We need an English introduction about American traditions, customs and festivals.

Cultural differences between Chinese and American individuals

way of life

The United States is a culture of self-expression and China is a culture of self-restraint.

Clearly express happiness and sadness, and vaguely express happiness and sadness.

Express "yes/no" clearly. Vague expression of "yes/no"

Strong personality, weak personality

Give priority to self-interest and harmony with others.

Source: Shimizu Dianyan's paper "Today's taboos may be gone tomorrow", Beijing Commerce, February 1995, p.5 1.

Cultural differences between Chinese and American businesses

American Business China Business

Game concept: business is a game of pursuing profits under the rules of law and contract. Mutual trust-oriented business: business is based on the trust relationship between people, not the rules of the game.

Efficiency orientation and approximate accuracy are simple, clear and fast, highly precise orientation and perfectionism-highly dependent on human consciousness.

Easily lay off employees, fire employees and sell job security in enterprises.

Low interdependence between employers and employees, high interdependence between employers and employees.

Heavy dependence on machinery and technology, light dependence on human resources and heavy dependence on human resources.

This comparison answers many of my questions about efficiency and diversity, and why the two continents do business in such different ways.