Engineering & Business Internships in China with Mentoring

My heart beats for simple things and I love to meet life at the simplest corner. that’s why when I had to decide where to do my internship, I opted for China. I read a lot about Buddhism, Confucius and Taoist principles which define an average Chinese and I believe this is what life ought to be.
I joined CIP’s Premium Executive Internship for 6 months and I felt the time, money and other resources was worth it. I joined the program in November 2014 till April 2015. I arrived at the airport and never knew what to expect especially how Beijing looks as well as life in general. It was life away from home so I relied on CIP to fill up the gap.
I will say the company I was placed seem ready to receive me. I remember so well that faithful morning, I was supposed to be introduced to my internship company and upon arrival with my program coordinator from CIP, I noticed something so amazing. As I approached the door, the entire members of my team were at the main entrance with a flower to welcome me. I was so touched by the gesture such that I really felt at home. This is one of the most touching moments in my life and I will never forget.
Arriving at my designated desk, I noticed my name was neatly written and placed on the table with a note welcoming me. The impeccable working environment sent chills down my spine as I prepared to meet my HR. The company is a Joint venture between Shell and Tongyi, a Chinese State Owned Enterprise. So when it comes to facilities and office space and deco, it is way above my expectation.
My role involved assisting the marketing team with quality contents. I also edited and updated old articles for re-publishing. The biggest of the projects I worked on was Asian regional magazine on sustainable energy projects as well as Shell’s commitment to efficiency and sustainability.
This sent me to the numerous project sites with my team members to inspect how some projects were progressing. We help brainstorming segments every Monday and Thursday to evaluate progress of our work and introduce fresh ideas.
The organization had serious government links that sends me speaking with very influential people in China’s Energy sector. I am proud I went through this program and I am happy I was able to get through the program. I had every bit of elements delivered except my language package because I was very busy with work schedules, travel itinerary such that I had no time to study. I was nevertheless allocated class hours.
I asked for a refund which my program adviser found it tough to arrange because of CIP’s policy. At the end of the day, I had some refund and the rest of the class was scheduled online after I left China.
On the whole, the program was great. I had my university supervisor and parents write few lines of review for publishing on their website.
I will recommend that future participants must take part of their Chinese language classes online before arrival such that there will be no pressure when work demands get tough. This will go a long way to easily assist participants to easily assimilate into society.

Taking an Internship with CIP’s Platform will expose you to diverse opportunities in Asia and beyond with properly arranged Internships, relevant Job descriptions and good organizations. I selected CIP because of their program components which I could not find anywhere. The insurance, mentoring, coaching, entrepreneurial training, etc.
My internship in Shanghai I must say was very successful with very interesting. I worked with a Consultancy House. I was placed into a group that helps companies with training their middle management teams on areas of leadership, performance management and corporate communication. I assisted with training need assessments, impact assessments and proposal drafting. I work from 9am till 5pm and spend the rest of the evening with various activities and networking.
I join very interesting events organized by CIP, spent time with my colleagues, had a language classes and so much more.
The networking was great and I have already made up my mind to work in China because my uncle works with a very reputable organization in China. I made new friends from all over the world and some of which are very good materials for future projects.
This program is fun, entertaining, immersive, educative and added more value to my abilities.

This is a serious program I must admit. During my first contact with my Program Adviser over Skype, I was told to withdraw my application if I was coming to China for fun. This freaked me so much and I felt the pressure to perform but at the end all CIP supported me to deliver.
Life as an intern in China is so interesting and involving thanks to CIP Internship platform. I had my greatest experience in Shanghai during my Internship program in 2015. The organizing and program contents were well delivered in the process and there is little room for correction although there are few flaws but not significant enough to mar the beauty.
Aside the experience segment which I loved so much, We had very good activities cultural, trip etc. I love the kung fu segment it’s really a very healthy practice. It keeps the body properly aligned and after every segment, there is that inner comfort. The weekend meetups with the startup community in China was a great networking point for me as I met lots of young people from the west who are making it in China when it comes to entrepreneurship. The Business Chamber events were very executive and worth mentioning here as well
The company I worked in provided business advisory services to organizations and I was working on data collection, interpretation and presenting reports to senior Management upon approval of my supervisor. It was an eye opening segment and I love it. I had made very interesting connections that I think will be very helpful when I complete college

Going abroad was not an issue here because I have always been away from home. I opted to go Asia and China was the sure destination for the very obvious reasons. I was recommended to this program by my career adviser as they had partnership with CIP. So reputation wise, I was not too scared of what goes into it.
As part of the special plans, my career adviser was provided access into CIP’s database to keep an eye on the entire process which made me very comfortable. I was involved in the entire process and no wonder I had a very good placement. Several offers were generated which I really liked and had to select one. The volume of information CIP made available about organizations was pretty awesome.
The program delivery was good as arrangements went according to plan. Life was not simple as I had language barrier on streets especially when I wanted to but my Chinese language lessons came in handy and I gasped few lines to keep me surviving in the city.
The trip to Inner Mongolia was an eye opening one. I like adventure and I had just that I had mountain climbing activities as well as bungee jumping. After a week’s stress, this is how I relax. I spent quality time working on my personality and abilities as my mentor was having private meetings with me to discuss my future career and what actions are relevant to getting me there.
The accommodation and other contents were cool to go with as well. Located about 40 minutes by subway to my workplace. The welcome package was just enough to keep me connected and hooked to my program adviser. The CIP staff are very young people who are understanding and prompt with responding to situations.
CIP is a trusted Platform and I will recommend them to you.

I should jump in to add my voice and recommend this program. I am finally happy that there are platforms like this review. China Internship Placement I will say is not too popular but these guys are doing very crazy and fresh stuff to help interns gain the best of their investment.
I joined the CIP platform as a result of recommendation from my career center at Kent University. I did my own research and also found some other agencies but I finally settled for CIP because of their program components and their willingness to deal with my career adviser and parents in the process. My career adviser was given a log in password into my profile on CIP database likewise my parents and they were briefed every step of the way even faster than myself. My parents worked hand in hand with my program adviser to structure the program components and with my Career coach to get the best placement for me.
About my experience, I must say I am better off at the end of the program than I joined. I got to understand the very details of Chinese legal systems although I did not practice, I joined the team to review pending legal cases. Example was an International Copyright issue between their client and another company.
It’s necessary to know some Chinese legal insights and how it sheds light on the marketing entry considerations for corporate organizations. This is helpful as most international firms are looking to enter China. I think this experience will push further my career ambitions and enhance my employability. I don’t mind to be called to Chinese Bar
Aside that the other social activities, networking etc were awesome. The team, the lecture series and trips will be a 90% endorsement

For all 78 of us in Shanghai for summer 2015, it was a memorable opportunity to know China better and also pursue our various opportunities while networking. I joined CIP’s summer to remember campaign trail for a 4 month internship. It was not bad after all!
I had an opportunity to intern as an assistant to the Marketing Manager of Havas and in charge of digital Marketing and content creation. With my host company, working environment was fun and very modern. There were swimming pools at the roof top with gymnasium on the 24th floor. There were also more recreational floors for workers who got overloaded with duties to refresh. I felt this placement was just right because I love working out. I spend my 1 hour out of my 1.5 hour break to run on the belt and plat table tennis with other staff. In fact this was helpful to the corporate culture of the team. We got on well with each other and pick competitions at our leisure. The spread of operations and the coverage of my job roles were awesome. I worked on several sports product promotion campaigns by creating sharable contents on social media and well as designing an engaging content to drive awareness. I had massive success with this as I had previous knowledge of social media and content promotion. The young generation in China are obsessed with fitness and this gets them enthusiastic about sports products. I learnt to use Social Media in China and how local promotions are done in the Chinese way.
The networking events got me thinking I could make a solid career launch in China but unfortunately, my host company was not hiring staff but at a local meetup, an organization made me an offer which I thought was cool. So I came back to compete my thesis and return to China. In the meantime, I get some cash for doing some mop up jobs for my host company which pays me very well.
I must say CIP played a good role in securing the later job contract from my Manager. Alfred and his Team know what they are about.

I decided to intern abroad because I could not salvage any internship position in my industry in the UK not even unpaid internship position. Without wasting much time, I decided to intern abroad China because it exposes me more.
The internship placement I must say was impressive with lots of take-home experiences. I loved the organization as they seem prepared to receive interns. They had invested efforts and resources into training us. The area of actuarial and risk management is pretty a hot sector to launch a career in China. I understood, there are very few of these skills in China which makes a reason for its scarcity
I worked on model designs and mathematical module for various risk factors and premium calculations for non-life insurance packages. I also join the team to conduct reviews of rates for assigned states and product lines, analyzed profit and loss results, past and current trends and the best of all skills I am grateful for is the process of projecting underwriting losses.
I will say that the entire program was professionally organized with very good support base and coordination. Placement process was properly done and satisfactory.

I am sure I might not be the only one making noise about the fact that I was scared after I joined CIP’s program as it was my first time travelling out the States. It was easy to decide but when the reality drew nigh, I felt I had more than I could imagine. I knew I was in for something interesting and nerve wracking. My program coordinator noticed this when we were having final pre departure briefing but she was tactful to combat that and assured me of support and 24/7 contact.
As usual, I was picked up from the airport and was a cozy ride to my apartment and they helped me pack and had some launch and then went back to rest. The weekend was packed with so much activities and training as well as arrival orientations.
My placement is exactly what I wanted in the area of project Management in an auto company located in Beijing. Before my arrival in Beijing, I had 2 other internships on my CV which I am not too comfortable with because they were not veered towards my career.
I was allocated to the Project Management team with experts in engineering which was not my field but there was something I could learn which I have been craving for some time. I was allocated costing and budgeting roles which I can never discount for anything. I worked with DAS Auto and I am proud of this. We worked in team of 15 people with individually allocated task. Their budgeting systems were inbuilt with technology applied in the process. At the end of the day, I learnt about what cost centers and elements are involved in running a manufacturing plant. It is a very complex process which took me about 3 months to really wrap my mind around. So I noticed that book is just as different from reality.
I enjoyed the coaching part of the program where a senior member of the team actually took me as a son to teach me about the entire process and what goes into it. It was another set of lessons I needed to take but the advantage is that after learning, there is a straight application. Fluency came along the way. I also loved the weekly talk segments. I worked from 9am till 6 pm but I always had time for other program components.
CIP Platform is a fantastic one and I will recommend to all