Setting up a daycare in China

Business - Human Resource

STEPS TO ESTABLISHING A DAY CARE IN CHINA

What information and steps are necessary to establish a daycare in China?

Steps to establishing a Day Care in China

The purpose of this research is to determine the process necessary to open a day care in China. Considering that the person attempting to open the Day Care would be in the United States one must also take into consideration the possible lack of knowledge for rules and regulations in another country. There is a definite need for research on this subject matter due to lack of information. There were some articles that I was unable to cite because I did not gain permission from the originators. In addition, it was difficult to find sources that were not on a paid cite. If you would like it might be possible for me to forward you copies of the paid cite texts that I would use to complete this assignment properly. However, I was able to access some basic information that can be referenced through the proceeding bibliography.

Questions that one should ask when considering opening a day care in China include: What are the rules and regulations for opening a business in China? Are there available properties that will suite ones needs? Who will my customers be? What rates are currently being charged for day care in China? What supplies will be needed, can these supplies be purchased in china, or will they need to be imported? What will the hours of operation be? What certifications are needed if any? Is there a market for day care in this area?

The above questions are just a few of the questions that need to be answered before one can establish a daycare.

First thing that should be done is some research in China i.e. population, capital etc. research shows that the capital of China is Beijing (Area: 16,800 square kilometers; Population: 12.59 million) (China Information [CI], 2000)(China organization [C], 2000). The climate: China lies mainly in the northern temperate zone under the influence of monsoon. From September and October to March and April next year monsoon blow from Siberia and the Mongolia Plateau into China and decrease in force as it goes southward, causing dry and cold winter in the country and a temperature difference of 40 degree centigrade between the north and south. The temperature in China in the winter is 5 to 18 degree centigrade lower than that in other countries on the same latitude in winter. Monsoon blows into China from the ocean in summer, bringing with them warm and wet currents, thus rain. Great differences in climate are found from region to region owing to China's extensive territory and complex topography. The northern part of Heilongjiang Province in northeast China has no summer, Hainan Island has a long summer but no winter; the Huaihe River valley features four distinct seasons; the western part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is covered by snow all year round; the southern part of the Yunan-Guizhou Plateau is spring-like all the year; and the northwestern inland region sees a great drop of temperature in the day. Annual precipitation also varies greatly from region to region; it is as high as 1,500 millimeters along the southeastern coast. Decreasing landward, it is less than 50 millimeters in northwest China. Total Population 1.2591 billion (1999) about 22% of total population in the world. The year of 1998 saw19.91 million births, 8.07 million deaths of the population, with a net growth population of 11.84 million (compared with 12.37 million in 1997). More than 10% of total population is over 60 years old (1999 data)(CI)(China Today [CT], 2000).

China population is distributed unevenly with more in the east (more than 300 persons per square kilometer) and fewer in the west (about 40 persons per square kilometer. The national average density of population is 119 per square kilometer (1990 census). The average size of household was 3.7 persons. The proportion of population aged at 0-14 was 26.4%, those aged 15-64 was 67.2%, and that of the people aged 65 and over was 6.4%

The following excerpts come from the Constitution of the People's Republic of China. It is important to determine governing rules and regulations in other countries (CI, 2000). By doing this basic research it is evident that one must have citizenship in China to have the below mentioned rights and privileges. (CT, 2000) stated the following articles as parts of the laws governing China: Article 10. Land in the cities is owned by the state. Land in the rural and suburban areas is owned by collectives except for those portions which belong to the state in accordance with the law; house sites and private plots of cropland and hilly land are also owned by collectives. The state may in the public interest take over land for its use in accordance with the law. No organization or individual may appropriate, buy, sell or lease land, or unlawfully transfer land in other ways. All organizations and individuals who use land must make rational use of the land.

Article 11. The individual economy of urban and rural working people, operated within the limits prescribed by law, is a complement to the socialist public economy. The state protects the lawful rights and interests of the individual economy. The state guides, helps, and supervises the individual economy by exercising administrative control.

Article 14. The state continuously raises labor productivity, improves economic results and develops the productive forces by enhancing the enthusiasm of the working people, raising the level of their technical skill, disseminating advanced science and technology, improving the systems of economic administration and enterprise operation and management, instituting the socialist system of responsibility in various forms and improving organization of work. The state practices strict economy and combats waste. The state properly apportions accumulation and consumption, pays attention to the interests of the collective and the individual as well as of the state and, on the basis of expanded production, gradually improves the material and cultural life of the people.

Article 22. The state promotes the development of literature and art, the press, broadcasting and television undertakings, publishing and distribution services, libraries, museums, cultural centers and other cultural undertakings, that serve the people and socialism, and sponsors mass cultural activities. The state protects places of scenic and historical interest, valuable cultural monuments, and relics and other important items of China's historical and cultural heritage.

Article 42. Citizens of the People's Republic of China have the right as well as the duty to work. Using various channels, the state creates conditions for employment, strengthens labor protection, improves working conditions, and, based on expanded production, increases remuneration for work and social benefits. Work is the glorious duty of every able-bodied citizen. All working people in state enterprises and in urban and rural economic collectives should perform their tasks with an attitude consonant with their status as masters of the country. The state promotes socialist labor emulation, and commends and rewards model and advanced workers. The state encourages citizens to take part in voluntary labor. The state provides necessary vocational training to citizens before they are employed.