SwedCham Culture is a new feature of SwedCham China that aims to foster Sino-Swedish culture exchange. You can experience the beauty of Hutong in Beijing, learn how to make dumplings, write Chinese calligraphy, and even acquire essential mah-jong skills that bring you to the local. Meanwhile, SwedCham China regularly provides Swedish language courses both online and offline, through which Swedish culture and customs can be known in an interesting learning environment.

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Swedcham China is delighted to invite teacher Lala at MandarinPro​ sharing some of most practical Apps for living in China. You will learn the names and functions of some useful Chinese apps most commonly used by Chinese, and understand simple usage and common expressions for making life in China more convenient and enjoyable.

Have you heard or used any of the following Chinese Apps?

Dianping大众点评 (finding and rating restaurants, hotels, museums, cinemas, activities, natural sceneries),

Didi 滴滴 (book a taxi in any city),

Taobao淘宝 (online shopping),

Eleme 饿了么 (food delivery, cleaning, services, errands),

Helijia 河狸家 (massage, manicure, private exercise classes, lashes, facial),

飞常准 (check all details for upcoming flights),

闪送 (express delivery),

and more to be revealed...

The webinar will take place in English. Through its KUDO​​ meeting platform, Swedcham China will offer the possibility for the audience to switch to simultaneous translation into Chinese when listening to presentation.

Welcome to sign up!

Event info

Date: April 13, 2022

Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PM, Beijing Time

Fee: 80 RMB/Member ticket; 120 RMB/Non-member ticket

Venue: A KUDO meeting link will be sent out one day before the webinar

About MandarinPro

MandarinPro​ is a leading school in Beijing for professionals pursuing Mandarin education.

Our instructors consist of experts from top institutions of Mandarin education, with experience ranging from teaching intensive programs to academic research in Chinese language.

We've designed and optimized our own methods of teaching Mandarin from years of academic research and experience. Our courses are designed from scratch and have been battle tested to quickly improve Mandarin language skills of all students starting from any level.

Fapiao (VAT Invoice)

Requiring Fapiao, please click here​​. Apply fapiao when purchasing a ticket, by inputting the Chinese entity name and tax ID (if the title is wrong, you will be unable to receive the Fapaio). Make sure your IT has whitelisted the domain "XX@hlzrkj.xyz​. E-Fapiao will be sent to your e-mail within 7 days after completed event (check spam folder). If the fapiao can not be received, please provide an alternative email or contact finance@swedcham.cn.

KUDO is a multilingual meeting SaaS company built around a B2B managed marketplace powered by the largest network of on-demand conference interpreters. Accessible from anywhere, on any device, KUDO redefines possibilities in global communication."

First time KUDO user? Click the links below to read the attendance instructions!

How to join meeting - English

如何加入会议室 - 中文

Click here​ to know more about KUDO