Workshop: Navigating a Chinese Business Banquet

Building Guanxi (relationships) , Doing Business, and More Tuesday, March 3 5:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Imperial Garden Restaurant 2039 Allen Boulevard, Middleton Registration Required, Fee $40 Professor Xiaojun Wang, visiting scholar from Wuhan, China Join Professor Xiaojun Wang, visiting scholar from Wuhan, China, for a presentation and 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. Registration:  Please RSVP to Nancy Hammermeister by Friday, Feb. 27 to reserve your space. The registration fee (including program and meal) is $40 and can be paid at the door (check or cash). Find more information. Sponsors: Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) , Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) , Division of Continuing Studies, Small Business Development Center, Center for East Asian Studies, China Initiative, Madison International Trade Association (MITA) , and the Wisconsin Department of Commerce In partnership with the Confucius Institute at the University of Wisconsin – Platteville