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China visits Trade Me
A group of Chinese young leaders visited our Wellington office last week to find out about Trade Me’s experiences of e-commerce in New Zealand, and compare this with the bevy of online marketplaces in China.
The visit was part of the first ever NZ-Sino Youth Exchange, a programme that brings together a handful of young leaders from New Zealand and China. In October last year, five young Kiwis headed over to China, with the help of Asia:NZ and the magnificently named China People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, and last week saw the reciprocal visit to New Zealand.
Before coming up the lift to Trade Me, our Chinese visitors had already visited dairy gurus Fonterra and bee product experts Comvita, touched Oscars at special effects maestros Weta, met a couple of Government ministers, and had a taste of Maori culture in Rotorua.
Bowen Pan was one of the Kiwi group who went to China in 2009 and is now on the staff at Trade Me where he is in our strategy, finance and analytics team. He took this week off work to hit the road with the Chinese delegation.
Bowen says the exchange is about developing friendships and networks across the business, education and government sectors. “The New Zealand government is investing heavily in China to help Kiwi firms do business in China. One example is New Zealand Central, a $40m project in Shanghai that aims to be a ‘home base’ for New Zealand businesses.”
Thanks to our Chinese visitors for making it in to Trade Me for a chat, and a look around our neck of the woods.
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