Who We Are

Started in 2002, MeetChinaBiz (MCB) is a network of companies interested in or are doing business with or in China. Playing the role of both an association and an "in-house China business counsel", MCB's mission is to inform, educate and enable its member companies and others to turn China into an opportunity.

MCB currently has chapters in CT, MA, NJ, NY, PA and the Mid-west in the U.S. and member companies around the world and is still growing rapidly.

During the one-year period from 2005-2006, MCB formed a joint venture with Bryant University in Smithfield, RI to help jump-start its U.S.-China Institute. Prior to that MCB was a China-focused program initiative created under iNetwork128 (a pan-New England entrepreneur network).

How It Got Started

Back in 2001, when the US economy started to tank, inspired by Peter Drucker's belief that world economic participation is the solution to domestic recession, we began to urge our entrepreneurs to think hard about growing sales as well as lowering costs overseas. For smaller businesses, this is significant because 1) to them even just a couple of new customers would already make a difference and 2) they usually have a tight staff so big-co cost-cutting tactics such as layoffs are hardly an option.

Then we thought, what better foreign market than China, with an unmatched market potential fueled by a 1.3-billion population and rock-bottom labor and material costs, to satisfy both needs at the same time? Not to mention China’s then new WTO membership and winning bid to host the 2008 Olympics, both of which would certainly make it ever more open to Western businesses. The slogan we employed to advocate this 'new school of thought' of ours at the time was “China: A 'One Stone, Two Birds' Strategy“.

What We Do To Help

We then went ahead and launched 3 tracks of programs to not only inform and educate our entrepreneurs about the China market, but also help meet their very needs to tap into it:

Track 1: Monthly Roundtables (MCBR) where like-minded biz owners and exec's get together and share concerns, compare notes and learn from each other's experiences, so everybody becomes better informed and prepared in their new or ongoing China biz pursuits;

Track 2: Business Development and Matchmaking Trips to China (MTM) where through pre-trip search and research we enable US companies to meet 1-on-1 with their counterparts in China. On each trip, the delegation will go through 4-5 cities across China and collectively meet up 100s to 1000s of business and government leaders. The costs are heavily subsidized.

Track 3: Inbound Matchmaking Conference - MCBC where we bring dozens to 100s of businesses directly from China to meet with their US counterparts in different US cities. Great for those who lack either time or budget, or both, to go to China right away...

How We May Address Your Specific Needs

Serving as a 'one-stop' resource center for China business development, we provide US companies (especially those small and mid-sized ones who usually lack time, access or resources) a consistent but flexible platform to quickly, economically and effectively

• acquire information, knowledge and knowhow about doing business with or in China
• access the China market (e.g., search, identification and qualification of partners)
• advance in the China market (e.g., setting up distribution or manufacturing operations)

Aside from helping companies tap into China in a group setting through our roundtable forums, matchmaking conferences and trips, we also address individual companies' needs by providing hands-on operational assistance in a wide arrange of areas, including:

• partner search and matchmaking (supply/OEM, distributor/agent, joint venture, etc.)
• due diligence (background checks, inspections, etc.)
• market research and study
• China-related or -based recruiting and training
• Communication (verbal or written)
• Negotiations (contract, conflict resolution)

Please go to our Testimonials page to read about what we have accomplished so far. You may click here if you'd like to be added to our emailing list.