In China, the government plays a very important role in business activities, in contrast to other nations. Uh, if you want to do business in China, you, the first question you ask yourself is: uh, the government, what sort of government, government regulations and restrictions are there? Otherwise, you’re likely to start a business, then, after running it for a year, suddenly discover that it’s illegal. For example, let’s use an example like telecommunications. China has many, many very detailed regulations restricting [what you can do]. You can’t go, go open a telecom company. You need a special, special license before you can do it.
And something else is, uh, if you, for example, open a business in some place, you must, must first establish good guanxi with officials in the local government. You must learn who is responsible for your type of business. Suppose you’re doing something related to health and medical care. There is certainly a government department with, with a person responsible for health and medical care. You must, must get to know this person, must build what would best be a kind of personal relationship. Then he’ll help you. Uh, if you don’t establish a good relationship, he can easily make a lot of trouble for you. So, the sensible choice is that you must find this person and build a personal relationship before you, before you, uh, decide to go ahead with this business. But these government officials change regularly. So you… this is a huge cost of doing business, for the company, because you must, must continuously maintain your guanxi with these different people to ensure the normal operation of your business. | 在中国政府在这个商业活动中起了很重要的作用,相相对其他国家而言。 啊如果你想在中国做生意的话,你你第一个问你自己的问题就是:啊政府有什么政府政府条款限制?否则的话,你可能开始一个生意,结果啊运作运行了一年半载之后突然发现这是不合法的。譬如说,举个例子像电讯。那中国有很很多这个非常详细的条款来来限制,你不可以去去开一个电讯公司。你需要特别的特别的啊执照,才可以做这个事情。
然后另外一个事情就是啊如果是你在譬如某一个地方去开开公司的话,那你首先需要需要搞好和当地的政府部门搞好关系。知道谁负责你这方面的事情。譬如说啊你是做啊医疗卫生方面的,那么一定有一个政府部门有有一个人负责医疗卫生方面的事情。你需要需要认识他,需要去和他建立最好是这种个人的关系,他会帮助你。啊如果你和他个人关系搞的不好的话,他会很容易就给你造成很大的麻烦。所以说,明智的选择是你还是需要去找到这个人建立这种个人关系,在你在你啊在你啊决定去做这个生意之前。然后这些政府官员呢经常也会换,所以说你这这对做生意,公司来说是一个相当大的成本。因为你必须持续地维持和这些不同人的关系来保证你的生意的正常的进行。 |