According to China's Ministry of Commerce, the value of the country's international service outsourcing contracts for 2011 has exceeded USD 10 billion with 152% increase YOY. It reports also that over 8000 service outsourcing companies hired 700,000 more employees, approximately 500,000 among them fresh graduates, making it a 12% increase YOY.




In recent years, a record number of business people from abroad traveled to China to looking for business opportunities, visiting suppliers, business partners, clients, interaction in China with government officials and other high-level personnel etc. Undoubtedly, an actual visit to the country can help one to quickly ramp up relevant country knowledge and to even initiate a profitable business relationship with a Chinese partner. However, if one does not prepare for the trip carefully, a first-time visit can easily be turned into an unproductive and wasteful exercise.

