China commodities exports to slow as domestic economy warms, imports to increase
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008China developing quietly as worlds largest commodities trading center
Mar. 25 - Amidst the on-going rhetoric about China’s trade imbalances, a little understood, but significant revolution is underway – the massive emergence of China as the worlds largest commodities trading center.
Global commodities markets have seen prices of goods such as basic fuels, grains and metals increase dramatically over the past two years, however the emergence of China’s internal markets as a force to be reckoned with is going to have a significant impact on industries from foreign banking to commodities trading to global suppliers and processors.
Futures Exchanges booming as China seeks pricing stability
Chinese domestic trading is on the increase as long positioning internal trade barriers are being brought down – the days of provincial governments levying taxes on goods transiting their borders from other provinces are finally drawing to a close. Oil, steel and aluminum from the power belts and heavy industrialized northeast are driving production of grains, coffee, tea, tobacco and sugar from the south, which in turn sell these products on, in the form of cigarettes and other processed foods to the wealthy stretch of China’s east coast and elsewhere within across the nation. (more…)








SHANGHAI, Oct. 10 - The central government has given the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway the green light according to a notice posted on the National Development and Reform Commission’s
DALIAN, Sept. 26 - Dalian is a city attracting a great deal of attention right now. Particularly newsworthy is the US$2.5 billion investment by Intel in a new semiconductor plant, and the expansion of the High-Tech Zone – Dalian is set to become the Bangalore of China. Major multinationals are spearheading the charge to take advantage of a large pool of skilled labor and excellent IT infrastructure. Growth in the service sector is happening with less fanfare, but at a similar high pace. This is evidenced by the arrival in Dalian of multinational real estate brokers (for example CBRE, Savills and DTZ), relocation specialists for expats (Santa Fe) and a proliferation of new five star hotels.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 11 - China’s new policy restricting processing trade, which took effect nationwide August 23, will most heavily impact Guangdong province. The booming Chinese economy, which has grown at over 10 percent for the last 15 years, has been largely driven by processing trade factories located in South China and the Yangtze River Delta region, importing tax-deductible raw materials to manufacture finished products for export. Of the over 90,000 processing trade firms operating on the mainland, nearly 70,000 are located in Guangdong province according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
Aug. 24 - Dalian is hosting a prestigious three-day meeting for fast-developing multinational companies beginning September 6. Entitled the “Inaugural Annual Meeting of the New Champions” and informally dubbed the “Summer Davos” because of its perceived similarity to the Swiss summit held every winter. The event is attracting CEOs from companies all over the world.

