This course is intended for students who have studied Chinese for at least 90 hours (including both contact hours and self-guided study) and have mastered approximately 100 Chinese characters.

The classes aim to build on your basic knowledge of the Chinese economy, aspects of contemporary Chinese human relations and behaviour. It will also improve your basic knowledge of the Chinese language that is commonly used in the business environment and improve your ability in being able to read business documents in Chinese. By the end of the course, they are expected to recognise and be able to write 150 of Chinese characters related to business.

The course begins on Monday 20th May and runs Monday to Friday for two weeks. The course starts each morning at 10:00hrs and will finish a 16:20hrs the first week, there will be a 30 minute lunch break.

Each day the classes will begin with a Language Class, followed by a Cultural Class. Examples of what the cultural classes will include are information about Chinese Festivals, Mahjong, and the different types of cuisine in China. You will then break for lunch, in the afternoon there will be language practice tutorials followed by either a Business Etiquette or Chinese for Travelling in China class.

The classes will be in the Confucius Institute Offices based in the Post Graduate Building of Heriot Watt University.