• Business seminars "Introduction to Business in China" The background information you need to get started and choose the right path for your China business.
• Highly individualized consulting and networking services designed to put you in contact with top Chinese corporations in your field, meet your competition and potential trading and joint venture partners.
• Full legal consultation with experienced professionals ranging from general consultation to the founding of China Representative Offices, companies and joint ventures, full legal and notary services also provided.
• Human resource management. Chinese and foreign staff recruitment tailored to fit your China business needs and goals. Secretarial services, sales team and management training of your Chinese staff.
• Marketing solutions; Chinese website design, and ad campaigns, High quality and inexpensive printing of print ads, catalogues, and mixed media campaigns.
• Translation and interpretation services provided by professionals in your field for trade fairs, business meetings and negotiations, document preparation.

"China is about networking. "

"The best China business is done in person, by establishing relationships and trust with new partners."

"Would you buy a swamp in Florida sight unseen?"

Boland Business and Consulting Services offers introductory business seminars for those interested in getting into the China market and also a full range of services from product sourcing to representative offices in China to company set-up.

1- Trade fairs
• Our team will accompany you and your staff to relevant trade fairs in your field.
• We will assist in all aspects of the trip planning, from visa invitations to hotel bookings and transport arrangements.
• We will make sure that you are met at the airport and shown where and how to function effectively in China at every stage of the journey.
• You will have a qualified translator to accompany you.
• You will be given orientation and an introduction into the basics of doing Chinese business.
• At the fairs, you will meet with manufacturers and suppliers. We will help you build good business contacts, and collect information about the market in your area of interest.
• Our team will also use the trade fair to learn the specifics of your product and market so that we can later do effective quality control for you.

How it works: We will send you trade fair dates. You have the option to attend the trade fair yourselves together with our team, or to send us on your behalf. We recommend that each new partner firm attend at least one trade fair with our team to establish rapport and personal contacts with Chinese suppliers. In our experience, this makes for better business and will save you time and money later. Once the date has been chosen, we will send an overview of options and expected costs. You then decide how you would like us to set it up for you.

2 - Factory Visits
• We can carry out factory visits on your behalf according to your specifications.
• We can also assist you to organize a factory visit trip so that you can visit those factories by yourself. It usually takes 4-5 days to visit 5-10 selected suppliers.
• During your business trip, you will be fully assisted by our English-speaking staff.

How it works: The easiest way to do factory visits is directly following a trade fair. Again, we can do this on your behalf and send you reports and photos, or you can join us for the visits. We recommend that each new partner do at least one series of factory visits in the initial negotiation phase of the business. In China, business is best done face to face over a meal, and personal contacts are of the utmost importance.

3 - Your agent and representative in China.
• We make and respond to initial enquiries on your behalf to find factories that would be suitable for sourcing the products and materials you need.
• We give your company a local name, China working address and actively-manned telephone lines and staff in China without the expense and trouble of setting up your own company. Local China companies, or companies perceived as being local, enjoy a competitive advantage in the China market. Factories will know that unlike most foreign buyers, you have access to the competition and are capable of communicating in the market. This will turn in to a great price and quality control advantage for your firm.
• In the initial phases, our China staff will help you sift through the thousands of companies interested in selling to you to find the most competitive and cooperative direct manufacturers.
• We will put you in direct contact with them. You coordinate directly with your new contacts. Boland is there to assist in communication issues and to pass on messages to speed up the order and quality control process. You will find that some of the larger exporters will have English-speaking staff, but many of the lesser-known local factories usually won’t. Having a local agent will allow you to tap into this market.
• Boland also functions as quality control by phone, and as necessary, on-site factory visits.
• Our office will provide sample receipt service to allow China suppliers to ship samples of products they normally wouldn’t ship overseas for free. Our photographer will then send you photos and descriptions of the samples so that you can determine which are worth shipping to your company abroad. This saves you time and money, and in the long term, will allow you to expand your product range at significantly lower cost and risk.
• Our office can assist you in coordination with factories for custom-made production .
• We can assist you with freight forwarding, customs clearance and all aspects of getting the product from their door to yours.

How it works: We begin setting this up before your initial arrival in China. We prepare business cards with your company name for our staff members who will be working closely with you. We also prepare any other printed materials needed for the trade fair and factory visits. We ensure that all your new business contacts have your contact details and also a hotline to your China office. We recommend that correspondence be done with a Cc to us so that we can follow up if there is no response or slow response from the China side. We also will take advantage of local China knowledge and language to assist you in negotiating better prices and conditions wherever possible. We will ensure that your new producers know that we are keeping an eye on the quality of their work and that deadlines are met. At the outset of our cooperation with your company, you will outline what services you would like us to perform. We will make a proposal and when all terms have been agreed, we will write up a contract. China office representation is a service necessary to the successful sourcing of your products in China.

Costs: All costs and fees are set with each individual client and are dependent upon the scope of the service required.

• Location:
  Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. The Venice of the East. With a population of 6 million, Suzhou is home to the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park www.sipac.gov.cn. With an annual GDP exceeding 40 million RMB in 2004, the 10-year old industrial park has modern infrastructure and services, and has created an extremely attractive investment environment to thousands of foreign enterprises. Suzhou is located just 45 minutes from Shanghai.
• Accommodations:
  We can help you book hotel accommodations for 3,4, or 5-star hotels in Suzhou with prices ranging from € 50 - € 300 ($70-$360 USD) per night. Full-service apartment accommodations are also available upon request. We recommend the Suzhou Sheraton Hotel for its excellent location overlooking one of Suzhou's most beautiful historical sites, and its superior facilities and service. Rooms go from € 95 ($115 USD), corporate suites with kitchenette from € 300 ($360 USD) per night. www.sheraton-suzhou.com.
• Seminar Dates.
  Individualized programs including factory visits and visits to meet with government investment officials are scheduled immediately starting the Monday following each seminar unless otherwise requested. Seminar follow-up also involves individualized consultation with our legal team, travel to potential partner companies and investment regions, and introductory meetings with government officials and potential partners in your field. Contact us for a proposal