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TV and Film

The print media industries in China like newspapers and magazines are growing and evolving fast. But it is in TV and Film that China is experiencing the most rapid change. The State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT) regulates the industry. It rules with a strong hand, but does allow opportunities to try new content and distribution methods in limited trials and then large rollouts. SARFT recently increased the number of foreign films imported in to China each year from 10 to 20, and these are only blockbuster films. Other categories exist in which official importation opportunities exist.

Cities and Provinces in China also operate film studios and TV stations which purchase content from outside China, sell content to organizations outside China, and are very interested to co-produce content to be sold inside or outside China. It is a puzzle of an industry, but one that can be solved.

Mr. Crampton comes from a media family. Grandfather Crampton brought Bennie Goodman’s swing music to the radio and got Mr. Goodman in to Carnegie Hall. He produced many national TV and radio shows in the 1930s through1960s like the Kraft Music Hour, The Jack Oakie Show, and Don O’Neil’s Breakfast Club. Aunts and cousins wrote for Fortune Magazine, the International Herald Tribune, and Sports Illustrated. Mr. Crampton is extending this family media focus into China.

Mr. Crampton was the interpreter for a groundbreaking 1998 trip by SARFT Vice Minister Zhao Shi, Beijing Film Studio President Han Shanping, film directors Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaoning, and actress Ning Jing. These Chinese media industry luminaries were in Los Angeles for a China Film Festival hosted by UCLA. Mr. Crampton acted as the delegation’s interpreter for their trip, and for their visits to Paramount, Warner Brothers, Fox, and other film studios. Since then Mr. Crampton has watched the industry, and has found some (legal) ways for foreign TV and movie products to be purchased and shown in China, and many Chinese films and TV shows worth showing in the USA.

Franchising

The franchising industry in China is taking off. Many, many organizations and individuals in China have the money to invest in a franchise. A few major international franchises like McDonalds, Yum Brands KFC and Pizza Hut, and Jollibee, Kodak developing centers, dry cleaning companies, and convenience stores like Seven Eleven have been successful in China. Let us help you establish or upgrade your franchised brand in China.
Mr. Crampton spent the 1990s in a franchised services company in Asia; he opened their first franchise in China in 1999 with local investment, and has worked with many foreign brands to establish or upgrade their China operations since then.

Education

China is the largest education market in the world. It is a complicated market, though, with many rules and regulations. If you have an education program that you want to extend into China, or your program wants to attract qualified Chinese students, we can help you.

Mr. Crampton has been working in the adult education field since 1994. He is a recognized expert on education in China, has worked in four colleges in China, and has direct contacts with senior leaders in many of China top universities and vocational schools as well as senior leaders in provincial and national Education Ministries. More than five of Mr. Crampton’s 30 books have been published in China and are used by colleges as bilingual textbooks. Over 1 million students in China have gone through face to face courses, online courses, or mobile study courses using materials designed, written, or edited by Mr. Crampton.

Mr. Crampton first taught English in Shanxi Province in 1986, and then in Chengdu, Sichuan Province in 1992-1994. He opened a joint venture franchise training company with Fudan University in 1999, was the Academic Director of the MBA program at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 2002, and currently manages joint programs with Sun Yat-sen University and China’s Ministry of Education.

Hospitality

We know hospitality in China. China already is the third most popular tourist destination in the world after the USA and France, and it is rising. Soon there will be over 100 million Chinese traveling around the world. Let us help you with hospitality projects in China, or for receiving Chinese in your home country.

Mr. Crampton started a company training hospitality English in 2003, and since then Mr. Crampton’s Hospitality English / Chinese courses have been used by many colleges as textbooks. In addition, we are proud that many organizations have adopted our books as their standard. These organizations include international five star hotels like Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Sofitel, Pullman, St. Regis, Sheraton, Four Points by Sheraton, Hilton, Four Seasons, Shangri-La, Marriott, as well as local Chinese organizations like the Shanghai Tourism Bureau, Jinjiang Hotels, Beijing Capital Group Hotels, and Lingnan Group Hotels, among others.

IT

The IT industry in China is expanding very rapidly. FaceBook seemed proud when they hit 500 million users, but Tencent’s QQ software already had 650 million by then. Chinese companies like Baidu, Sina, Sohu, Renren, etc. are dominating their spaces in China. Microsoft, Apple, Samsung, and Motorola are all doing well in China, but it is a competitive market. Even well established giants like Google can make missteps in China.

Mr. Crampton has been active in the IT industry since 1999. He hosted the AmCham Shanghai Internet Conference in 2002, worked with the Shanghai Software Park since 2003, has worked at a national level with China Mobile since 2005, and has extensive contacts in the IT and venture capital world in China. In addition, Mr. Crampton was an organizer of Mobile Monday in Shanghai for years, once of China’s leading organizations for spotlighting up and coming IT companies and technologies.