The Culture Of Gift Giving In China Has Changed

"Whenever you can give gifts," said Christine Lo, chief executive officer of Affinity, a luxury investment company.

However, Cynthia Wright, founder of Light Company, who is engaged in business etiquette training, warned that gifts should not be too expensive to be regarded as bribery.

"If you want to send expensive things, you must have the logo of the company or your business.

You are giving gifts to an organization or institution, rather than for a person to use it himself. "

Ms. Wright suggests that you can choose a picture album or local handicraft as a gift.

According to her, there was a business visiting group from Georgia, who didn't know what to give.

The delegation has sent out books to introduce Georgia and national parks in the United States. "Finally, we propose to make a ruler with different colors of granite collected from them. There are 12 colors in all, the gift is wonderful."

Nowadays, choosing gifts may not be necessary.

According to Chinese tradition, the recipient receives gifts from time to time and three times, until he finally accepts them.

Laurie Derwood, the China Europe International Business School, said that the rule of "concession" is still there, but it may not be strictly observed.

On the whole, it is polite to refuse at first and wait until the gifts have been persisted. "If you give a gift to a Chinese guest or invite them to dinner, they will start to refuse even if they are willing to."

She said, remember, when a customer refuses, insist on it. If you only send it once, it will be very embarrassing.

Moreover, gifts do not have to wait for festivals.

Lu said: "Mid Autumn Festival will receive a lot of moon cakes, they are stacked at the door, you do not know who sent it."

She warned that whenever appropriate, it could be done at any time.