TeamBridge is ready to serve.
TeamBridge Business Social Club connects with legally
registered Chinese and internationally based trading firms that export
(and import) a large variety of products, raw
materials and services.
We also set up and oversee new opportunities for tourism,
education,
charity
and entertainment
in mainland China. Members of TeamBridge have been doing this for some
years.
An historical catalogue of TeamBridge activities (and those
of TeamBridge associates) is available here. Minutes of
TeamBridge meetings are published for the public record here.
We are based long-term in the modern industrial city of Changchun, north of
Beijing (Peking). We help facilitate commercial endeavour. A truncated
list of local companies associated with TeamBridge appears below.
Product
design, manufacture
and marketing.
Foodstuffs,
heavy
equipment, folk art.
Education,
theatre
and multi-media.
Plastics,
chemicals,
oil.
Steel,
wood
and stone.
Medical
supplies. Travel,
often to offbeat destinations. All and more.
TeamBridge has a focused interest in green
technologies and in fostering copyright
protection initiatives through our work with the local movie
industry and theatre-in-education
productions around the region.
We are also a social club of
business minded ex-pats, visitors and locals.
There is a lot more to do and see around the region than has
been reported. One day Lonely Planet will wake up to the truth.
TeamBridge Business Social Club works closely with locally
licensed tour operators. We are a service provider, creating and
husbanding several projects and promoting established destinations.
These tours, activities and expeditions can often be
arranged within a few days notice and can cater for large or smaller
groups, even individuals.
You can travel with Leisure Tours.
Trips can be arranged to the border regions of Russia,
Mongolia
and North
Korea - perhaps inside North Korea if
circumstances allow. See a TeamBridge video of the North Korean border
area here.
We aspire to become as the best of business-minded service
groups such as Rotary and Lions, assisting our members and also
involving ourselves in charitable works. You can help us achieve our
mission just by taking a little time to find out more about us and by
using our service if it suits you.
Granite,
steel,
energy,
lumber
and other agricultural
produce, medicines
(traditional and modern), commercial infrastructure, chemicals,
machinery,
skills,
equipment
and the desire to expand, to be entertained and to learn are all in
abundant supply.
We can help you (or your people) to connect with doctors, translators, accommodation,
work and
residence permit providers, and other essential services.
We are based in Changchun because Changchun has everything a
foreign business person needs. Changchun is compact. It is easier to
get to know the right kind of people here, who are friendly and
welcoming.
Many of the foreign members of TeamBridge have been living
in Changchun or elsewhere in China for several years. We know our way
around.
In recent years a growing number of international concerns
have set up offices and factories here and are engaged in the
production of petrochemicals, agricultural products, trains,
automobiles, lumber, education and entertainment, among others.
Some encounter expensive (and common) cross-cultural
communication difficulties that could easily have been avoided if they
used the local knowledge base rather than relying on remote academic
opinion or in some cases their own personal cultural perspective.
Many business failures can be attributed to a lack of
understanding of the real situation on the shop floor and in the
boardroom.
These foreign companies are taking advantage of investment
incentives, lower cost labour, lower overheads, and an open door into
the greater Chinese consumer market and beyond.
Changchun is already home to a large Volkswagen automotive
factory, an equally important movie studio and a high concentration of
international academic institutions. It is the capital of Jilin
Province, surrounded by rich resources.
TeamBridge can arrange and oversee the production of your
own name-brand design, for local or international consumption. We can
help ensure that your order is filled and transported on schedule.
TeamBridge, or your own agent assisted by TeamBridge, can
oversee the production of your small quirky advertisement or your large
scale movie project, standing behind the scenes as it is shot, cut and
edited on schedule, within budget.
TeamBridge keeps an eye on your factory (or your touring
dancing troupe) if you yourself or another nominated representative is
unavailable to do this important work.
On behalf of our members TeamBridge oversees contractual
agreements between employment, labour, manufacturing and export
companies.
A small negotiable surcharge is added to the cost of the
order, or deducted from salary in the case of, for example, an
individual musician or a dancing troupe that makes use of our fee-based
services.
There is no joining fee.
You will find our service fees very reasonable and extremely
competitive.
We keep excellent records.
As TeamBridge is based here in China and we know the people
we work with as our neighbours, workmates and in some cases even family
members, you can feel more secure.
After you have used our service to get your foot in the door
to greater Asia you are free to go it alone, but you may be better off
staying with us.
There are some excellent articles on doing business in this
part of the world available through the TeamBridge library.
Our system works best if you order or enquire through our
easy-to-use web site interface, selecting your TeamBridge agent's name
and ID on our SpeedLink TradeForm (a quick order, enquiry, quote and
estimate request form) and inputting your company ID number at: http://SpeedLink.TeamBridge.net
On receipt of your order or enquiry we will then contact you
directly to confirm your requirements.
TeamBridge is able to group orders together where necessary.
Order grouping enables TeamBridge members to achieve cost savings
through larger bulk orders.
When you are ready to order or enquire about any specific
project, as listed in the TeamBridge web site, please select your
TeamBridge agent's name and ID on the SpeedLink TradeForm, or enquire
through your personal agent's contact form. This will enable the
TeamBridge office to associate all of your subsequent commercial
dealings through TeamBridge with your agent, who will then assume a
large measure of responsibility for servicing your requirements. You
need only do this once.
If for whatever reason you wish to change to another
TeamBridge representative please contact the TeamBridge duty manager.
We look forward to hearing from you and of being of service
to you soon.
TeamBridge is a work-in-progress, so we will be happy to
hear your advice on how we could improve.
Take advantage of the many free services that TeamBridge
Business Social Club offers.
You you wish you can learn more about
us or you may contact
us easily through phone, fax or e-mail.
