FAQs

How do foreigners address Chinese people in business and social circumstances?

In both business and social environments, professional title is often used after the family name when address a people. For example, a people with the surname of Wang is addressed as: Wang jingli (Manager Wang) when he is the manager of a company.
Wang zhuxi or Wang zongtong (President Wang) when he is the president of a country.
Wang buzhang (Minister Wang) when he is the minister of a department.
Wang zhuxi, or Wang huizhang (Chairman Wang) when he is the chairman of an organization.