Fun and Culture Events in Beijing
The FC Club (Fortune Connection Club)
The FC Club (Fortune Connection Club) is one of China's oldest networking organizations. It serves a rapidly growing community of over 10,000 active members in Shanghai and over 3,000 in Beijing. The FC Club is dedicated to bringing together business professionals, business managers, expatriates, human resource managers, and headhunters for its monthly events. We run a diverse programme of monthly Social Networking Evenings. The programme includes Career Development – Headhunter Evenings, Media Evenings, Business & Financial Evenings, I.T Evenings and more all on a regular basis.
The FC Club was founded in 2002 and is recognized as being one of the major hubs of connectivity. FC Club members are typically in their late 20's to early 50's. They are highly educated and motivated individuals. Many of them are the most active mid-career, international professionals in their respective communities. People often also attend the events for purely social reasons – to meet old friends and to make new friends. They know that often it is not what you but whom you know that helps in life and at the FC Club you will find the right type of people. Above all FCClub events are a good place to learn new skills, to catch up with old friends or make new friends, to discover new things about your city and the world, and simply to have fun in a sociable and friendly atmosphere.
2008
Tuesday 8 July
FC Club Career Development – Headhunter Social Networking Evening.
 Join us on Tuesday 8 July 2008 and seize the moment to simultaneously make friends and advance your career. Last month once again proved that the FC Club, City Weekend, the Zeta Bar, Executive Search Companies and YOU are the right recipe for unforgettable evenings.
Networking is an art,
Be not afraid to start!
These evenings provide a unique platform for you to forge new connections, meet new friends and to become visible to Executive Search Agents and Headhunters. This is the only serious chance for headhunters, HR. personnel and employees to meet and discuss career development opportunities in a non-compromising environment. It is often not what you know but who you know that gets you the next job.
These nights are for:
1. People looking for more opportunities for career development and/or for new and more interesting challenges.
2. Companies that are looking for employees - suggest to your HR people that they attend.
3. "Executive Search" and Headhunter companies - this is a golden, not to be missed, opportunity.
4. People wishing to meet and have a good time with some of Beijing’s best.
In short these nights provide a unique platform for you to potentially make the connection that will take you and your career to new heights.
Easy on-line registration (www.fcclub.com or simply e-mail eventbj@fcclub.com with the following information for each person.
· Name + Surname:
· Company:
· Work Title:
· Mobile phone:
· Email:
Early-bird discount - Register before 7:30 pm on Monday 7 July and only pay 50 RMB.
The full prices is 80RMB.
Please feel free to phone me if you have any registration problems.
The entrance fee includes:
· A Complimentary Drink (beer, red/white wine, soft drinks)
· A selection of nibbles.
· The pamphlet - Practical Chinese (prepared by Frontiers – Make Mandarin Study Easier).
· Happy Hour until 10.00pm (50% drink price for all drinks).
· Participation in a Lucky Draw
· A 15% discount in the Hilton’s buffet restaurant Elements (validity same day only).
Professionals from all industries, business managers, business owners, expatriates, human resource personnel, headhunters are all welcome. A friend of a friend is a friend, so join us and meet old friends, make new friends and empower your personal career network. Please feel free to tell your friends.
Address:
Zeta Bar Hilton, 1 Dong Fang Road, North Dong Sanhuan Road, Chaoyang District. (Tel: 5865 5000)
北京希尔顿酒店 中国北京市朝阳区东三环北路东方路一号 100027. Map available on request.
Media Partner: City Weekend
Sponsored by: China Expert International – Services and Solutions for Expats and for Doing Business in/with China www.china-expert.org.
FC Club (Beijing) Schedule 2008 |
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| Date | Venue | Event |
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| 8 Jan | Zeta Bar, Hilton | Career Development-Headhunter Social Networking Evening | | 5 Feb | Rumi Persian Grill | Fab Feb Festive Farsi Feast | | 19 Feb | Zeta Bar, Hilton | Career Development-Headhunter Social Networking Evening | | 11 March | Zeta Bar, Hilton | Our First Anniversary! A special evening for friends old and new.
Career Development-Headhunter Social Networking Evening | | 25 March | Loong Bar, JW Marriott | Entrepreneur, Business and Finance Social Networking Evening | | 4 – 6 April | China World | Don’t forget to visit our booth (AV 14) at the Expat Show Beijing | | 8 April | Zeta Bar, Hilton | Career Development-Headhunter Social Networking Evening | | 29 April | Loong Bar, JW Marriott | Entrepreneur, Business and Finance Social Networking Evening | | 13 May | Zeta Bar, Hilton | Career Development-Headhunter Social Networking Evening | | 17 May | Outdoors | A Fun Spring Day the FC Club Way - It's time to Netbuild and Netbond! | | 27 May | Loong Bar, JW Marriott | Entrepreneur, Business and Finance Social Networking Evening | | 10 June | Zeta Bar, Hilton | Career Development-Headhunter Social Networking Evening | | 24 June | Loong Bar, JW Marriott | Entrepreneur, Business and Finance Social Networking Evening | | 8 July | Zeta Bar, Hilton | Career Development-Headhunter Social Networking Evening | | 22 July | Loong Bar, JW Marriott | Entrepreneur, Business and Finance Social Networking Evening | | 5 Aug | TBC | Career Development-Headhunter Social Networking Evening | | 26 Aug | TBC | Media & I.T. Social Networking Evening | | 9 Sept | TBC | Career Development-Headhunter Social Networking Evening | | 23 Sept | TBC | Entrepreneur, Business and Finance Social Networking Evening | | 15 Oct | TBC | Career Development-Headhunter Social Networking Evening | | 29 Oct | TBC | Media & I.T. Social Networking Evening | | 11 Nov | TBC | Career Development-Headhunter Social Networking Evening | | 25 Nov | TBC | Entrepreneur, Business and Finance Social Networking Evening | | 9 Dec | TBC | Career Development-Headhunter Social Networking Evening |
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Previous Events
FC Club Entrepreneur, Business and Finance Social Networking Evening. Tuesday 24 June
This month’s Entrepreneurs, Business & Finance Social Networking Evening was on Tuesday 24 June and once again exceeded expectations.
The JW Marriott again kindly consented to host this event in their Loong Bar. However, this month was different. We replaced the traditional Happy Hour (50% of selected drinks) with a new concept, The Power Hour (all house/standard drinks at only 28 RMB). This proved to be very popular with the participants and we will repeat it.
On a personal note, based on the quality of the people present, I think that this must have been one of our best events. I know I had some very interesting conversations.
This event was sponsored by the Eton Montessori Teacher Training Academy. Earn your Montessori Teaching Credential through the American Montessori Society in a Teacher Education Program Accredited by MACTE (Montessori Accreditation Council on Teacher Education).
The Second FC Club Netbonding Day Trip: Saturday June 21 to Shidu
These events are for FC Club members (and friends) that appreciate that true Networking and Netbonding is based on shared interests and experiences. Our second event was even more successful than our first and we had to organise a larger coach than originally anticipated.
This Netbonding event was prepared with the assistance of Ms. Caroline Zheng from West China Tours www.westchina.net.cn
Destination: Shidu. Cost 260RMB, Meeting Point: Outside the Hilton Time: 9:30am Date: Sat, 21 June 2008
Shidu is often referred to as the ‘mini River Li” (Guilin and Yangshuo) and is considered to have the most beautiful waterscape in suburban Beijing. We believe that you too will find that the combination of the calm, winding Juma River and the pretty, green mountains that straddle it justify this reputation. This FC Club event has been organised by our partner (and friend) West China Tours. The day included a bamboo raft cruise, a barbecue party banquet awaits us. In addition to delicious kebabs, the barbecue included local fresh roasted trout and vegetables.
After lunch the group decided to visit an amazing stalactite cave whose entrance is only by boat.
Tuesday 10 June
FC Club Career Development – Headhunter Social Networking Evening. Tuesday 10 June 2008
This well attended evening was very kindly sponsored by EMMTA (Eton Montessori Teachers Training Association)
They too discovered that these evenings are an amazing platform for to forge new connections and to become visible. They used the evening as a unique platform both to help advertise the advantages of enrolling in their Teacher training Programme and to promote enrollment in their schools.
The event was held at the Zeta Bar, Hilton Beijing and as usual we were delighted to have City Weekend as our Media Sponsor.
All photos courtesy of Patrick Sullivan
Tuesday 27 May: FC Club Entrepreneur, Business and Finance Social Networking Evening.
 Tuesday 27 May witnessed the FC Club's May Entrepreneurs, Business & Finance Social Networking Evening. Over one hundred people attended this event many of whom generously contributed to the Sichuan earthquake relief efforts by purchasing a copy of the tragically misnamed book “Dujiangyan: In harmony with nature”. The books were sold at 200RMB of which 198RMB/book was donated. The books will also be on sale at the coming events.
Pictures Courtesy of Patrick Sullivan
Saturday 17 May.
The FC Club's Fun Spring Day FC Club Outdoors. It’s more than Networking. It's Netbonding! 
The 17 May 2008 saw the launch of the FC Club’s Outdoor Networking events.
A coach full of adventurous FC Clubbers braved a weather forecast that predicted light showers and set of to have a Fun Spring Day. The day was a complete success with even the weather bending an ear to our requests for a great day.
It is hard to define what was THE highlight of the day for there were many. For some doubtlessly it was the firecracker sellers, for others the boating, and for others the selection of local delicacies that we had for lunch. My personal favourite was the fact that I/We had a full day to chat and get to know each other even better.
This type of event will be repeated on a regular basis and I am sure that they will become as highly popular as our networking events.
This event was prepared with the assistance of Ms. Coco Zheng from Travel New China.
Our itinerary included a delicious local village meal prepared from fresh farm produce (from the field to the table with no harmful “food miles”) at a second floor restaurant that provided an interesting view of a non-commercialised section of the Great Wall (climbing was not-included in the programme). We then continued to the Lakeside Great Wall scenic area where we took a leisurely stroll, took countless photographs and then went boating prior to returning to the coach via the (Colin named) Echo Dam.
Tuesday 13 May FC Club Career Development- Headhunter Social Networking Evening.
This event, held at the Hilton's Zeta Bar was attended by 169 people.
The event took place only one day after a massive earthquake struck Sichuan.
The earthquake measured 7.9 on the Richter Scale.
Despite the fact that the precise extent of the damage was not yet known the FC Club already alert to the magnitude of the tragedy contacted the charity "Operation Blessing" and, under its auspices, organised a donation box to start collecting contributions of earthquake relief work and to start to raise awareness of the scale of the destruction.
The process of healing the physical and psychological damage to the devastated communities of the area will be a long-term project.
China Expert International and The FC Club will be only too happy to provide information on Charity Organisations that are active in that area to anyone who wants to contribute to the relief work.
We will be continuing to assist the relief work at future events.
Once again we wish to thank our team of volunteers for contributing both to the success of the evening from a Social and Networking aspect and in their help in collecting donations.
29 April 2008
FC Club Entrepreneur, Business and Finance Social Networking Evening. 
This great event was held at the J.W Marriott's Loong Bar and was attended by 90 people. They seized this opportunity to make friends and some great career contacts.
This evening brought bring together Entrepreneurs, Businesspeople and people who work in Finance, Banking, Consulting, Real Estate, and Investment.
The J.W Marriott generously supplied an incredible selection of delicious snacks and with Solid Vodka's help our complimentary drink list was upgraded to include a number of Solid Vodka based cocktails.
All photos courtesy of Mr. Patrick Sullivan.
8 April 2008
FC Club Career Development- Headhunter Social Networking Evening.
This event was held at the Hilton's Zeta Bar and was attended by 168 people.
Connections were made and on the basis of an informal survey of attendees it was decided to finalise our plans for our first Outdoor Networking event. It is scheduled for Saturday 17 May.
The four bottles of boutique Australian Wines donated by Gelipu Wines made the Lucky Draw even more popular then usual. Hopefully they will donate similar great wines for future events.
Unfortunately our regular volunteer photographer Mr. Patrick Sullivan had to send a last-minute substitute. Hence the pictures are not of the normal quality.
25 March 2008
FC Club Entrepreneur, Business and Finance Social Networking Evening.
This was a double first event for us.
The first Business and Finance event and the first time that we used the JW Marriott's Loong bar. Both were proved to be good decisions.
The event was attended by 122 people who all seemed to be very happy with both the new venue and the new theme.
We were privileged to have the hotel's General Manager, Mr. Franco Io, as one of our guests. He During the course of the evening he added two extra prizes for the Lucky Draw. Our top prize was a set of vouchers and L'Oreal products donated by C de France.
The photos are courtesy of Mr. Patrick Sullivan.
Tuesday 11 March 2008
Proud to have City Weekend as our Media Sponsor.
FC Club Career Development – Headhunter Social Networking Evening.
Our First Anniversary was attended by 176 people including representatives from 13 Executive Search / Headhunter companies.
This highly successful evening was held at the Hilton's Zeta Bar.
The Lucky Draw prizes included a bottle of Californian wine from the Zeta bar, a bottle of French wine from Top Cellar, and 4 vouchers for U-Speed the new Go-Kart venue.
We wish to take this opportunity to thank all the volunteers that have helped us during our first year and welcome additional volunteers and prize sponsors.
Pictures courtesy of Patrick Sullivan
Tuesday 19 February 2008
We are proud to have City Weekend as our Media Sponsor.
FC Club Career Development – Headhunter Social Networking Evening.
A new record high attendance was set!!
172 people attended this event. Obviously the 5 Feb event meal did not adversely affect the numbers :). Let’s see what will happen in March when, in addition to our signature Career Development-Headhunter Social Networking evening there will also be an Entrepreneur, Business and Finance Social Networking evening.
Top Cellar were kind enough to contribute two bottles of wine as prizes for the Lucky Draw and to offer free 10% Discount cards for their three shops. Rumi also provide two cash vouchers for Rumi Persian Grill and one time 10% discount vouchers.
Pictures, courtesy of Patrick Sullivan.
Tuesday 5 February
We are proud to have City Weekend as our Media Sponsor
FC Club Fab Feb Festive Farsi Feast at Rumi Persian Grill.
The Fab Feb Festive Farsi Feast Featured Fantastic Fragrant Food which was enjoyed by the 44 FC Club subscribers that attended. The evening proved to be a tremendous success and we are now looking for venues for additional dining events and/or for events that can commence with a meal and then migrate to a more fluid networking format.
The night's menu was:
Hummus with Mushrooms (Chick peas and tahini dip)
Kashk-o-Badenjan (Sautéed eggplant and garlic dip)
House Salad (Green salad)
Greek Salad
Jujeh Kabob (Chicken Kabob)
Lamb Shish Kabob (Lamb Kabob)
Beef Koobideh (Ground Beef Kabob)
Ghormeh Sabzi Stew (Beef with green herbs and kidney beans stew)
Basmati Rice (White basmati rice with saffron)
Baghali Polo (Broad beans and dill weed rice)
Baghlava
Tea, Coffee and Soft Drinks
All pictures courtesy of Patrick Sullivan.
Tuesday 8 January 2008
We are proud to have City Weekend as our Media Sponsor.
FC Club Career Development – Headhunter Social Networking Evening.
A great start to the year!!
Despite the fact that many were still on holiday or only just returned from their Christmas vacation 130 people attended the January Social Networking Evening. Rumi Persian Grill was kind enough to double the Lucky Draw prize so that we could distribute 2 sets of 200RMB vouchers for their restaurant. The folks form the Expat Show Beijing (4 – 6 April 2008) were also there promoting the show and for yes we will be at the show. Look for us in the Associations Village. In addition to our faithful volunteer photographer the City Weekend photographer was also busy recoding the event for their archives.
Pictures, courtesy of Patrick Sullivan and The City Weekend Magazine.
2007
Tuesday 11 December 2007
We are proud to have City Weekend as our Media Sponsor.
FC Club Career Development – Headhunter Social Networking Evening.
A new record! 168 people attended the December Social Networking Evening. The event was once again highly successful with nearly 30 representatives from 12 Executive Search / headhunter companies present. The continuing success and continually growing numbers bodes well for our plans to run two FC Club events/month in 2008. The theme of the new event is still to be finalised as is the start date but it looks like the green light has been given by you, the guests.
Unfortunately though, despite having confirmed his availability, a last moment and unexpected work overload prevented our volunteer photographer from attending. Murphy of course was there in full force since my trusty backup camera is no longer quite so trusty.
Tuesday 13 November 2007
We are proud to have City Weekend as our Media Sponsor.
FC Club Career Development – Headhunter Social Networking Evening.
Nearly 150 people attended the November Social Networking Evening. The event was once again highly successful with about 20 representatives from 11 Executive Search / headhunter companies present. One interesting occurrence was that for there was nearly complete silence for the Lucky Draw. This is assumed to be a reflection on the quality of this month's prizes which included 3 tickets for the Beijing showing of the Musical 42nd Street.
Pictures, courtesy of Patrick Sullivan.
Tuesday 16 October 2007
We are proud to have City Weekend as our Media Sponsor.
FC Club Career Development – Headhunter Social Networking Evening at the Beijing Hilton's Zeta Bar.
There are always many that wish to claim that they are the reason for a success. In this instance the combination of the change from Thursdays to Tuesdays, the return to the East side of Beijing and the pleasantly warm evening are arguably the main reason why this month's event were attended by a record 161 people.
Photos courtesy of Patrick Sullivan.
13 September 2007
This was the last in a series of 4 great events held at the X-Change Bar. Despite a record high registration for this evening the weather seemed to have been the deciding factor in the actual number of participants. 115 people attended and spent the evening enjoying both the atmosphere and the opportunity for career enhancement. We were especially lucky that, in addition to our traditional prizes (from the Intercontinental Hotel and from Dragonfly Massage Parlour) we had prizes donated by Luxe's Beijing City Guide and by Radio 774AM (Beijing's local bi-lingual Radio Station). The Radio 774 prizes were presented by Jane (Jellico) Chen the host of the "Tail of Two Cities programme".
Photos courtesy of Patrick Sullivan
9 August 2007
We are proud to have City Weekend as our Media Sponsor.
This was another great event. There were 121 participants of whom about 55% were Chinese nationals and about 45% were foreign nationals. The feed back from both the Headhunters/Exec Search companies and the "seekers" has been that once again a lot of useful connections were made.
Photos courtesy of Patrick Sullivan
12 July 2007
Despite the summer holidays this month's FC Club Career Development - Headhunter Social Networking evening was attended by just under 100 people.
The photos are courtesy of Ms. Iris Lang
14 June 2007
The June FC Club Career Development-Headhunter Social Networking Evening was held at the Intercontinental Hotel Financial Street's X-Change Bar.
We manged to bring to this new venue 105 people and proved that events can be held in this part of town. The following sectors were represented (Chambers of Commerce, Culture, Electronics,Energy, Financial, Hospitality, HR, Manufacturing, Media, Real-Estate and Transportation). Headhunters were present from the following companies (Antal, Beijing Yingze, Bridge 86, Consult Group, E & T, Intertalent, Lenovo, Manpower, Randstad, and Wang& Li)
17 May 2007
The May event was once again held at the Hilton's Zeta Bar and attended by a comparable number of people.
121 people attended the event and they were from the following sectors:
Accounting, Automobile, Banking, Business Coaching, Chinese Tuition, Consultancy, Healthcare, H.R, Investment, Leisure, Legal, Project Management, Real Estate, Travel, Utilities
The H. R sector was represented by 20 people from these companies (Antal, Consult Group, Heidrick & Struggles, Horton International, Spencer Stuart, Wang& Li).
12 April 2007
The Fortune Careers Club Headhunter Night on 12 April 2007 at the Hilton's Zeta Bar (Beijing) was a huge success with attendance far exceeding the expected numbers.
122 people attended this evening including 10 Head-hunter / Executive Search professionals. Approximately 50% were foreign nationals and 50% were Chinese nationals.The attendees were from the following industries: Accounting, Arts & Culture, Business Development Consultants, Embassy staff, Engineers, Insurance, I.T., Investment, Journalists & Media, Relocation Experts, Sales & Marketing, Teachers & Trainers and more.
Many people stayed long after the event officially ended at 10.0pm.
8 March 2007
FC Club Headhunter Night at The Fairview Garden Business Club.
This was the first in a series of monthly events that we organising in Beijing on behalf of the Shanghai based Fortune Careers Club (FC Club).
These evenings provide an informal atmosphere for Executive Search / Headhunter companies, HR personnel, job-seekers and potential job-seekers to mingle and to make connections for a better personal future.
The first Beijing event was attended by 34 people, who all enjoyed the casual atmosphere and the Fairview's pleasant environment.
2006
4 - 8 December 2006 - East Meets West (end)
 As part of the Services and Solutions that we provide for the Expat community in China, we introduced to Beijing Top-Class (as opposed to top-less) Cabaret. We brought to Beijing 5 Stars of London's West End Musical Theatre especially for these evenings. The show was called "East Meets West (end)" - that's London's West End. We presented the best songs from some of the most famous musicals. Peter McCarthy's musical arrangements and the magical voices of Mathew Gould, Clive Carter, Jan Hartley and Helen Goldwyn delighted the audiences. The show was attended by many of our media friends including CCTV6, Radio 774AM, Time Out, City Weekend and Xinhua News Agency. This was a first for Beijing and will be continued in 2007.
28 October 2006 - The Annual British Charity Ball
 The Managing Director of China Expert International Ltd., Colin Friedman, was a member of the British Ball Organising Committee. The theme for 2006 was "The Swinging Sixties" and money was raised for two charities - "Care" and "People Link".
16 April 2006 - Chinese Language and Culture Event
The First Beijing Annual Chinese Language and Culture Event was held at the H.Q. Ritz Hotel. The event was organised by China Expert International Ltd. (a member of the British Chamber of Commerce in China) and Beijing Oriental Sun Culture and Media Ltd. The event was a free event provided as a public service predominantly for foreigners living in Beijing but open to all irrespective of nationality, age or gender.
Most of the better Chinese language Schools attended this event in order to promote their special skills.
The venue’s special shape was utilised tothe full. The room was horseshoe shaped surrounding a central stage. The tables were along the sides of the “U”. The event concept was based on using the central stage as a platform for the exhibitors, in turn, to promote their services. Additionally the tables along the length of the “U” were allocated as meeting areas for the exhibitors to hold private consultations with their potential clients.
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