Learning outcomes
- Use essential Chinese greetings and professional introductions.
- Read and pronounce important numbers, quantities, prices, dates, and measurements.
- Write clearer supplier inquiry messages.
- Request quotations, catalogues, samples, specifications, and certificates.
- Recognise common manufacturing and agrochemical vocabulary.
- Discuss price, minimum order quantity, packaging, branding, and production time.
- Ask basic questions about quality inspection and shipment.
- Organise professional supplier conversations on WeChat.
- Reduce misunderstandings caused by unclear or machine-translated messages.
Programme curriculum
What you will study
- 1Foundations of Practical Business ChinesePronunciation, Pinyin, tones, greetings, numbers, dates, currencies, quantities, measurements, and professional self-introduction.
- 2Finding and Contacting SuppliersCompany introductions, product enquiries, catalogue and quotation requests, and first-contact etiquette.
- 3Products and Technical SpecificationsProduct names, active ingredients, formulations, packaging, equipment specifications, branding, labelling, and samples.
- 4Prices and NegotiationUnit price, MOQ, discounts, payment terms, production time, negotiation language, and respectful supplier responses.
- 5Quality, Inspection, and DocumentationQuality requirements, evidence requests, inspection questions, certificates, packaging confirmation, and production updates.
- 6Shipping and WeChat CommunicationFreight vocabulary, cartons, weight, volume, shipment readiness, destination details, follow-ups, and professional WeChat practice.
Applied deliverables
- — Professional Chinese supplier introduction
- — Product enquiry and quotation request
- — Sample and negotiation messages
- — Production and shipping follow-up
- — Personal Chinese business phrasebook
Available formats
- — Self-paced study
- — Live online class
- — Physical training
- — Private institutional training
Level
Beginner-friendly professional programme
Study commitment
Approximately 3-4 hours per week
Assessment
Required lessons, practical messages, phrasebook, and final applied assignment
Preview resources
Begin with the programme framework
- — Supplier greeting framework
- — Product specification vocabulary
Who it is for
- — Importers and aspiring importers
- — Agrochemical and equipment dealers
- — Procurement officers and sourcing assistants
- — Logistics operators
- — Company staff managing Chinese suppliers
Certificate
The Certificate of Completion is issued after required lessons, practical messages, phrasebook, and final applied assignment.
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A clear path from application to certificate.
Approved learners receive payment instructions, onboarding, programme materials, assessment guidance, and a verifiable completion certificate when all requirements are met.