Five Types Of Business for China’s Market Entry

Stephen Tseng | Created: Aug 5, 2023 Updated: Jul 18, 2024

There are five types of business for China’s market entry or growth.

I learned this from my experience helping clients.

Interested to learn more? Here they are…👇

1. The company has no operation/presence at all in China.

2. The company has few salespeople in China with no marketing activities.

3. The company has a small local operation with a marketing team outside China.

4. The company has a small local operation team, including a marketing person.

5. The company has a full local operation team with 2-5 people in the China marketing team.

There is no one strategy and solution to fit all.

Each type of business needs different China digital marketing solutions and strategies.

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