Source: Yiwu sourcing agent Author: Gary Date: 2012-02-05
Yiwu is comparatively less known as a city to common people overseas. I mean in terms of popularity or famous cities in the general knowledge of common people. However,among the retailing businessmen and traders,Yiwu is well known as the world's biggest commodity market.
Before landing up here,I was doing some assignments in India and Middle-East while suddenly one challenging assignment came in my way. I took up one trip to Yiwu to see the nature of assignment and had a quick look at the environment and just took the decision to live here. Professional challenges life must be accepted beyond the home boundaries
and with a positive approach.
It is not very common in China that an Indian is hired professionally in the Chinese business groups but it didn't stop me taking my decision to come over here. My family supported my decision even though they could not accompany me here due to the commitments in the job and study for my wife and daughter respectively.
There were some concerns about living in a new environment in my mind before coming over to China,with respect to the food and surrounding people and especially due to my eating habits as a vegetarian who does not eat any kind of meat or even eggs. It means that I have to survive on vegetables,rice,fruits,bread and other items. To my surprise,I had a pleasant dinner in an Indian restaurant in Yiwu during my first visit. Mr.Wang,our company's very young and dynamic Managing Director took me to this place.
It assured me that the stay here would not be a big problem.
My first impression about the people and food was nice and friendly. Sense of comfort was created immediately. Language barrier surely tone down one's chances to reach more people and communicate properly. However, this barrier isn't stopping people from pouring into this city due to the market activities. There are many translators working in the
market for the foreign buyers.
They are surely trying to bridge the gap between local business community or local common people and foreigners. Still the business activities require a large scale of language experts to bring more people in China into the market activities with the foreign buyers.
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