CME Associates

CME Associates, the specialist China market entry service with real added value, was created to give UK companies wishing to enter China’s markets the hands-on help they need, and the trust they want.

Rapidly changing demographics, rising incomes, greater consumer spending and an increasingly open business environment have all helped to make the China market attractive to foreign businesses.

However, breaking into the China market successfully can seem like an almost impossible task to UK companies with limited or no experience of doing business there, especially given the difference in business cultures and China’s often invisible line between public and private sector.

With a population that exceeds 1.3 billion and a land mass larger than the United States, China's sheer size and scale also presents challenges uniquely distinct from other markets.While it is true that China represents a huge potential market for UK goods and services, it is also the case that understanding where these opportunities lie and how best to access them can be extremely difficult from such a distance, not least because in China, actions speak louder than words.

Whether a large multinational with an established China presence or a first-time market entrant with no previous China experience, UK and EU companies of any size, B2B or B2C, can find their China success damaged by a simple lack of understanding that no amount of due diligence can compensate for and so expert help, previous experience and key contacts within the public and private sectors are of paramount importance.

Despite, or perhaps as a result of its rapid growth, the business environment in China is complex and hard to navigate without a trusted partner, local knowledge and practical solutions specific to China’s market conditions.

CME Associates comprises hardened market specialists based in UK and China and who have achieved real business success in China, and who now work closely with clients at home and in China to ensure greater success for them.

Our mantra and our method is Actions Not Words, as such, CME Associates is focused on the delivery of practical assistance for UK businesses, to help them obtain real results, cost effectively.

CME Associates uses extensive China market knowledge, a deep understanding of local business protocol, all important guanxi and personal high-level public and private sector contacts to achieve client success with Market Entry; Merger, Acquisition and Investment; Strategic Partnership; Representation; Sourcing or Manufacturing.