Business Chinese

All the texts are written in business-oriented Chinese and revolve around topics and situations. Among the rich variety of exercises, the task-based ones are particularly authentic, interesting and practical.
 

Basic 1 includes five units, encompassing greetings, self introduction, job description, time expression and shopping. Upon finishing this volume, the learners will have no problem communicating in basic Chinese.

Basic 2 includes five units, encompassing “supermarket and airport”, “inviting somebody to dinner”, “making a telephone call”, “talking about the weather” and “sports and hobbies”. Upon finishing this volume, the learners would be able to do business in easy Chinese.

Basic 3 includes five units, encompassing “seeing a doctor”, “renting an apartment”, “at the bank”, “shopping online” and “at the hotel”. Upon finishing this volume, the learners would be able to do business in easy Chinese.

The Advanced volume is composed of 8 units, with altogether 16 lessons, encompassing the following topics: “tendering and bidding”, “exclusive agent”, “market research”, “sales promotion”, “foreign investment”, “making investment overseas”, “trademark law and intellectual property” and “new trade protectionism”. Texts in this volume are more business-oriented and specialized, integrating professional knowledge, working skills and language learning into a systematic whole.