Other Briefings
Beijing to Get Third Commercial Airport by 2015
Jan. 11 – As China Briefing revealed back in June last year, Beijing is to have a third airport built at Daxing, to the south of the capital. The plan has been approved by the Central Government and is to be included as a key project in the forthcoming Five-Year-Plan due for release in March. […]
Jiangsu Province to Raise Minimum Wage Standards
Jan. 10 – Jiangsu Province will lift its minimum wage standards by over 15 percent beginning next month in an effort to offer more support to workers with low income and to ensure an abundant supply of migrant workers for production in the new year. The Jiangsu Department of Human Resources and Social Security (JSHRSS) […]
Complimentary Reports Available from China Briefing
Dec. 24 – Over the past year we’ve released a number of complimentary reports. As its the festive season and we know our readers have been very good this year, we provide a one stop shop to each of them, complete with complimentary downloads just in case you missed them the first time around. They […]
Hebei Province Urges More FDI Attraction
Dec. 21 – China’s Hebei Province, the northeastern coastal province that completely surrounds Beijing and Tianjin, has recently issued a new document that encourages the acceleration of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the region. The document promises the implementation of related fiscal measures, land use policies and favorable systems for FDI inducement in the next […]
China Imposes Price Controls on Regional Retailers to Counter Inflation
Dec. 10 – Faced with pressure from rising inflation and the whole of China’s attention to the coming November Consumer Price Index (CPI) that is speculated to peak when released on Saturday, China is starting to implement various price control measures and retailers in Kunming, Yunnan Province seem to be the first to face such […]
China May Consider Locating the First ‘Free Zone’ in Shanghai
Nov. 30 – Recent research jointly conducted by several key governmental departments indicates that Shanghai may become Mainland China’s first “free zone” on the agenda. A report on China Economics Weekly says that in early November, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Development Research Center of the State Council co-conducted on-the-spot research regarding […]
Microsoft Wins Copyright Damages from China Web Café
Nov. 24 – Microsoft has won its landmark copyright infringement case against Dongguan-based internet café chain Tonecan for the use of pirated Microsoft software. The company had sued Tonecan for RMB1.5 million in damages 12 months ago, although the award made was for an undisclosed amount. Tonecan also committed to use genuine software in the […]
China Invests in Asian Infrastructure
Nov. 22 – China, facing the positive problem of being a capital surplus economy, is diverting more funds to assist with the development of Asian infrastructure, and is in high level talks with several countries to provide funds and loans for high-speed rail and related projects across the region. China and Thailand are set to […]
