China Cultural Awareness Training in the South West

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Aims of the course

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Our China Cultural Awareness training course helps organisations work effectively and confidently with Chinese counterparts.

Whether you are negotiating contracts, managing suppliers, exporting goods, or collaborating on international projects, understanding Chinese business culture is critical to building trust and avoiding costly misunderstandings.

Doing business with China requires more than technical expertise. Success depends on understanding:

  • The importance of relationships (guanxi)

  • Hierarchy and decision-making structures

  • Indirect communication styles

  • Face and reputation

  • Negotiation expectations

  • Unwritten business etiquette

Without this awareness, Western organisations can unintentionally damage trust or slow down negotiations.

This practical training equips participants with real-world strategies to engage productively and professionally with Chinese partners.

This training can be delivered remotely via webinar to participants globally, face to face in the South West, or via our comprehensive, certified online China Cultural Online Training Course. 

 

Who will benefit from attending?

  • Negotiation teams

  • Export managers

  • Procurement professionals

  • Project teams working with Chinese counterparts

  • Senior leaders managing Chinese suppliers or clients

  • Anyone travelling to China for business

  • Organisations hosting Chinese visitors in the South West

  • Ref Nr:
    IBCCA
  • Experience Level:
    Standard
  • Group:
    Main Group

Participants will learn to:

  • Understand key cultural influences shaping Chinese business behaviour
  • Recognise how values and belief systems impact decision-making
  • Navigate hierarchy and authority expectations
  • Exploring the Chinese approach to sharing information, giving opinions and managing disagreements, coupled with essential communication guidance for foreigners.
  • Covering critical aspects of Chinese business culture, such as relationship building, dealing with conflict, negotiations and meetings.
  • Appreciating common taboos and etiquette to ensure foreigners don’t cause unnecessary offence or upset and present themselves positively.
  • Affirming that when working with anyone Chinese, it is important not to draw upon narrow stereotypes.

Key topics covered:

  • Religion
  • Holidays
  • Values
  • Communication Style
  • Business Culture
  • Etiquette & Taboos
  • Stereotyping

What's included?

Our fees are as follows: 

  • £30 per individual annual license for the online option 
  • £1,400 for an annual corporate online license (with no headcount limit and the option for customised content and LMS upload), or; 
  • £1,400 if delivered as an all-day, face-to-face course

Our standard fee face to face delivery fee includes:

  • Pre-training consultation

  • Training needs diagnostic

  • Course customisation

  • Full-day onsite delivery

  • Materials and certificates

  • Trainer travel within the South West

  • Post-training evaluation report

  • Follow-up support

For groups of 20 people, this fee is equivalent to an individual investment of £70 per head.

Our South West training teams cover Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, and Wiltshire. Whether you're in Axminster,  Exeter, Dorchester, Yeovil, Bournemouth, Plymouth, Bath, Bristol, Taunton, or Salisbury, we have expert trainers ready to deliver high-impact training, from your workplace, directly to your staff.  

Contact us to discuss further. 

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