Given our well-developed local office network in China and highly trained and experienced human resources professionals on the ground, our services and expertise have strengths in

• Strategically setting up an organization for your subsidiaries, considering the talent pool and risks in China labor market

• Cost-effectively designing and managing your global assignees

• Managing due diligence of HR and management, in compliance in China laws and regulations

• Creating and executing recruiting/selection and retention plans

• Effectively communicating with your China facilities to roll out your corporation culture and management

When you set up a representative office, a joint-venture, or a wholly owned company in China, you have to seriously consider to use expatriates, local nationals, and returnees to staff your China operations, the ongoing shortage in leadership and technical talents in China, the cost of expatriation, the Chinese culture and values, and the traditional management styles. Knowing the talent pool, we have assisted many US corporations to balance the resources and to identify the candidates’ needs in order to structure optimal organizations.

As business activities become increasingly global and cross-nationally intertwined, our knowledgeable techniques on managing your global assignees including premium and benefits, tax equalization, and the global indices, which determine hardship and cost-of-living allowances, will power you to attract and retain talented individuals.

The pace of change in the China labor market continues unabated, mostly propelled by the new trading regime, increase in Sino-foreign joint-venture companies and state-owned companies going private. Part of the revolution is the increasing priority given to due diligence and compliance in government policies and labor law, specifically in employment contracts, labor disputes, Hukou (city quota), Dang’an (personnel files), income tax, social security, compensation & benefits areas.

China is in a state of transition. The traditional culture HAS BEEN placed under heavy pressure at some areas have adopted more modern or Western standards. The influences from multi-factors are illustrated below. Utilizing our extensive knowledge of China and our network of partners and affiliates in the region, we can recruit the local candidate, returnee, or expatriate based on your company’s needs. Besides bilingual capability, understanding of the Chinese business culture and organizational behaviors allow us to help you build structured selection tools to probe for hard-to-obtain information and interpret the interview data to make the right choice of personnel.