Etiquette: Standard Practice When Arranging Seats

When meeting foreign friends, it is inevitable that the arrangement of seats and seats should be involved.

In foreign affairs, when they meet, negotiate, hold a signing ceremony, and take a group photo, they each have their own special ranking arrangement.

The meeting is also called a ceremonial meeting.

It usually takes a shorter time, and the guest and the host are only polite to each other.

Formal foreign interviews are best arranged in special reception rooms or meeting rooms.

There are mainly three ways to arrange their ranks.

One is the relative form.

The two sides should sit face to face and facilitate communication.

Generally speaking, the main entrance of the reception room shall prevail.

Visitors to the front door should be seated on the upper side.

The one who backs the front door should be the host.

If there are more than one person on both sides, except for the host and the guest of honour, all the other members of the two sides should be placed on the sides of the host or guest on the right and left side according to their specific status.

The two is parallel.

It means that the two sides can sit side by side at the main entrance of the reception room or the meeting hall when they meet, showing the equality and intimacy between the two sides.

Its specific arrangement is that the master is on the left and the guest of honor is on the right.

The other persons of the two sides of the host and guest are arranged on the side of the host and the guest of honor in accordance with the specific status.

The three is freestyle.

Please host and guest freely.

This approach is particularly applicable when holding multilateral meetings.

Negotiations, also known as talks.

It refers to the parties concerned to reach agreement or compromise on certain sexual issues through contacts and consultations for their own interests.

Various types

There are very high etiquette requirements. At present, there are mainly three ways to arrange the ranking of negotiations in China.

First, it is

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It is mainly applicable to bilateral negotiations.

There are two specific situations.

First, the negotiating table is placed horizontally, and the guest sits facing the front door, and the main side sits behind the main door.

The two is to set up the negotiating table vertically, with the right orientation as the entry, the right side as the upper side, the guest side to take the seat, the left side as the lower side, and the host side to take a seat.

In negotiations, the two sides should sit in the middle, while others should follow the right and left low rules, and sit on the sides of the main speaker from right to left according to their respective actual status.

According to convention, the interpreters of all parties should be seated on the right side of the main speaker and be adjacent to them.

Secondly, it is

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It is mainly applicable to multilateral negotiations.

At the appointed time, a rostrum can be set up in front of the main hall in the negotiation hall, and all other members should be opposite to the front door, and the pieces will be placed opposite the rostrum.

In the course of the negotiations, speakers from all sides should step up to the rostrum and face their views.

The situation is similar to that of the general assembly.

Third, the round table.

It also applies to multilateral negotiations.

At the scene of the negotiation, only a round table will be set up, and the participants will be seated free of seats.

Signing ceremony is a necessary step in the implementation of agreements and agreements. It is also a highly ceremonial activity.