How to Start an International Translation Business

One of the best home based businesses is foreign languages translation service. Translation service is an industry that is rapidly growing at a very fast pace because of international business, immigration and globalization. With $11 billion in the year 1999, the translation industry has grown by leaps and bounds to do business worth $30 billion in the year 2006. You don't have to be a linguist or translator to start an international translation agency. Hire freelance translators to do the work for your business. Simply follow our step-by-step instructions to find out how simple and inexpensive it is to start your very own profitable and high-paying translation service.

Just list a few advantages of running a translation business:

• Flexible Schedules with Great Personal Freedom and Independence

• No Investment and Risk-Free Startup

• Run and Manage Your Business Anywhere

• Work From Home, No Bricks & Mortar Office Required

• Recession Proof and Unlimited Growth Potential

• Quickly Increase Your Monthly Recurring Revenue

• Clients from All over the World Come To You

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• Things You Must Know before Starting Your Business

• 10 Keys to Identify Professional Freelance Translators

• Learn How to Set Your Profitable Fee Structures

• How to Maximize Your Revenue and Profits

• Effectively Promote Your Business to Local and Global Markets

• Proven Ways to Get Clients from All over the World

• FAQs about Managing Your Translation Agency

• Bonus: List of Free and Low Cost Online Tools

• Bonus: Sample Service Proposal

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Need quick information or guidance? Our CIAs (China Intelligence Associates) have compiled informational fact sheet (PDF file) on various subjects. Simply browse through and click the link to order a copy, your order is usually sent via email in 2 or 3 business days. Major credit cards are accepted via PayPal (a minimum processing fee is charged for each order).

TRAVEL

• Getting a Visa for Your China Mission

• Business Travel Alert: a List of Chinese Holidays

• Things You Need to Know before Relocating to China

• Tips for You: Travel to China

• Visiting China: Travel, Health and Safety Issues

BUSINESS

• Overview of China's Economy

• Guide to Doing Business in China

• Business Resources for US Companies in China

• Chinese Name for Yourself (translation service)

• Chinese Names for You and Your Company (translation service)

• Chinese Market Outlook (specify your industry)

• Chinese Corporate System: State vs. Private Enterprise

• Corporate Income Tax in China

• Critical Elements for Selecting Partners

• Choosing the Best Location for Your Operations

• Doing Business with China: Key Success Factors

• Establishing a Successful Business Presence in China

• How to Establish a Representative Office in China

• Investing in China: Options for US Companies

• Investing in China: Provincial Fact (pick a province)

• Setting up a Distribution Channel in China

• Opportunities beyond Shanghai and Beijing

• Managing Logistics in China

• Marketing to Chinese Consumers

• Protecting Your Intellectual Property Rights in China

• Practical Tips on Effective Communication with Chinese

• Win-Win Negotiating with Chinese

• Recruitment and HR Issues in China

• Dispute Avoidance and Dispute Resolution in China

TRADE

• Introduction to Exporting to Greater China

• China's CCC Mark - a Quick Guide to US Exporters

• Export Opportunities in China (specify your industry)

• Finding a Reliable Supplier in China

• Major Trade Shows and Int'l Exhibitions in China

• Tips for Small Business: Importing from China

SOURCING

• A Road Map for Sourcing from China

• Critical Elements for Selecting Partners

• Developing an Effective Sourcing Strategy

• Protecting Your Intellectual Property Rights in China

CULTURE

• Introduction to Chinese Corporate Culture

• Chinese Language and Regional Differences

• Chinese Names for You and Your Business (translation service)

• The Concept of 'Face' and 'Guanxi'

• American Businesswomen and Chinese (Women's Role in Business)

• Participating in Chinese Banquets

• Practical Tips on Effective Communication with Chinese

• Receiving and Hosting a Chinese Delegation

• Win-Win Negotiating with Chinese

GOVERNMENT, LEGAL & OTHERS

• Introduction to Chinese Governmental Structures

• Effectively Dealing with Chinese Governmental Officials

• Introduction to Taxation System in China

• Introduction to Accounting Standards in China

• Introduction to Chinese Legal System

• Legal Issues in China

• Dispute Avoidance and Dispute Resolution in China

• Protecting Your Intellectual Property Rights in China

How to Start Your Own Webinar and Training Business

Webinars have become one of the most powerful channels for many small business enterprises to deliver faster customer services, trainings, meetings, and generate additional income. We have been offering hundreds of webinars and online training sessions to worldwide audiences since 2005, we'd love to share our success with you!

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• Tips on Marketing Your Webinars to Worldwide Audiences

• How to Maximize Your Webinar Profits

• Bonus: List of Free and Low Cost Online Tools

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How to Start Your Own Successful and Profitable Consulting Business

One of the best home based business is independent consultation service. It brings a high degree of flexibility and independence. If you have expertise and skills that others need, starting a consulting business may be your ticket to financial freedom. Consulting business can generate a great stream of income, no matter you start as a part-timer or become a full time position later on. A consultant's job is to consult. Nothing more, nothing less. It's quite simple.

Just list a few advantages of running a consulting business:

• Flexible Schedules with Great Personal Freedom and Independence

• Low Cost and Risk-Free Startup

• Work From Home, No Bricks & Mortar Office Required

• Recession Proof and Unlimited Growth Potential

• Quickly Increase Your Monthly Recurring Revenue

• Clients from All over the World Come To You

EXAMPLE:

Hourly Rate: $150
Your Revenue for 10 Hours: $1,500
Total Income for 20 Hours Part-time Work per Month: $3,000

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• Top 10 Highly Demanded Consulting Businesses

• Things You Must Know before You Become a Consultant

• Learn How to Set Your Profitable Fee Structures

• How to Maximize Your Consulting Profits

• Effectively Promote Your Business to Local and Global Markets

• Proven Ways to Get Clients from All over the World

• FAQs about Managing Your Consulting Business

• Bonus: List of Free and Low Cost Online Tools

• Bonus: Sample Consulting Agreement

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Chinese Language Business Translation for Less

Chinese is a complex language. When it's the business and corporate image at stake, you just can't affort to risk. We are the expert in this field and our satisfied customers include many companies around the world.

You have no doubt read manuals for electrical products from overseas where the translation is either very funny or plain embarrassing. The quality of a translation is a great reflection of the quality of an organization.

If your company is going to the effort to market or communicate in the Chinese speaking market then it is vital the message and the materials you present to your customers sounds natural and effective. Many translations are accurate, but fail because they don't make contextual or cultural sense.

Our firm produces quality Chinese translations that provide effective remarketing of your statements to your Chinese customers.

We offer a whole range of Chinese language services to meet your business needs:

- Proposal
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- Business card
- Catalog
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- Advertising
- Website localization
- Naming, Verbal Identity
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Give a Good Impression to Your Chinese Business Dinner Hosts

Author: Ian Ford

The formal or business dinner will take place in a quality restaurant of your host's choosing. The idea is to impress so you can expect a private room away from other diners as well as some expensive dishes.

The host will bring a retinue of several underlings chosen to support any perceived weaknesses. If the host does not speak very good English then you will find someone to keep the conversation flowing. Another will be there to look after practicalities, with a key role in paying the bill. You probably won't have much choice in the composition of your group but it is always beneficial to have support in some form.

The composition of your group and any special dietary requirements are issues that you should make known before the event. A gentle reminder about allergies and the like is always a good idea so as to avoid any chance of embarrassment.

You should dress appropriately - which will invariably mean a suit. You should also be prepared with a stock of business cards and a suitable holder ready to receive those that you will be given. Punctuality is vital so make sure you are in the general area in good time. You can then walk around until the appointed hour.

When you do meet, shake hands and then exchange cards. Take each card in two hands and inspect both sides before putting it away. It is sometimes a good idea to keep cards handy in front of you until you have learnt everyone's name and job title. This is not rude and certainly better than mixing up two people who may be of different status.

Conversation will normally start with issues such as family and your impressions of China. It is a good idea to prepare your thoughts on the latter topic to avoid any controversial issues. Accept compliments about your spoken Chinese or ability with chopsticks graciously. These are well meant. You should not initiate business talk. Wait for your hosts to do that.

When the food comes you can be sure to see a lot of meat dishes. It is hard to get the balance right; the balance between being seen to eat well and eating comfortably. There's been many a banquet where I have simply carved vegetables - and these don't come out until the end.

There will be toasts throughout the meal. Be sure to toast your host back at some stage.

You probably won't even notice the bill being paid. An underling is often given the task and since this takes place outside the room you probably thought they went out for a call of nature. Be ready to take the hint to leave then as your host will want to see you off. Have a hotel card handy to get yourself back to your hotel yourself otherwise your host may feel responsible.

Author: Ian Ford has lived in China for most of the last 7 years. He has prepared a food guide, Eating Out in China, with background information to Chinese food, over 60 recommended dishes and handy reference sheets. Get the Eating Out in China food guide today.

Illinois China Business Council

The Illinois China Business Council (ICBC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the growth of business between companies in Greater China and those in the Central and Southern Illinois region. ICBC is focused on promoting trade relationships between Illinois and Greater China through educational programs, networking events, exchange visits of business executives, and information that leads to import and export opportunities. For details, please contact Mr. Brian Su.

Chinese Vice Premier Urges Stronger Strategic Dialogue Between China, U.S.

NEW YORK, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan said here Friday that China and the United States should strengthen their strategic dialogue to enhance understanding and trust and facilitate the long-term, stable and sound development of Sino-U.S. constructive cooperation.

Establishing and developing constructive relations between Beijing and Washington is a historic inevitability, the vice premier said at a meeting with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

Wang praised Kissinger for his important contributions to the development of Sino-U.S. relations.

The world cannot return to the Cold War era, because the people won't let that happen, the human race cannot tolerate another Cold War, nor will politicians' intellect allows for it, Wang said.

Kissinger, for his part, said the overall stable development of U.S.-China relations over the long term is a reflection of the interests of both countries.

At a time when great changes are happening in the world, the U.S-China relationship is an important factor in world peace and prosperity and the two sides should strengthen and expand their strategic dialogue in various fields, Kissinger said.

Wang arrived in New York on Friday after co-chairing the 4th session of the China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue in Annapolis, Maryland, and meeting U.S. President George W. Bush and U.S. lawmakers in Washington.

2008 China Ceramic Tile Trade Mission underway

The Ceramic Tile Distributors Association (CTDA) along with U.S. China Ceramic Tile Association, China Ceramics City, and the City of Fo Shan, will sponsor a trade mission to Fo Shan, China for U.S. ceramic tile distributors and manufacturers June 18-29, 2008. The delegation will also visit a major granite and marble-producing region in Yun Fu, Guang Dong province of China.

The mission will be promoted through the following venues: Ceramic Tile Distributors Association (CTDA), U.S. China Ceramic Tile Association, China Ceramics City, and Bravura International Corporation.

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US, China sign 71 contracts worth US$13.6 bln

Representatives from US and Chinese companies on Monday signed 71 contracts and agreements worth US$13.6 billion in total in Missouri and Washington D.C.

The deals were made at two ceremonies in St. Louis, Mo., and in Washington, and both were attended by visiting Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan.

During his visit to St. Louis earlier in the day, Wang met with local political and business leaders and spoke highly of growing economic and trade relations between the US state of Missouri and China.

He noted that the China-US business relationship has expanded from coastal areas of the United States to the Midwest region, which includes Missouri, since China adopted its opening-up and reform policy 30 years ago.

Wang said both the Chinese and US governments need to attach great importance to their cooperation in the US Midwest region and create favorable conditions and an environment for cooperation between entrepreneurs of both countries.

He praised political leaders in Missouri for their firm resistance to trade protectionism and said it is the correct position that represents the interests of the people of the US state.

After Wang arrived in Washington later in the afternoon, he attended a contract-signing ceremony in the US Chamber of Commerce.

He told representatives from both US and Chinese companies that cooperation between Chinese and US companies serves as the cornerstone for China-US economic and trade relations, and is also the foundation of the China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue, or SED.

Wang and US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will co-chair the fourth round of the SED between June 17 and 18 at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, about a 30-minute drive from Washington.

Wang is attending the meeting as the special representative of Chinese President Hu Jintao, and Paulson as special representative of US President George W. Bush.

Wang's entourage includes ministers and other senior officials from related departments of China's State Council.

Jointly launched by President Hu and President Bush in September 2006, the dialogue is held twice a year, alternating between the two countries.

The previous meeting was held in December 2007 in Beijing, China.

(Xinhua News Agency June 17, 2008)

Chinese delegation meets in St. Louis to sign deal to purchase $4.5B in soybeans

A delegation of Chinese soybean buyers, along with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, were in St. Louis Monday to sign an agreement to purchase more than $4.5 billion worth of U.S. soybeans.

The United Soybean Board, the United States Soybean Export Council and the American Soybean Association helped facilitate contracts between eight U.S. exporters and 14 Chinese importers.

Soybeans are the No. 1 U.S. agricultural export valued at more than $9 billion annually, and Missouri ranks fifth in soybean production in the nation. Soybeans are the state's number one cash crop.

In 2007, Missouri exported more than $107 million in soybeans to China and China has already bought a record-breaking 436 million bushels of soybeans from the U.S. this growing season.

The Missouri Department of Agriculture also signed a memorandum of understanding with China's Chamber of Commerce of Import/Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-Products to expand and promote agricultural and food trade, especially in soybeans.

Soybeans are just one of Missouri's exported goods that are growing thanks to China, which has a population of 1.3 billion. Several Missouri companies, both large and small, have grown their business in China significantly in recent years. In 2007, Missouri's exports to China broke the $1 billion mark, up nearly 32 percent from $769 million in 2006 and double the $500 million in 2005, according to the World Trade Center St. Louis.

The increase equals about 40 percent of the $600 million rise in Missouri's total exports last year when the state sent $13.4 billion worth of goods to more than 200 countries.

Canada remains Missouri's largest foreign market, taking in $4.96 billion worth of goods last year. But China is quickly gaining on the next two trade partners -- Mexico ($1.35 billion) and Korea ($1.2 billion) -- and very well could surpass them by the end of the decade.

In March, a delegation of Missouri political and business leaders visited China on a trade mission. Members included Gov. Matt Blunt, U.S. Senators Kit Bond and Claire McCaskill, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley, former Gov. Bob Holden, RCGA President and Chief Executive Dick Fleming, World Wide Technology Chairman David Steward, Pfizer Government Relations Director Drew Duncan, and executives from Peabody Energy, Unigroup, McEagle Properties and Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.

During the week-long trip, Blunt signed agreements with Chinese officials aimed at creating a new transportation hub for Air China in St. Louis and increasing trade between China and the state.

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Chinese Executives Visiting Indiana Firms

A delegation of 30 executive staff from China’s largest soybean crushers visited Indiana today as part of a 10-day trip to the United States, according to Inside INdiana Business.

The delegation will tour Beck's Hybrids in Atlanta, the Louis Dreyfus biodiesel facility in Claypool and Dow AgroSciences global headquarters in Indianapolis. Since 1990, China’s soybean oil consumption has increased by 800 percent and its soybean meal consumption by 2,800 percent.

THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON FINANCIAL MARKETS

Global Leaders Luncheon sponsored by The Executives’ Club of Chicago. Presentation by Duncan L. Niederauer, Chief Executive Officer, NYSE Euronext. 11:45 a.m., Hilton Chicago, Grand Ballroom, 720 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago. ECC Members - $57.50; Non-members - $78.50. For information & registration, please see: www.executivesclub.org.

Conducting Your Own Profitable and Effective Webinars

Webinars have become one of the most powerful channels for many small business enterprises to deliver faster customer services, trainings, meetings, and generate additional income. We have been offering hundreds of webinars and online training sessions to worldwide audiences since 2005, we'd love to share our success with you!

If your business uses presentations to market your services and produts, then you need to know how you can maximize your profits by offering webinars. 80% executives would much rather be invited to a one hour webinar than traveling. If you are looking for powerful ways to create long term relationships and create new revenue, webinars are an essential part of your success.

EXAMPLE:

One Hour Webinar Fee: $65/person
Your Revenue for 10-Participant Webinar: $650
Total Income for 10 Webinars per Month: $6,500

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Click to order "Conducting Profitable and Effective Webinars"

* Selecting a Low Cost and Reliable Webinar Service Provider & Tool
* Learn How to Develop a Simple Online Training Program
* How to Effectively Structure and Conduct Your Webinar
* Tips on Marketing Your Webinars to Worldwide Audiences
* How to Maximize Your Webinar Profits
* Bonus List of Free and Low Cost Online Tools

Introducing "China Mentor/Protege Program"

This personalized 3-month training program is exclusively designed for corporate executives! Talk one-on-one with Mr. Brian Su, the China Guru! One hour phone consultation weekly, unlimited questions and trainings through e-mail! Free one-on-one "Compete to Win: Doing Business with China" seminar on your own schedule. Ask anything you need to know. For details, please contact Mr. Brian Su at http://www.MidwestUSAChina.com

China's FDI Up 55% in the first five months

China used US$ 42.78 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first five months this year, an increase of 54.97 percent from the same period last year, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said.

The growth was lower than a year-on-year growth rate of 59.32 percent used in the January-April period this year.

Meanwhile, the number of newly-approved foreign-funded enterprises shrank 20.95 percent to 11,915 in the first five months.

"The quality of China's FDI use has improved as a raft of new measures were introduced to regulate foreign investment," said Hao Hongmei, an analyst with the Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation under the Ministry of Commerce.

Foreign companies now tend to have more interest in investing in high-tech and high-value sectors, which need vast financial input, than in labor-intensive and lower-value industries, Hao said.

China began to level the corporate income taxes for foreign companies with that of domestic companies from January. It also published a new catalogue last year to encourage overseas investment in high-tech and environment-friendly projects.

The actual use of FDI in May jumped 37.94 percent from a year earlier to 7.76 billion yuan and the number of newly-approved foreign-funded enterprises dropped 10.94 percent to 2,425.

"China remained a favorite destination for overseas investment, especially big investors like the top 500 multinationals," Hao said.

Commerce Minister Chen Deming said earlier in a press conference that the steadily-increasing FDI reflected the optimism of foreign companies about their returns from the Chinese market and their intention to accelerate investment in the country to profit from the appreciating Chinese currency.

China's currency, the yuan, on Thursday ended a short-lived downward adjustment to break the 6.91 mark, setting a new high against the US dollar since the country de-pegged its currency from the greenback in July 2005.