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		<title>China Vows to Increase Wages and Improve Employment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Op/Ed Commentary: Vivian Ni Feb. 10 &#8211; In its latest 12th Five-Year Plan on Employment Improvement (&#8220;Plan&#8221;), China says it will continue working on increasing wage levels and controlling unemployment rates. Under these new targets, enterprises operating in China may face the challenge of increasing operational costs. Minimum wage and social welfare According to the new Plan, the average annual growth rate of China&#8217;s minimum wage levels will be over 13 percent between 2011 and 2015. The minimum wage standards in most areas will not be lower than 40 percent of the local average wage level. For a long time &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/02/10/china-vows-to-increase-wages-and-improve-employment.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Taxation on Real Estate Rental Income in China</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Including city-specific details on Chengdu, Guangzhou and Shenzhen Feb. 7 &#8211; Both Chinese nationals and a foreign individuals are subject to a combination of taxes on real estate rental income: including individual income tax (IIT), business tax (BT), property tax (PT), urban maintenance and construction tax (UMCT) and an education surcharge (ES). If simply left to adding up all those rates according to each specific tax law, the taxation on individual rental income would end up pretty high. However, in a move to energize China&#8217;s housing supply market, the Chinese government began offering some tax incentives starting in 2008. In &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/02/07/taxation-on-real-estate-rental-income-in-china.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Relax. South China Exports and Manufacturers are Doing Just Fine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Op/Ed Commentary: Chris Devonshire-Ellis Feb. 1 – With some media spotlighting potential problems in South China – and one blog even going so far as to suggest smart Chinese businessmen are queuing up to attract orders, only to deliberately declare bankruptcy – it’s time to look again at the realities of the situation. The actual business environment in South China is something we are qualified to discuss with some knowledge – our firm, Dezan Shira &#38; Associates, has four regional offices there (Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Zhongshan) and has conducted business in the region for 20 years, while our &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/02/01/relax-south-china-exports-and-manufacturers-are-doing-just-fine.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>American Express Extends Reach to China’s e-Payment Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vivian Ni Jan. 30 &#8211; Although China has made it more difficult for foreign investors to enter its e-payment sector over the last year, the potential profits offered by the country&#8217;s massive consumer population are proving too attractive to miss. Recently, American Express – the U.S. financial service provider that has long considered China as its critical strategic market – established a new partnership with a growing Chinese payment service company, Lianlian Group, by means of equity investment and technology authorization. AmEx said on January 18 that it will license its digital wallet Serve – a next-generation commerce technology &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/01/30/american-express-extends-reach-to-chinas-e-payment-market.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shanghai Offers Fiscal Support to Promote VAT Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shanghai's newly included value-added taxpayers (pilot enterprises) may receive fiscal compensation if they see increases in their actual tax burdens under the new tax scheme, local authorities said recently. <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/01/30/shanghai-offers-fiscal-support-to-promote-vat-reform.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Guangzhou Simplifies Electronic VAT Declaration Procedures</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guangzhou's value-added tax small-scale taxpayers are now not required to submit paper declaration forms when they file electronic VAT declarations. <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/01/19/guangzhou-simplifies-electronic-vat-declaration-procedures.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Zhejiang to Invest RMB2 Billion into Oceanic Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jan. 17 &#8211; In order to exploit its massive &#8220;oceanic productivity potential,&#8221; the Chinese eastern coastal province of Zhejiang is looking to establish a special RMB1 billion fund for the development of its oceanic economy, and another separate RMB1 billion fund for the promotion of its oceanic industries. The RMB2 billion investment will mainly focus on the advancement of emerging oceanic industries, the development as well as protection of important islands, the expansion of bulk commodity exchange centers, and the improvement of port logistics information interconnection as well as interchange throughout Northeast Asia. The launch of the new funds follows &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/01/17/zhejiang-to-invest-rmb2-billion-into-oceanic-economy.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Twenty Years Ago, Deng Changed China Forever</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The “socialist market economy” was born this week in 1992 Op-Ed Commentary: Chris Devonshire-Ellis Jan. 16 – An anniversary occurs this week that may well go unnoticed by many – the 20th year since Deng Xiaoping, China’s premier at the time, visited Shenzhen as part of an unusual South China tour. To set the scene to recall why this was so important an event is to remember that China had not really fully opened up its economy on the back of reforms instigated by Deng in the late 1980s. What had at one stage seemed to be a sincere movement &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/01/16/twenty-years-ago-deng-changed-china-forever.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Guangdong Party Boss Warns CPPCC of Hard Times Ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jan. 13 – Wang Yang, the head of the Communist Party for China’s wealthy Guangdong Province, has alerted the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) that the province faces a tough and difficult year ahead in 2012. Guangdong is by far the richest province in China, having boomed during China’s export crescendo, but has been hit with rising labor costs and falling orders. Many businesses in the province over the last three years have either closed or relocated to cheaper destinations in China or to Vietnam, Bangladesh or India. Yang told the CCPPC that the next 12 months would likely &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/01/13/guangdong-party-boss-warns-cppcc-of-hard-times-ahead.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shenzhen, Beijing Raise Minimum Wage Standards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 31, 2011, both Shenzhen and Beijing announced their new minimum wage standards for 2012. Following the adjustment, Shenzhen’s minimum wage standard will reach RMB1,500, the highest in the whole country. <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/01/12/shenzhen-beijing-raise-minimum-wage-standards.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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