Encouraging startups

Apart from making it easier for foreign graduates to take up employment in China, the Chinese Government has also adopted measures to encourage them to start their own businesses and embrace the entrepreneurial spirit.

Feuba Hermann from Cameroon is one of the many who have taken advantage of the startup policy. He set up his own business in China early this year.

In 2011, Hermann participated in a Chinese language competition held by the the Confucius Institute in Yaounde, capital of Cameroon, where he studied Chinese. In his speech My Chinese Dream, he expressed his idea of starting a career in China. He then applied to study in China. Eighteen months later, he was admitted to a postgraduate program at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Now, he has opened his own translation company in Beijing and was issued a five-year work visa.

Although he encountered many challenges from the outset, Hermann is full of confidence. “China is very big, and is developing. In its process of growing, there are so many opportunites for Chinese and foreigners. That’s why I opened my company in China. I’m happy I realized my dream,” he told Chinafrica.