最も顕著のの1つは直ちにヨーロッパの中国の旅行者の認識可能な特徴自身のZhongcanの中国の食糧の溺愛であり。 それらにパン、穀物およびそのような物にホテルの食堂の日の最初食欲を満たさせるほとんどの場合西の移動の悪化の1つである。

すべてこれは容易にランチタイムが後の方で夕食の時間箸を活用に置き、よいよく知られた東洋の饗宴のために掘る機会を持って来るとき忘れられ。 ない一種の目立たないレストランでほとんどのオランダ人男性はインドネシアおよび南中国様式の調理が奇妙に混じるところで「de Chinees」を、NO呼ばない、幸いにも私達は背部家からの多くの皿が巧みに準備される、広東省の料理を見つけるには四川または黒龍江のような広範囲に渡る場所からのゲストが十分に幸せ均等になるである確実な中国の飲食店の私達の公正な取り分を有し。

この媒体にかかわったAll the読者は中国文化のすべての含蓄の演劇と共に極めて重要な立場の食糧に確かに関連している。 従ってすることで中国語とのビジネスは食べ、飲むことの役割の重要性と組む 一緒にほとんど過大評価することができない。 When wielding their chopsticks and drinking their green tea or something stronger later on in the day the guests seem to find themselves at ease among elements of an alien culture surrounding them, while at the same time the engrained hierarchic patterns and internal group structure remain intact, and clearly distinguishable. Eating and drinking and then maybe some singing together (or even a bit of naughty entertainment) form an indispensable prelude to successfully building a close relationship, and as such an integral part of the trust and mutual confidence necessary for extending this into actually doing business.

We at Jingli Helan organize the leisure program for Chinese business delegations in the Netherlands from all walks of life in the Sino-Dutch business spectrum. Apart from arranging Mandarin-speaking tour guides for tailored tours we make it our business to make sure providing authentic food is well taken care of. The operative word here is guanxi: many of you will be familiar with this concept meaning something like personal relationship. Guanxi is what gets people a job, a home, adequate medical treatment, a chance in a trial and many more things.

It is certainly also the one thing that gets successful business done. It is built up by exchanging favors and gifts and needs to be maintained. For Dutch companies receiving business delegations what better way to return the favor of a cordial welcome in China then offering hospitality through the dinner table? We may never stop wondering how such a basic human need such as food fulfills a crucial role in the modern commercial world. Yet there may be lessons to be learnt from Orientals sitting at the dinner table together and taking the time to get to know each other before embarking on a business adventure together. Isn’t this building of mutual trust as a basis for commercial ties preferable to our Western fixation on contracts as an expression of distrust for business partners old as well as new?

The quintessential act of establishing, and reinforcing guanxi through an ancient ritual of nourishing the body and mind together may well be recognized as a cherished and beneficial influence from the East on the West in the near future.

Written by: Marc Combe
http://www.jinglihelan.nl/