Organizational Structure of the Chinese Company

Do you know the organizational structure of Chinese company and describe your job? If not, this article will tell you everything you need to know in 5 minutes!

These are words you may want to know regarding the names of different office and departments:

总公司 Head Office - zǒng gōngsī
分公司 Branch Office - fèn gōngsī
人事部 Personnel Department - rénshì bù
人力资源部 Human Resources Department - rénlì zīyuán bù
财务部 General Accounting Department - cáiwù bù
销售部 Sales Department - xiāoshòu bù
国际部 International Department - guójì bù
公共关系 Public Relations Department - gōnggòng guān xì bù
市场营销部 Sales/Marketing Department - shìchǎng yíngxiāo bù
广告部 Advertising Department - guǎnggào bù
企划部 Planning Department - qǐhuà bù
产品开发部 Product Development Department - chǎnpǐn kāifā bù
研发部 Research and Development Department(R&D) - yánfā bù
秘书室 Secretarial Office - mìshū shì
生产部 Production Dept. - shēngchǎn bù

Then, you can use this sentence structure to introduce the company structure:

公司有。。。,一个是。。。，一个是。。。，一个是。。。，还有一个是。。。
Gōngsī yǒu..., yí ge shì..., yí ge shì..., yí ge shì..., háiyǒu yí ge shì... .
The company has...(departments), one is..., one is..., one is..., and the other one is....

For example:

公司有4个部：一个是研发生产部，一个是市场营销部，一个是财务部，还有一个是管理服务部。
Gōngsī yǒu sì ge bù: yí ge shì yánfā shēngchǎn bù, yí ge shì shìchǎng yíngxiāo bù, yí ge shì cáiwù bù, háiyǒu yí ge shì guǎnlǐ fúwù bù.
The company has four departments: one is the R&D Department, one is the Sales/Marketing Department, one is the Financial Department, and the other one is the Service Management Department.

Here’s a typical Chinese company organizational structure:

Exercise:

Business Tasks: Let’s imagine you and your business partners are preparing to start your own company. You are designing the organizational structure of the company and discuss how many staff you are going to hire for each department.

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