Doing Business in ChinaEssay title: Doing Business in ChinaPROFESSOR: JUAN ESPANASTUDENT: TIFFANY NGUYENMGT 680 INT’ BUSINESS EXPERIENCECHINA STUDY TOURMARCH 2008NATIONAL UNIVERSITYChinese culture and doing business in ChinaTABLE OF CONTENTPHASE 1: RESEARCH THE HOST COUNTRY CHINAFacts about Chinapage 3-21PHASE 2: EXPERIENCE IN THE HOST COUNTRYChina in personpage 22-49PHASE 3: FINAL REPORTReflection and conclusionpage 50-64PHASE IFACTS ABOUT CHINA:Total Land Area:9,596,960 sq km* Slightly smaller than the USLand boundaries:22,117 kmCoastline Boundaries:14,500 kmClimate:Extremely diverse; tropical in south to sub arctic in northTerrain:Mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in eastElevation extremes:Lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 mHighest point: Mount Everest 8,850 mNatural resources:Coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (worlds largest)Natural hazards:
Frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence.Age structure:0-14 years: 21.4% (male 148,134,928/female 131,045,415)15-64 years: 71% (male 477,182,072/female 450,664,933)65 years and over: 7.6% (male 47,400,282/female 51,886,182) (2005 est.)Median age:Total: 32.26 yearsMale: 31.87 yearsFemale: 32.67 years (2005 est.)Religion:Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 1%-2%, Christian 3%-4%note: officially atheist (2002 est.)Languages:Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages
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Literacy:Definition: age 15 and over can read and writeTotal population: 90.9%Male: 95.1%Female: 86.5% (2002)Unemployment:4.2% official registered unemployment in urban areas in 2004; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas; an official Chinese journal estimated overall unemployment (including rural areas) for 2003 at 20% (2004).
Labor force:798 million (2006); agriculture 45%, industry 24%, services 31% (2006 est.)Exports:$974 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.): machinery and equipment, plastics, optical and medical equipment, iron and steel.Imports: