not only in gathering and processing data but also in analyzing information on finance and
economics. Contact is through both email, gtait@sina.com,
and an online email form. Available links include specific services under the
headings of securities analysis, investment advising, and management
consultancy. The specific services under each heading are listed, but details
about them are not
elaborated. Several of the links are only available in Chinese as the English
version is still under construction.
Shenzhen
Scinfo Investment Consultant Development Co., Ltd.
(信科投资)
www.sicd.com.cn/english/index.htm
This
company is a joint venture between Canada’s CCH Hi-Tech Enterprise, Ltd. and Shenzhen’s Science & Technology Achievements
Transfer Center (under the Shenzhen Science and Technology Bureau). The company is a professional
consulting firm specializing in hi-tech industrialization and investment. The company offers assistance in applying for government
funds, acquiring hi-tech
enterprises supporting loans, and aiding
enterprises through strategic plans for entry into the “A” or “B” stock market.
Other services include drafting business plans; assistance in finding investment partners; structuring
company projects; preparing hi-tech project implementation plans; locating investment funds at the early stage of hi-tech projects; and conducting research
concerning hi-tech projects' scope,
implementation benefits, environmental
impact, technological
advancement, sustainability,
and application methods. Finally, the company engages in both domestic and
international marketing research for particular projects. Contact is available through email: sicdco@163.net.
The website’s information is fairly brief compared to other websites listed
here.
Chainshine
Consulting (诚迅联丰咨询公司)
www.chainshine.com
The founder of this Beijing-based consulting firm
“is
a former
employee of Lehman Brothers with an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.” The website indicates that the firm provides “Financial Training, Management
Training, Etiquette Training and Campus Recruiting for multinationals in China
as well as large Chinese banks and corporations.” This company would be a good resource for foreign firms hiring local
staff who need additional training. The firm’s courses
on financial training include products such as IPO, bond issuance, mergers and
acquisitions, asset-backed securities, project finance, export finance and
syndication loan, fixed income, money market, derivatives, equities, foreign
exchange, RMA Credit Training, financial analysis, basic accounting, research,
credit rating, and Chinese bankers' career development. The firm’s courses in
management training provide market-oriented career development training for
white-collar workers in foreign companies, private, state-owned enterprises, and
government. The firm also offers an international business etiquette training
program that includes workshops in Communication Skills, Telephone Skills,
Inter-personal Skills, Business Etiquette, Business Attire, and Table Manners.
The website indicates that this firm maintains professional contacts with some
well-respected international companies in the fields of investment banking,
consulting, accounting, marketing, and education.
KPMG
www.kpmg.com.cn
This international consulting firm has its main
China office in Beijing with additional offices in Shanghai. The website lists
the most common concerns for foreign firms wanting to set up businesses in China
as the
following: navigating the maze of registration
procedures and tax regulations; finding qualified personnel; and
dealing with the unexpected. To assist companies in this position, KPMG offers a
variety of services including: a corporate services practice to assist in
the registration of representative offices, branches, project offices, wholly
foreign-owned enterprises, and joint ventures; a tax practice to assist
in the registration of an organization with the relevant tax authorities and
advise on the structuring of the Chinese entity to simplify the tax
implications; a corporate finance practice to provide market and industry
research as well as feasibility studies; a human resources advisory
practice to provide not only an overview of local labor laws, compensation,
and social security requirements in China but also to conduct searches for
qualified local and expatriate staff of all levels and experience; an assurance
practice to provide examination services on capital injection in accordance
with the statutory requirements; and an information technology practice
to select and implement accounting and
manufacturing systems, including hardware and networking configurations. The
main KPMG website, www.kpmg.com, offers very
detailed information on the company’s global services, including assurance
(the mainstay of the company’s business), tax, consulting, financial advisory
services, corporate finance, corporate recovery, forensic and litigation
services, and transaction services. Other links include the industries served
by the company, an introduction to the company, contact information, an index,
help, a selector for different countries, career information, and information on
the company’s interactive endeavors such as webcasts and videos.
China Research Corporation (中国研究公司)
www.china-research.com
This Beijing-based company provides marketing
strategy consulting services. According to the website, the company has
offered market research and strategy consulting
services to around 100 multi-national IT and Telecommunication vendors since
1992 when the company was founded. Services for IT and T vendors
are as follows: external environment and internal
capacity analysis; industry analysis, gap analysis and SWOT analysis; market
segmentation and focus strategy consulting; product and service strategy
consulting; new market entry strategy and ROI analysis; new product marketing
entry strategy; internal resource restructuring strategy; CRM system
development; competing strategy; brand strategy; pricing strategy; and channel
strategy. Other services concerning market entry include: macroeconomics
and policy trend analysis; current market size and future trend analysis;
marketing segmentation and customer needs analysis; competition analysis;
channel strategy consulting; pricing strategy consulting; and investment (ROI)
analysis. The website offers a variety of information, including examples of
market research reports put out by the company for different clients. Accessible
links include email contacts for different services, news related to the
company’s business sector, a schematic outlining the company’s services,
summaries and purchasing information on the reports published by the company for
its clients, and developments within the company since its founding.
Pinpoint
Consulting is a professional investment consulting firm incorporated in the
British Virgin Islands, but with offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and
Shenzhen. Access to
all the information, including a subscription-based weekly newsletter, on the
website is free; news contained on the website is updated on a
weekly basis. Prices for
the company's services are
listed on the website. The website offers accessible links to
an inquiry form containing space for comments and requests, information on
investment opportunities in China, useful summaries concerning foreign direct
investment (general and regulations) and China’s economy, the teams handling
the company’s services, fees, and the company’s business philosophy. There
is also an online search engine for the company’s database which contains a
collection of articles related to different topics. Pinpoint’s
“target client base” is overseas medium or small investors “who are
willing to enter into the fast growing China market.” The company advertises its strong
point as “providing macro-information, sector analyzing, identifying potential
partners as well as valuation and performing due diligence on designated targets
in relation to direct investments in China.” Personnel providing services to
clients include analysts,
information
providers, editors
and translators. In addition, an in-house
professional team provides consulting services such as the following:
feasibility studies; introducing and selecting potential business partners for
clients; performing due diligence, financial analysis and valuation services;
assisting in sourcing domestic and international financing; help in providing
legal advice (legal opinions to be issued by PRC certified lawyers with which
the company maintains contacts); and advising on other legal and financial issues in
connection with the formation of joint venture enterprises.
Sun
Great Tech. Consulting Co. Ltd. (Guangzhou)
http://job-china.com/eversion/lietou/sungreat.html
This
company is a Guangzhou-based subsidiary of Hong Kong Sun Great International
Development Company. Its primary focus is human resource consulting. According
to the website, Sun Great “is equipped with cooperative connection[s] [to a]
network of personnel consultants, at home and abroad, and especially an army of
professional managers and experts with experience of management in foreign
countries and technological work….” The website indicates that the
company’s personnel comprises experts in human resource management,
technologists, and administrative experts in IT. Services primarily concern
recruiting, training of professional managers, and consultation on strategic
administration issues. The company also encourages job recruitment from senior
professionals. The company’s particular services include: recruitment services
directed at managerial staff and engineers (IT); a resume service for
professionals; recommendation of professionals for different positions;
consulting service on the system establishment of human resource management
systems; and consulting services concerning companies’ management strategies.
Website information, beyond the company’s services is limited, but the
company’s contact information is as follows: Guangzhou Cyber Port Room 2011,
Huihua Commercial Building, No.80 Xianlie Zhong Road, Guangzhou 510070; Tel.:
8620-87323001, 87323002, 87323003; Fax: 8620-87323022.
ChinaVista
(中国指南)
www.chinavista.com/business/consulting/index.html
The website indicates that “in partnership
with China's leading
business information providers, ChinaVista brings you the best China
business information and consulting services available today.” This
Xiamen-based firm’s services include: economic data: macro
and micro economic data, monthly statistic reports, city-by-city statistics
(specifically-China
Macro economy Database, China
Urban Statistical Database, China
1997 Economic Data & Statistics CD-ROM, China
Monthly Statistical Report); consumer behavior and advertising: four databases
(specifically-Urban
Consumer Behavior, Urban
Income & Expenditures, TV
Advertising, Newspaper
Advertising) concerning income and expenditures of Chinese urban citizens,
urban consumer behavior, television advertising, and newspaper advertising; market
analysis: industry sector reports, company and product data, securities data
and analysis, custom market surveys (specifically-Industry
Sector Reports, Custom
Market Surveys & Research Reports, Science
& Technology Market CD-ROMS , China
Securities Markets Consulting); commerce and trade assistance: China-based
company registration, document translation, company information searches,
business liaison services (specifically-Business
Liaison Service, Document
Translation, Company
Background Information, China
Company Registration (for foreign companies)). The homepage, www.chinavista.com/home.html,
offers the following links: a data base, updated daily, which gives a
comprehensive listing of business and trade information; a connection to Chinese
companies and products; business news including events like trade fairs,
exhibitions, customs information, statistics, and economic briefs; online
ordering for Chinese arts and crafts; a fairly broad search engine; and travel
information. Membership on the website appears to be free and entitles
subscribers to discounts on consulting services. The Chinese version of the
website is available in Big 5 and GB versions.
Runckel
& Associates
www.business-in-china.net/china.htm
The website
advertises itself as a “one stop,
easy to use information search system that links to many other databases.”
The website's sponsor, Runckel and Associates, offers a variety of services,
including: consulting
and development assistance (market development; manufacturing/processing; licensing/contracting; joint ventures; strategic planning; product sourcing; profit planning; organization), marketing (manufacturer’s representatives; market development; market surveys; trade show representation; market intelligence; distributor/agent sourcing; negotiations; problem solving), and finance (business plans, pro-forma, venture capital, trade financing). The firm’s areas of expertise are as follows: international business
consulting for both American firms wishing to set up business in Asia and Asian
companies wanting to break into the U.S. market (Click
here
to visit the firm’s
business websites group at www.business-in-asia.com);
e-commerce/Website design and
promotions for use in international markets; meeting/trip facilitation for both
Asian clients going to the U.S. and American customers traveling to Asia (Click
here
for e-mail contact); interpretation and translation (Mandarin,
Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese with little notice; other Asian languages may require more advanced
notice). The website is very detailed, with lots of
information packed into small spaces. Nevertheless, the website does a good job
of presenting the variety of information necessary to fulfill its promise of
being a “one-stop” resource center for U.S. firms wanting to do business in
Asia. As indicated online, Runckel and Associates, the sponsor of the site, is
based in the U.S., but is an international consulting firm with clients in both
Asia and the U.S. Its homepage is located at www.business-in-asia.com/r_index.htm.
McKinsey
& Company
www.greaterchina.mckinsey.com/english/home/homefa.htm
McKinsey
& Company, a leading international consulting firm, describes its mission as
two-fold: “to help our clients make positive, lasting, and substantial
improvements in their performance and to build a great firm that is able to
attract, develop, excite, and retain exceptional people.” McKinsey's Greater
China offers services to “leading companies and institutions in China, Hong
Kong, and Taiwan.” Multinational corporations (MNCs) are among the company’s
clientele. Services provided include: assisting local companies in developing
domestic, regional, and global strategies; helping MNCs in evaluating markets,
making acquisitions, structuring alliances; aiding public entities in
restructuring policies and defining more commercially focused programs; and
helping clients with operational and organizational challenges. The company’s
services extend across a broad range of sectors, including financial
institutions, consumer goods, telecommunications, electronics, energy, and
industrial goods. Offices are located in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and
Taipei. The office in Hong Kong specializes in helping conglomerates involved in
trade, property, and services. The Shanghai office focuses on assisting clients
with development strategies, SOE reform, and SOE restructuring. The Beijing
office offers services to both local and international clients. The Greater
China portion of the website provides examples of the company’s recent work in
China, but offers only summary descriptions of services and staff. The overall
website, however, is more detailed in its descriptions of the company’s
services in general.
Arthur Andersen
www.arthurandersen.com/website.nsf/content/AsiaPacificChina?OpenDocument
Arthur
Andersen (now known simply as Andersen) describes itself as “China’s leading
investment and business advisor” and claims unparalleled expertise in
China’s central-provincial relations. Established in 1991, the
company has offices in Beijing, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and
Hong Kong. The company set up a joint venture with the Ministry of Finance in
1992 and also created the first Sino-foreign CPA firm in China.
Services, as far as China is concerned, are wide and varied. They include the
following: 1) Assurance--Attest
services (e.g. on the reliability of financial statements,
controls used to operate businesses, and compliance with regulatory
requirements), Integrated
audit services (e.g. independent auditing of financial reporting
and risk-focused reviews of business processes), Transaction
advisory services (e.g. due diligence, debt transactions,
divestitures, restructurings, strategic alliances and securitizations, and
transaction structuring); Customers
and channels (e.g. marketing, selling, service, process
strategies); eCollaboration
(e.g. digital markets, supply chains, procurement); Enterprise technology--(e.g.
application solutions, implementations); Finance and Operations--(business
intelligence, strategic cost management, finance improvement, outsourcing); Internet
services; Organizational--(e.g. mergers and acquisitions,
executive management, performance management); Strategy and Value--(e.g.
eBusiness, global expansion, post-merger integration, value creation); 2) Corporate
Finance-(corporate
finance, corporate restructuring, real
estate); 3) Outsourcing--Finance
operations management (e.g. solutions range from choosing and installing
technology to managing transaction processing and even higher-level strategic
reporting and management functions), High-volume
transaction processing--(e.g.
solutions include installation and management of finance and accounting
applications, as well as high-volume transaction processing services),
Enterprise Resource Planning and Application
Service Providers (e.g. manage implementations of leading ERP applications,
provide finance and accounting services to web-based application service
providers); 4) Risk
Consulting--Enterprise
and operational risk services, E-business and
technology risk services, Specialty
risk services; 5) Tax
Services--Corporate
tax
(e.g. help companies design and implement
strategies that minimize these taxes), International
tax
(e.g. help multinational companies minimize
the worldwide tax burden on business transactions and operations and make
effective foreign investments), Local and indirect tax
(e.g. offer innovative ways to identify,
minimize, and manage these taxes), Private
client services
(e.g. offer extensive experience in
investment advisory services, estate and family wealth planning, financial
planning, tax issues), Strategic
tax outsourcing,
technology solutions,
Tax
transformation,
Valuation (e.g. experienced
in finance, real estate, asset consulting and cost segregation, and will value,
document and support conclusions for both tangible and intangible assets). The
website is very detailed on all of the services offered by the company in China
and lists global and local clientele. More detailed information is contained on
the general website for the company, rather than on the web page detailing its
China component.
Advanced
Consultants Limited
http://home.netvigator.com/~funding/English.html
This company
is “an international funding, investment and business consulting firm based in
Hong Kong.” Services include: Corporate Finance Consulting (venture capital,
private equity, project financing, syndicated loans, mortgage loans,
refinancing, finance leasing, industrial and commercial financing, trade
financing);
Investment Consulting (sourcing and identifying appropriate investment opportunities in
China); and Other Advisory Services (private placement, new issues, buyouts,
shell companies, market consultancy, business proposals). The website is quite
limited in the information it provides, but contact is available via email at funding@netvigator.com.
Consultech
www.china-invest.com/Consultech/main.htm
This
firm has offices in Shanghai and Beijing. Services include: 1) Market
research (analyze and monitor the following: market size, market saturation,
customer satisfaction, market share, market concentration, regulations, market
age, price, installed base, market growth, competition, replacement, market
potential, distribution channels), Assessing Customer Behavior in China
(purchase
decisions, customer
perception and expectation, influence of
advertisements, brand
identification),
Evaluating Your Future Market in China (identifying
customers' unmet needs, assessing
customers' willingness to switch suppliers, identifying
sales opportunities),
Strategic MR Research (product research, sales
research); 2)
Competitive Intelligence Consulting-Competitive Monitoring
(monitoring of competitors, overall industry, new
entrants,
competitor's
customers), Competitive Research and Analysis
(competitor
profiles, emerging
competitor analysis, trends of market players and their technologies),
CI training and CI systems (theory and
principles of CI, creating and
implementing a CI system, corporate CI
education across management levels); 3) Strategic Consulting-Product Licensing,
Market Entry Assistance (entry
strategy and cost assessment, competitive
tactic recommendations), New Product Promotion,
JV Match Making (identification
and evaluation of possible local joint venture partners or distributors),
Business Development, Competitive Benchmarking;
4) Promotional Consulting-New Product Launch, Existing
Product Promotion
(promotional meetings and trade shows), Business
Communication (publicity & press releases),
Marketing Communications; and
5) Information
Services-China Market Reports (market
engineering reports, written in association with Frost
& Sullivan, a US based international marketing consulting and training
company). The website also offers access to other information: a Fee-based Industry Newsletter-China
Medipharm Insights, the leading monthly newsletter
about the Chinese healthcare market (More
about CMI);
Free Newsletters-China Medical News
(CMN), (language: English)
China's first on-line newsletter, produced bimonthly (Sign
up), China
Telecom Insights (CTI),
(language: Chinese) A bimonthly newsletter on the telecom market in China (Sign
up), Consultech Marketing New Knowledge, (language: Chinese) A
monthly, online newsletter providing Western marketing
concepts especially for a Chinese staff (Sign
up).
Finally, other resources include Public Training Seminars (fee-based) and Industry Specific, Free,
In-house Seminars. The website
is fairly extensive in its information and varied in the types of resources
offered. Some of the most useful links are to industry news, market information,
forums, and upcoming conferences.
The China Business Group, Inc.
www.cbg-inc.com
With offices
in Boston, New Haven, Shanghai, and Beijing, CBG has “an exceptional blend of
business, operational and technical expertise in China.” Services include: development
and implementation of strategic business plans for the China market; partner
identification and evaluation; market, industry, and competitor analyses;
investment analysis; due diligence and feasibility studies; development and
implementation of sourcing strategies and sourcing organizations; distribution
channel structure and development;
analysis,
design, and development of management and operational structures, including
recruiting, hiring, and training;
negotiation
strategies and implementation; technology transfer and intellectual property
protection strategies; site location for manufacturing operations and corporate
offices; and design
and development of government relations programs to create and maintain support
networks. In addition to a description of the company’s services, the website
offers links to summaries of different firm projects, current programs,
testimonials, and suggested reading. One final link provides access to a free,
subscription-based, online publication, The China Chronicle. This publication is
billed as “an innovative, entertaining look at issues of current interest to
foreign investors in China.” Topics that are available include economic
forecasts, information on the economy in China and its currency, inflation,
credit policies, investment, and the downside of the economy. There is also an
online inquiry form to contact the company at its Boston headquarters.
China Corporate Advice Centre
www.ccac-london.com
According
to its website, CCAC is “a multinational group of management
consultants covering virtually all aspects of commercial, technical, and
cultural activity.” This consulting firm indicates that its areas of expertise
are civil engineering (infrastructure projects and environmental issues),
horticulture (essential oils, fragrances, herbs, pharmaceuticals), marketing
(advice on corporate identity, web design, restructuring management, training
programs, advertising, public relations), market research (how to enter or
expand in the China market), science and technology (designing and equipping
labs, research and development), and education (human resources development,
enhancing educational facilities, organizing conferences and seminars). Other
links on the website include descriptions of the firm’s directors, the
company’s projects in Kunming, Yunnan Province, access to China’s main
newspapers and government offices, news sites, China related search engines,
China maps, business news, a business directory, information resource center for
business and technology, and online inquiry form, and direct email contact. In
general, the website is quite specific, but also has clear and easy to access to
weblinks given
the firm’s clientele and scope of business.
Sinosphere
www.sinosphere.com
According to
the website, this company provides “management and consulting services
[concerning] social, economic, and environmental policy, development, law and
regulation in China.” The company offers a full range of services for
multinationals, institutions, and government agencies in China. These services
include: Facility, Regulatory
and Project EHS Audits (pre-acquisition and post-acquisition or operational
due diligence assessments); EHS
Management (provides management services to corporations that require local
EHS support in China); Tracking
Policy, Regulatory and Enforcement Issues (continuous tracking of the latest
policies, legislative and enforcement trends through document research and
direct contact with government agencies and think tanks); Socio-economic
Strategies (socio-economic analysis, social impact assessments, social
policy and project development); and International
Development Programs. Other links on the website are as follows:
a list of Sinosphere’s consortium partners, a description of the
company’s monthly newsletter, and useful links to organizations and
institutions involved in environmental policy research or formulation related to
China. Two promising links—references and a search engine—are still under
construction. Contact is via email, mail@sinosphere.com.
The website is clear and promises to be very informative once all of its online
links are complete.
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