KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce (MCCC) urged the local entrepreneurs and businessmen to understand China’s investment condition, market condition, tax policy, administrative procedures, law and regulations and etc in order to do business with ease in China.
At the same time, the MCCC will send well-known lecturers from Malaysia to China in September this year to conduct a workshop on ‘Invest in Malaysia’ to provide tips in doing business in Malaysia.
“I encourage the local enterprises to take advantage of the China’s rise and the Malaysia-China friendly relations to interact with the private sectors and people,” MCCC President, Tan Yew Sing, speaking at the first ‘Invest in China’ Mandarin workshop jointly organized with Aisino and Guangxi University of Finance and Economics.
“Besides the ‘Invest in Malaysia’ workshop to be held in Beijing in September, we also plan to organize an English workshop on ‘Invest in China’ in October in Kuala Lumpur. The highlight of the English workshop is that it will benefit all races in Malaysia as it will be conducted in English,” Tan said.
The two-day workshop (19-20 August) managed to attract about 50 local businessmen to sign up. The two lecturers are Aisino distinguished lecturer, Wang Zuoqing and Guangxi University of Finance and Economics Human Resources lecturer cum lawyer, Chen Yuhang respectively. The workshop covers the structure of the China government agencies, the establishment of enterprises, business tax system and legal knowledge.
Participants of the workshop were awarded a certificate by the ‘Guangxi University of Finance and Economics China-ASEAN Finance and Taxation Talent Training Center’ approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China.
“In order to further deepening the economic and trade exchanges with China, we must overcome the language barrier and re-learn to deal with the new business environment. We must unlearn and relearn. We should also be humble, patient, sincere and prepared so that we could take the lead in the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI),” Tan said.
“Although Malaysian Chinese and China Chinese are of the same kind, both grow up in different environment and both countries have their own tax policy and legal system. In order to avoid unnecessary disputes and misunderstandings, such introductory courses are mandatory for local businessmen who are interested in exploring the economic and trade Invest in China,” Tan added. In addition, the Aisino Coordinator, Liu Zhongzhen, foresees that there will be more mutual cooperation with the deepening of friendship between Malaysia and China under the BRI. Malaysia has more than a hundred years of cooperation with China. Malaysia has become an indispensable partner for China in many industries. Aisino hoped to strengthen cooperation with MCCC through long-term cooperation and win-win situation.
For more enquiries, please contact the MCCC Vice Executive Secretary, Mr Chong Yen Yoon at 03-9223 1188 or email to sec@mccc.my.
