Harnessing these benefits when doing business in China can only be done if international
organisations have the skills and knowledge necessary to navigate the many geographic, linguistic, religious and cultural differences present in Chinese culture. International organisations employing people in China or working with Chinese on a regular basis should run a series of cross-cultural training programmes such as Doing Business in China to ensure they develop a level of intercultural competence to help them successfully deal with the many cultural differences in Chinese business.