Other Briefings
New Issue of China Briefing: Using Hong Kong Companies for China Operations
Sept. 30 – In the October issue of China Briefing Magazine we look at the special administrative region of Hong Kong and the advantages a Hong Kong company can provide for business operations in Mainland China. Hong Kong remains one of Asia’s top metropolises for international business and, since its return to the People’s Republic […]
Wen Pledges to Level Playing Field for Foreign Companies at World Economic Forum
Sept. 14 – In his opening remarks at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin on Monday, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao outlined several of China’s new economic policies and highlighted the government’s new initiatives to level the playing field for foreign investors in the country. “China’s economy is now in good shape, featuring fast growth, gradual […]
Trade Jumps 60% in Suzhou Industrial Park
Sept. 8 – The value of traded goods processed through Customs at the Suzhou Industrial Park reached US$66.3 billion in the first eight months of 2010 for an increase of 60 percent over the same period last year, according to figures released by the park on Monday. There are currently over 1,000 high-tech enterprises present […]
Mongolia Allows Direct Foreign Access to China via Altai
Sept. 7 – Mongolia has opened its borders with China at Altai to foreign tourists for the first time. The move comes after a meeting between Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan to look at ways to better open up the Altai region and promote more trade and tourism. Previously, only Mongolian and Chinese nationals could […]
West China: Why FDI Should Consider the Region
Op-Ed Commentary: Chris Devonshire-Ellis Sept. 2 – Following the conclusion of our series of articles about investing in China’s western regions, I believe that foreign investors would do well to look at these emerging markets in China. As sales markets in the United States and Europe remain stagnant following the global recession and growth remains […]
New Special Economic Zone in Yili, Near Kazakhstan Border
Sept. 1 – China has ratified a new special economic zone in Yili, in northwestern Xinjiang near the border with Kazakhstan. The area is already China’s only Kazakh autonomous prefecture, populated mainly by ethnic Kazakhs. The prefecture has a total population of four million with about 500,000 living in the city of Yining, also known […]
Investing in Yunnan: ASEAN, Adventure Tourism, Myanmar and India’s Elephant in the Backyard
By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Aug. 31 – Yunnan has always been an enigmatic province; encompassing four major Chinese minorities influenced by Vietnam, India, Burma and Tibet, and home to the very eastern end of the Himalayan ranges, it is never a simple region to categorize. However, due to booming trade with the Association of Southeast Asian […]
Ningxia to Host China-Arab States Trade Forum
Aug. 30 – Yinchuan, the capital city of Ningxia, will host the first China-Arab Trade Forum in a bid to further align itself with Arabic investment in hopes of securing petro-dollar investments. Yinchuan is an ancient Silk Road city with a strong population of Muslims, many of them Arabic and Persian descendants of early Silk […]
