I have to organize a conference in PEK and I have got the feeling that my Chinese organizer tries to gain a (too) substantial margin for the costs of for simultaneous translation. We have the full equipment installed, so what we need are the "plain" translators for a four hours meeting (English to Mandarin). The figure I was given is 25k Yuan RMB, which is certainly much more than I would pay for four hours in London and which appears to be outrageous considering the general price level in China.

Could any of the China insiders give me their ideas about this?

Thanks a lot
TFL