Today we took our last company visit, this time to Lenovo. Lenovo is one of the world leaders in PC production, just behind Dell, HP, and Apple in the US market. The tour was really cool, and they have a ton of new, innovative products. However, it had more of a sales pitch feel than an informative tour for business and engineering students. The guide was very good but he highlighted more of the features of their products rather than how they design or sell the products. Granted we are the target market for their new products, so it was a prime opportunity. Their campus was very nice too; it even had a waterfall-esque thing.
After the visit, we were taken out to experience another Chinese delicacy, Peking Duck. We were taken to the best restaurant in the city for duck, and they even had a duck station, where we could watch the ducks being prepared to be served. The whole meal was delicious, and the duck was much better than ones I’ve had in the states. They serve it to you on the rotating plate I talked about earlier, and they give you small tortillas and toppings. That way you can make a sort-of burrito to eat the duck. The meat was pretty good, but I liked the skin the best. Also, I ate duck brains out of the head of the duck, which was very cool and surprisingly good.
In the afternoon we had our fourth lecture, this one about the Chinese Political system over the 3000 years of their history. I wasn’t particularly interested in this lecture, so it felt like the two hours dragged on for four. After the lecture, my group worked on our final presentation which we are presenting tomorrow. The presentation we need to do is a culminating project. Our goal is to create a business plan for a product that has a market in China because it solves a problem. Our group wants to create a large air filter that people can put on their roofs in Beijing and other cities with bad pollution and it can help clean up the air.
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