• Go to China on your own and hope for the best. Get a visa, an English-Chinese dictionary, learn to eat with chopsticks or take a fork. Take plenty of money. Be very careful. And know that we wish you good luck!

• Go to China on your own but staff up with permanent, carefully-selected, full-time employees. You will need, bi-lingual, people who were technically educated in China who have on-site Chinese manufacturing experience and personal contacts with the kinds of resources you will need to make for the products you wish to produce there. Be very, very sure you don’t accidentally violate local regulations.

• Or partner with a Chinese-American firm, like ours with the facilities, the personnel, the knowledge, experience and skills required to assure success. What ever you do please note that there are twelve tasks which must be done right every time with every task without exceptions. Difficult? Yes, but we do it all the time. It’s our business.
  
  

TWELVE TASKS TO MAKE DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA HAPPEN SUCCESSFULLY…

• Translate both technical and transactional information accurately both ways..
• Provide technical expertise when needed.
• Know where to find appropriate resources in complex industrial areas.
• Select resources with verified skills and performance appropriate to the tasks.
• Negotiate price, payment terms, material availability and other necessary resources,
• Relocate manufacturing tasks “overnight” if necessary.
• Supervise quality-control programs on every job.
• Anticipate difficulties, especially those peculiar to Asian industry.
• Correct mistakes and misunderstandings quickly.
• Perform supply-chain tasks efficiently in spite of language, trade and cultural differences. 
• Maintain 24/7 contacts between you and your jobs in China.
• Stay Current on critical issues – materials, currency, politics, shipping and  communications…

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