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China Briefing Blog 

Provides news, analysis and commentary on economic, business and regulatory issues in China.
Post Frequency: 3.4/day Last Entry: May 25, 2010 at 04:47:32 Recent Entries: 561
By Andy Scott and Chris Devonshire-Ellis
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High-Speed Trains Cut Travel Time to Central China and YRD
Posted on March 25, 2009Mar. 25 - Two new high-speed railways will slash travel time to Central China and the Yangtze River Delta when they begin operations on April 1. The two new railways are the Hefei-Wuhan passenger railway and the Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan railway that connects the north and the west...
Central Bank Governor Proposes SDR as Main Reserve Currency
Posted on March 24, 2009Mar. 24 - China’s central bank governor has released a proposal calling for the overhaul of the global monetary system and replacing the world’s main reserve currency with the Special Drawing Right (SDR) prior to the start of the G20 meetings in London next week...
Program to Offer Subsidies for Foreign Experts
Posted on March 23, 2009Mar. 23 - The Organizational Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee has launched a program that would pay roughly US$146,000 or one million yuan in subsidies each for foreign senior company officials, patent holders and entrepreneurs willing to work and share their technical knowledge...
Spending Plan Risks Industry Overcapacity
Posted on March 23, 2009Mar. 23 - China’s focus on economic growth and investment risks worsening the nation’s overcapacity in industries with global markets unlikely to be able to buy the extra supply, according to economists. China will need to boost consumption at home to absorb the excess supply as overcapacity may overtake actual demand...
China May Release Another Stimulus Package
Posted on March 23, 2009Mar. 24 - China could release another stimulus package should figures for the second quarter of the year be below expectations, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Finance. The head of the Research Institute of Fiscal Science, Jia Kang, told China Securities Journal that the stimulus package launched last November won’t produce results [...
China Industry: Mar. 23
Posted on March 22, 2009Mar. 23 - This is a regular series of relevant industry news from around China. Solar power Chinese solar cells maker China Sunergy Co. saw its revenues rise by 49.4 percent to US$350.9 million last year. Gross profit for 2008 was US$15.5 million, down from US$18 million in 2007...
China?s Antitrust Decision May Affect Overseas Bids
Posted on March 20, 2009Mar. 20 - China’s rejection of the Coke-Huiyuan deal may affect ongoing and future bids made by Chinese companies to acquire overseas assets. The move indicates China’s protectionist stance on huge foreign investment or more interestingly may have been a requital for past failed Chinese bids for the United States’ Unocal and 3Com...
Tianjin Port Overtakes Guangzhou in Cargo Throughput
Posted on March 19, 2009Mar. 19 - Tianjin Port has emerged as a major global port as it overtook Guangzhou Port to become China’s third largest and the world’s fifth largest port in the world. It is the biggest artificial deep water port in the country and last year handled 356 million metric tons of cargo, surpassing average coastal harbor [...
Coke-Huiyuan Deal Fails under Antitrust Review
Posted on March 19, 2009Mar. 19 - Coca-Cola’s bid to acquire China Huiyuan Juice Group was rejected under the anti-monopoly review conducted by the Ministry of Commerce on grounds that the deal would affect or limit competition and was not conducive to the development of the country’s juice industry...
China?s String of Pearls Strategy
Posted on March 18, 2009By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Mar. 18 - China?s ?string of pearls? strategy appears to be taking another step forward as Beijing increases ties with the Sri Lankan government. The strategy, which was the subject of a 2005 U.S. China Commission report to Congress, is driven by China?s need to secure foreign oil and trade routes critical to [...
Antitrust Review of Coke-Huiyuan Deal Due on Friday
Posted on March 17, 2009Mar. 17 - China’s Commerce Ministry has until Friday to review Coca-Cola Co.’s takeover of China Huiyuan Juice Group although under the anti-monopoly law regulators are allowed to extend the deadline. Commerce Ministry spokesman Yao Jian told WSJ that they were in the second stage of their review of Coca-Cola Co...
Cost of Living and Mandatory Welfare Payments Chart for 2009
Posted on March 17, 2009Mar. 17 - China Briefing has updated our cost of living chart detailing prices for a basket of goods and services in the Chinese cities where Dezan Shira & Associates holds offices. In addition, we have also updated welfare chart that catalogs the mandatory welfare payments employers must pay their Chinese employees...
China in Asia: Mar. 17
Posted on March 17, 2009Mar. 17 - Here is how China has been reported across the region over the past week. GFSI : Shanghai 35th, Mumbai 49th The Global Financial Centers Index, which measures the performances of the world?s financial centers, has just released its latest six monthly report...
Provinces Ordered to Stop Power Discounts to Industrial Users
Posted on March 17, 2009Mar. 18 - China’s National Development and Reform Commission told local government to stop giving preferential power discounts to large industrial users as it goes against the national plan to foster energy conservation and revamp industries that consume a lot of energy...
The Chinese are Spending their Way to Recovery
Posted on March 16, 2009By Christian Fleming SHANGHAI, Mar. 16 - Since the collapse of major financial institutions this past fall, China has been spending a fortune trying to keep their country running smoothly and continue expanding. A large part of this spending has come from the RMB4 trillion stimulus package designed to maintain growth even as world trade collapses...
China Signs US$3.2 Billion Gas Deal with Iran
Posted on March 16, 2009Mar. 16 - China has signed a three-year natural gas deal with Iran worth US$3.2 billion to develop the South Pars field underneath the Persian Gulf seabed; said to be the world’s largest natural gas reservoir. The deal comes after the United States announced renewed business sanctions against Iran and highlights how using economic pressure to [...
China Industry: Mar. 17
Posted on March 16, 2009Mar. 17 - This is a regular series of relevant industry news from around China. Solar power Chinese photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules maker Suntech Power Holdings teamed up with U.S. solar project developer 3rd Rock Systems and Technologies to develop an initial 7...
Hong Kong, Mainland to Connect Payment Network
Posted on March 13, 2009Mar. 13 - Beginning March 16, Hong Kong and the rest of the mainland will link their foreign-currency payment and clearing systems to reduce cross-border payment risks and costs. Mainland Chinese banks can now make cross-border payments and settlements in Hong Kong dollars, United States dollars, euros and pounds through the network...
China Industry: Mar. 12
Posted on March 12, 2009Mar. 12 - This is a regular series of relevant industry news from around China. Wind power U.S. anti-friction bearings maker Timken Company has signed a long-term, multi-year agreement to supply wind turbine gearbox bearings to China-based Nanjing High Speed Gear Manufacturing Co Ltd...
February Exports Drop by 25.7 Percent
Posted on March 12, 2009Mar. 12 - China’s General Administration of Customs released the figures for February showing that exports plunged by 25.7 percent to US$64.9 billion compared to last year. It is the largest decrease in more than a decade and the fourth monthly decline in a row, reports China Daily...
Local Governments Allowed to Approve Foreign Investment
Posted on March 12, 2009Mar. 13 - China’s Ministry of Commerce (MoC) is allowing local governments to authorize the set-up of foreign-funded ventures to cope with slowing capital inflows, effective immediately. Local governments can approve foreign investment worth up to US$100 million in sectors that the country wants to develop...
New Regulation for Company Chops in Shenzhen
Posted on March 11, 2009SHENZHEN, Mar. 11 - For companies in Shenzhen that are looking to change or report the loss of their company chop, legal representatives are now required to appear and file the application in person. In the past, this could be done through power of attorney...
Guangdong Supports Foreign-Funded Businesses
Posted on March 10, 2009Mar. 10 - The provincial government of Guangdong has implemented measures to help Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwanese-funded companies deal with the slowing global economy. The latter combined comprise of sixty four percent of the 91,000 foreign-funded companies in the province...
Coke-Huiyuan Deal Still Under Review
Posted on March 10, 2009Mar. 10 - The Chinese government is still reviewing Coca-Cola Co’s bid to acquire China Huiyuan Juice Group under the new anti-monopoly law, the Commerce Minister Chen Demin said in a press conference at the sidelines of the ongoing annual parliamentary meeting...
China Industry: March 9
Posted on March 09, 2009Mar. 9 - This is a regular series of relevant industry news from around China. Solar power U.S.-based Chinese manufacturer Worldwide Manufacturing USA has filed for eight Chinese patents seeking protection for solar module technology. These patents will address improvements in voltage receiving capacity, production process enhancements, power output increases and design improvements...
China to Eventually Abolish Export Tax
Posted on March 09, 2009Mar. 9 - China will eventually cut export-related taxes to zero and offer financial help for struggling exporters, the commerce minister said in an interview. The Commerce Minister Chen Deming told the Study Times newspaper, the government would “according to international rules steadily restore zero tax rates for export products,” as well as ensure high-energy and [...
China in Asia: Mar. 10
Posted on March 09, 2009Mar. 10 - Here is how China has been reported across the region over the past week. Asia Optimistic of Continued Growth As Warren Buffett and President Obama predict a gloomy economy this year, Asian economies backed by the strength of their financial systems and international reserves are looking forward to a brighter economy with more [...
China Announces Plan to Renovate Rural Housing
Posted on March 08, 2009Mar. 8 - China will implement a large scale plan to renovate dilapidated houses in rural areas to improve quality of living, create jobs and increase domestic demand, according to reports. The vice minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Qi Ji, told Xinhua during the ongoing annual parliament session that China will rebuild 800,000 rural houses [...
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