GlobalAutoIndustry.com Launches The China Package for Auto Suppliers

TROY, Mich.--May 7, 2004--For the first time, automotive suppliers have a one-stop source of services and information to get them quickly up to speed when setting up operations in China.

GlobalAutoIndustry.com is offering The China Package, a unique suite of market research, legal and trade sessions, human resources and relocation expertise, and translation assistance from U.S. and Chinese firms.

Contributing partners in The China Package include J.D. Power and Associates, Prudential Relocation International, Butzel Long, China Alliance, Business Wire, China Auto Suppliers Group, Global Synergies, LinguaVox, Network Global Recruitment, Systran, Theis Communications, New Paradigm Group and Rosetta Stone. More partners will be announced soon.

"Setting up a new operation in China or doing business with Chinese companies can be a bewildering exercise," said Ron Hesse, president of GlobalAutoIndustry.com. "The China Package assembles a team of experts that accelerates the process and steers the supplier around the many unforeseen pitfalls."

The China Package also includes one-on-one business and trade sessions; a China auto parts supplier directory; introduction to over 35 China based suppliers via the China Auto Suppliers Group; free passes to GlobalAutoIndustry.com events on China; Chinese language training; website language translation into Chinese; PR/media communications advice; global coaching session; white papers and guides covering a host of expertise; and more.

The China Package provides solutions for auto suppliers' main concerns:

-- How do we source product from China?

-- How do we find a joint venture partner?

-- How do we protect our technology and intellectual property?

-- How can we be sure of the quality of our suppliers?

-- How do we negotiate with Chinese executives?

-- Should we translate our presentations and product brochures?

-- How does our local staff in Beijing learn English?

-- How can I learn some basic Chinese language sayings?

-- How do I set up a company in Shanghai?

-- What laws do I need to know about before hiring plant workers?

-- How do we recruit a managing director?

-- How do we train our U.S. staff on cultural communications issues?

-- How do we repatriate our profits?

-- What do we need to know about moving staff from the U.S. to Shanghai?

-- How do we get our press release distributed?

About GlobalAutoIndustry.com

GlobalAutoIndustry.com connects the worldwide auto supplier industry with the resources to effectively do business globally. Through the web site, www.GlobalAutoIndustry.com, auto supplier executives can find insight, solutions and strategies focused on doing business in the world's top automotive markets.

Monthly eJournals, including CHINAtalk and ASIAtalk, provide targeted information and insight on doing business in foreign markets and GlobalAutoIndustry.com Solutions provide effective international answers to suppliers' global business and operational needs.

Parent company, HCI Group Ltd., is based in Troy, Mich., with European headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.