What are some China networking tips and strategies for a college student?

Next month I will be traveling to Guangzhou, China to take Chinese (Mandarin) lessons. I'll be staying there for about 5 weeks and I wanted to know what strategies I can use to network with businessmen and businesswomen while I am there. I am not sure how their culture functions. Also what places are good to network. Any other tips will also be great. Please feel free to get detailed and provide more information you think might be helpful like if you've traveled yourself. By the way, I am a Senior studying Supply Chain Management (business). Thanks in advance!What are some China networking tips and strategies for a college student?
#1: get to know a local people, once you have the one connection, you can get to know more people. You might hear of ';guan xi'; (means relationship in Chinese). That' s the No.1 guideline.





#2: if you happen to know a friend, you can ask for help: invite all the '; friends'; you want to know to a dinner. Dinner is the most popular networking event in China.





#3: search for any conference/forum/submit held on Guangzhou during your stay and register for it. Even you are not interested in the event topics, you want to meet people.





From culture perspective: show them how you can help them with the relationships, especially for local business people who don't have global travel experience. They want to know why they want to spend time with you, a stranger without a 鈥済uan xi'; in China.What are some China networking tips and strategies for a college student?
Look for the CCTV channel in your local TV provider. Also you can contact the offices of CCTV by going on the web. I believe they could give you some very good input. P.S. This is the English only Chinese TV runs 24/7
the best place is in a Chinese restaurant, some guys might want to have some alchohol while others do not. and most chinese are friendly to foreigners, and they would be eager to network with you. and if you have any mandarin problems i would try my best to help you out. ask me if you have more specified questions.