Finland-China Business Expert FEC programme 2019

If you want to develop and expand your business in Finland or China, you will find our F.E.C. programme very useful. The second Finland-China Business Expert F.E.C. (Further Educated with Companies) programme is taking off right now. We welcome you to join. The programme is conducted in cooperation with the Uusimaa ELY centre and TE office.

Why join the programme

We will provide you with a specialist or an expert as a trainee from fields of sales and marketing, business development, project management, material sciences, IT, IoT and AI, etc, who also has a concrete understanding and knowledge of dealing with clients from both Finnish and Chinese cultures and who can assist you in doing business in either Finland or China.

Contents of the programme

The programme makes you and your company getting specialists or experts very simple. You only need to provide us criterias which kind of specialists or experts you are looking for and we will make the match for you.

The programme consists of a 6-month traineeship period done in your company by this specialist or expert. During this 6-month time, you do not need to pay his/her salary and you have an option of hiring him/her after the traineeship.

During this 6-month period, we will keep close contact with you to support the performances of the trainee, and help you get the most out of your investment.

Curriculum 2019

The curriculum for the year 2019 includes:

Training from corporate cultural perspective
Tools of analysis for business planning and market research, feasibility studies, executive summary….
Cost management and project management
Chinese consumer practices and market standards (GB, CCC, GEMC, GSGG, …)
Chinese business culture (the importance of business cards…)
Social media marketing and communication, common apps in China (WhatsApp doesn’t work in China, what do you do?)
Legal issues touching IPR and how to protect companies (Chinese IPR laws …)
China’s political and governmental effect on business, regulations and policies
Trade agreements between Finland and China

Participanting company profiles

Companies involved are interested in the Finland-China business area, and increasing their contacts and know how. They cover areas as:

Logistics and CaaS (Corridors as a Service) providers
Precious metals and jewels, buying and selling
Industry representatives: like photovoltaics, energy, calibration, clean tech
Science and tech parks

Highlights

Some images from our May 2019 training

Video: Erlin Yang about to begin a lecture and discussions. The day’s subject was China’s political and governmental effect on business, local regulations and changing governmental policies. May 14, 2019. Timo Kiviaho was also present.