Singapore Entrepreneurs

If you are planning to expand your business into China, what is the route for you to take? Is it a wholly foreign owned enterprise (WFOE) or a representative office (RO)? In a very detailed and long exposition, Kenneth Wong, our resident contributor will take us through the processes and analyse the ramifications of adopting either models in China. [ Read More ]

The Beijing Olympics 2008 is coming and it presents a lot of marketing opportunities for the Chinese entrepreneurs. Kenneth Wong, our resident contributor in Shanghai, shares on the general traits of the marketing strategies for Chinese companies on this upcoming event. He will relate how Singaporeans should attempt to create business opportunities such as the coming of the Integrated Resorts in Singapore. [ Read More ]

Having dealt with the sticky issue of “guanxi“, or people relations in doing business in China and hearing his Introduction to Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprises in China, our resident contributor, Kenneth Wong of SHEN and the Shanghai Singapore Business Association, here shares with us the more legal and (gasp!) boring, yet essential aspects of starting up in China. [ Read More ]

The most important rule on doing business in China is the guanxi factor or relationship (in translation). How do you cultivate guanxi with the business community in China? Our resident contributor, Kenneth Wong, offers his perspective on guanxi based on his experience working in Shanghai, China. [ Read More ]

If you have read our guest contributor, Kenneth Wong’s earlier article on wholly foreign owned enterprises (WFOEs) in China, here is some additional information on how it might be advantageous to register a Hong Kong company and how it can help you to expand your enterprise into China. [ Read More ]

We have heard earlier from Gabriel Yong from NUS@Shanghai on doing business in China. Continuing on the business in China series, Kenneth Wong, president of SHEN, introduces us to the concept of wholly foreign owned enterprises in China, and offers the guidelines and rules for a foreign entrepreneur to set up their business in China. [ Read More ]