Other Briefings
Qinghai – Agriculture, Eco-Tourism, Tibet…And India?
By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Aug. 27 – In my quest several years ago to obtain clients for Dezan Shira & Associates in every single province in China, it was obvious from the outset that in order to speak sensibly about each location, I would need to travel there. In many of the provinces, some of them […]
Guangdong Gov’t Accelerates Financial High-tech Service Industry
Aug. 26 – The Guangdong provincial government approved a plan to create a new financial services investment park last week aimed at accelerating the financial high-tech service industry in the province. According to the plan issued on August 17, the government will build a financial services industrial park that will feature R&D centers, data processing […]
Investing in Shenzhen, China’s Main Export Hub
Aug. 26 – Shenzhen celebrates the thirtieth year of its unique status of being a Special Economic Zone today, a development that ushered the entire redevelopment, reform and opening up of the entire country. Once a small fishing village, it was chosen by Deng Xiaoping to be the first of the special economic zones in […]
Tibet to Launch Own Airline
Aug. 26 – Tibet is following other provinces in China and is to have its own airline, with operations set to start from August next year. The company, which has just recently been granted state-level approval, has been formed and is a joint venture between the Tibet Autonomous Region Investment Co. holding the majority stake […]
Investment Opportunities in Chengdu, Chongqing and Sichuan
Op-Ed Commentary: Chris Devonshire-Ellis Aug. 25 – Sichuan is the powerhouse of China’s southwest and has gained increased attention since the implementation of the Go West policy back in 2000. The province has benefited from lower operating costs than the eastern and central regions, with the added attraction of a massive population. Sichuan (including Chongqing) […]
Shaanxi: China’s National Science and Engineering Development Hub
By Chris Devonshire-Ellis and Fabian Knopf Aug. 24 – Resource-rich Shaanxi has seen significant developments in the past few years, as this most traditional of Chinese provinces enters a new century full of hope, promise and a gleaming makeover of its capital city, Xi’an. Like the most attractive of China’s magnets for investment, Shaanxi can […]
Guangxi: China’s Direct Link to Southeast Asia
By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Aug. 23 – Guangxi, in China’s southwest, has the geographic advantage of being in close proximity to other Southeast Asian countries, the world class financial center of Hong Kong, and Guangdong Province, China’s wealthiest and its largest manufacturing base. Bordering Vietnam to the west, Guangxi is connected to Hong Kong and Macau […]
Is China Growing Too Big?
Op-Ed Commentary: Chris Devonshire-Ellis Aug. 23 – For many years now, as I’ve traveled China on business, I’ve been skeptical of the GDP growth figures. From Shenzhen to Changchun and from Wuhan to Kashgar, via Chongqing, buildings have been going up, rather like mushrooms after a rain storm, as signs of the new prosperity and […]
