Learn about a complete engineering and commercial flexpat career. What is important to plan your flexpat retirement in China?

1. Challenges of the Chinese healthcare system
2. Pick the right industry to work in
3. Qualify for your job, develop your skillset
4. Integrate in China
5. Prepare for Retirement
6. Enjoy Retirement, keep learning

In 1986, Volker Müller travelled seven weeks from Hongkong all the way to Wulumuqi in Xinjiang, after that journey he decided that he wanted to support the country in its quest for development. One year later, he got a job as a research assistant at Chongqing University in the field of artificial vision.

In the 1990s he convinced the CEO of a German start-up company to establish a representative office in Shanghai, with himself as Chief Representative. In 2000, he finally settled down in Beijing, and since then he is working in the medical devices industry. During these two and a half decades, he has worked a Chief Representative for a multinational company, built-up a manufacture for a German SME, worked as international Sales Director for a Chinese manufacturer and finally joint the EU Chamber of Commerce in China as industry desk manager.

Last year, he retired from his job, but he is still willing to make contributions to China-European cooperation. In his spare time, he is translating Chinese literature into German and has now started to write his own books to share his experience with German-speaking readers.

LinkedIn: 米福 Volker Müller
Find Volker on Wechat: mifu_beijing
Email: mi_fu@163.com
Find Francis on Wechat: Flexpat2020


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