What's the most important thing about seating etiquette?

First of all, the dining table occasion

China table manners are the perfect combination of China traditional etiquette and international etiquette, and they respect rights. This aspect will be introduced in detail in the table manners section.

Second, public places.

In all kinds of unofficial public occasions with public participation, it is generally ranked according to the international practice of giving priority to rights. For example, at a party, two hosts came out from the right side of the stage. Traditionally, women walk in front and men walk behind. The man should ask the woman to stand on the right and keep the arrangement of men left and women right. If the male host is an elder, then he should stand on the right, because we in China pay attention to elders. For another example, when a leader gives prizes to winners or meets guests at a mass meeting, should the leader stand on the left or the right? It should be on the left, because the leader is generally considered to be the master on the stage. According to the principle of customer first, guests should be given the right to lead. Some people mistakenly think that whenever leaders hold meetings, they are all left-leaning. In fact, only the leaders in official internal meetings are ranked left, while the stage or podium in public is still right.

Third, business occasions.

The principle of respecting rights in business etiquette has been widely used now. Therefore, when private enterprises, listed companies, foreign-related enterprises and enterprises without official capital injection hold a signing ceremony, they respect rights according to international practice, with the general owner taking the left and the guests taking the right.

In one case, some state-owned enterprises used to be part of government agencies, so most of the leading bodies of enterprises will be ranked according to the principle of ranking internal meetings of officials, that is, the left is the most important. However, when these state-owned enterprises entertain guests, no matter whether the other party is a domestic enterprise or a foreign enterprise, they all follow international business etiquette and respect their rights.

Fourth, international occasions.

At international conferences attended by many countries, the ranking of leaders of various countries follows the principle of putting power first. In the official photo of this meeting, the host is standing in the middle, the first VIP is on the right and the second VIP is on the left.

For example, at the G20 Financial Summit held in London in April, 2009, the leader of the nine people in the front row was the host British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and the leader of our country, China president, sat first on his right. Obviously, during the London Summit, China was the first VIP.

Let's look at the podium of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The one to the right of the champion is second, and the one to the left of the champion is third. Because this is an international occasion, rights are respected.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) diplomatic occasion

Diplomatic occasions mainly refer to foreign-related bilateral meetings. If the meeting place is in China, when the two sides shake hands and take a photo, the Chinese side is on the left and the foreign side is on the right; If the meeting place is abroad, when the two sides shake hands and take a photo, the foreign side is on the left and the Chinese side is on the right. Of course, this is only a general principle, and there are no exceptions.