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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>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>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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		<title>Tax Agreement Signed between Hong Kong and Malta</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 8, 2011, a comprehensive agreement for the avoidance of double taxation was signed between the Hong Kong special administrative region government and the Maltese government. It will come into force after both governments finalize their respective ratification procedures. <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/12/26/tax-agreement-signed-between-hong-kong-and-malta.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Strong Showing for Chinese Cities on List of Asia-Pacific Cities of the Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dec. 22 &#8211; Chinese cities performed well in the new ranking of the Asia-Pacific Cities of the Future 2011-12 published by FDI Intelligence magazine, a bi-monthly news and foreign direct investment (FDI) publication owned by The Financial Times based in London. The FDI future cities survey is carried out across 141 Asia-Pacific cities every two years. The ranking is made according to six criteria: economic potential, human resources, cost-effectiveness, quality of life, infrastructure and business friendliness. Contributing to its showing as second overall on the list, the magazine reported that from January 2003 to July 2011, Shanghai attracted more Greenfield &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/12/22/strong-showing-for-chinese-cities-on-list-of-asia-pacific-cities-of-the-future.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>China Briefing Releases New Business Guide for the Greater Pearl River Delta</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dec. 14 – China Briefing has just released the fourth edition of its regional business guide “The Greater Pearl River Delta: Business Guide to South China” – offering business-minded individuals an up-to-date reference source for all of the key issues concerning setting up and successfully operating a business in South China. By leveraging its proximity to the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau, the Pearl River Delta (PRD) became the “Greater PRD” – China’s manufacturing heart and a region connected not only through financial ties but through a web of government initiatives to encourage its integration. This has &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/12/14/china-briefing-releases-new-business-guide-for-the-greater-pearl-river-delta.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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