Since I have been back in the US for several weeks, I have had some time to reflect on my trip. I believe we had an amazing group to be with, from the young, daring students to the organized-when-they-need-to-be, fun-when-they-need-to-be professors. The students and teachers, as well as the tour guides and Chongqing University students truly made the trip for me.
I accomplished all of my goals. My first goal was to learn how companies do business in a communist system, visit my former co-op employer BiOWiSH Technologies, and see some awesome cultural sites along the way. I accomplished my first goal by visiting 3 very different companies. I learned that doing business in a communist country is not so different from doing business in the US. The main differences were that a foreign company needs a Chinese "partner" company before they can do business. In BiOWiSH' case, the partner was NARI Yihe. Also, in China, property owners are only allowed to use a property for 70 years before the government seizes control of it. This impacts the real-estate market and how people buy/sell properties. The rapid expansion of China's cities are creating some very wealthy real-estate professionals. Also, because of the rapid expansion, cities are outgrowing their sewer systems which is creating some serious water pollution issues. BiOWiSH is tackling this problem by using naturally-occurring microbials to consume organic pollutants in China's canals, rivers, and lakes. I accomplished my second goal when we visited BiOWiSH Technologies in Beijing. I believe that all of the students, regardless of their major, found this visit interesting. The finance majors were asking finance questions, the engineers were asking engineering questions, and the professors were asking interesting questions as well. Professor Hanson even got the chance to present about the history, logistics, and value of UC's co-op program and invited me up to say a few words about UC's international program and how valuable the trip was from a student's perspective. I think that we truly impressed BiOWiSH and NARI with our presentations. I accomplished my third goal by visiting some very cool cultural sites along the way. These sites included, but were not limited to, the Great Wall of China, the Old City Wall of Xi'an, Yu Garden, the Terra Cotta Warriors, Shanghai Tower, the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City, and Tiananman Square. These visits gave me a very deep breath of knowledge about the cultural intricacies and history of China and
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