Market presence in China strengthened Network growth and Dual-Chinese-Hub Strategy More frequet Flyer Benefit——Air China and shanhai Airlines Join Star Alliance

In the end of 2007, Air China Limited (hereinafter "Air China") and Shanghai Airlines, formally joined Star Alliance at a ceremony held in the new Terminal Three at Beijing Capital International Airport. With the addition of the two Chinese airlines, Star Alliance now has 19 member carriers operating 17,000 daily flights to 897 destinations in 160 countries.……     

Market presence in China Strengthened Network Growth and Dual-Chinese-Hub Strategy

More Frequent Flyer Benefit——Air China and Shanhai Airlines Join Star Alliance In the end of 2007,Air China Limited (hereinafter"Air China")and Shang- hai Airlines,formally joined Star Alli- ance at a ceremony held in the new Termi- nal Three at Beijing Capital International Airport.With the addition of the two Chinese airlines,Star Alliance now has 19 member carriers operating 17,000 daily flights to 897 destinations in 160 countries.     

Market presence in China Strengthened Network Growth and Dual-Chinese-Hub Strategy——More Frequent Flyer Benefit-Air China and Shanhai Airlines Join Star Alliance

In the end of 2007, Air China Limited （hereinafter ＂Air China＂） and Shanghai Airlines, formally joined Star Alli-ance at a ceremony held in the new Terminal Three at Beijing Capital International Airport. With the addition of the two Chinese airlines, Star Alliance now ha,s 19 member carriers operating 17,000 daily flights to 897 destinations in 160 countries.     

Lufthansa Alliances in China and Asia-PacificAlliance strategies in China and Asia

One of the pillars of Lufthansa's corporate strategy is to build on its leadership position in the rapidly growing aviation market between Europe and Asia-Pacific in cooperation with its strong partners.Lufthansa is proud to be a founding member of Star Alliance, the leading global airline alliance, which is also by far the leading airline alliance in Asia.By joining forces with local Star Alliance members Air New Zealand, All Nippon Airways, Asiana Airlines, Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways,     

Tonight Stars Brilliant──China Eastern Air Wins the World Top Service Prize: FiveStar Diamond Prize.

The awarding ceremony of the FiveStar Diamond Prize to the China Eastern Air Croup was solemnly held at theGreat Shanghai Theater on March 30th.Honorable guests gathered togetherseem like brilliant stars.The Eastern Air was awarded to theworld top service prize - Five Star Diamond Prize by the US Superior ServiceCommittee attribute to its outstandingachievements in the twelve years sinceit has been founded.Mr. John Kirk, the acting executorof the US Superior Service Committeemade a…     

2008China Port Top25—Released by Shipping China.com World Economy Institute of Dalian Maritime University and China Shipping and Port Academy

Hosted by ShippingChina.com, co-operated by China Ship- ping and Port Academy, composed by World Economy Institute of Dalian Maritime University, the report on ranks of Chinese Ports in 2008 by overall competitiveness was completed recently. The report only involved the ports in mainland China, with these in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan excluded. The report mea- sured the competitive ability of a port in accord with Michael Porter＇s Competitive Advantage and Samuelson＇s Economics Theory. 25 out of 60, meaning 2008 China Port Top 25, were se- lected by statistical software according their performance in five sectors, which was measured by 13 indexes. The sectors include trend of investment, growth rate of throughput, capacity of the ports, the financial condition of the ports and the natural envi- ronment. And the indexes are as following, the amount of direct investment from foreign companies, the amount of investment, the growth rate of container throughput, the growth rate of cargo throughput, port service, the port handling rate, the number of bridge cranes at ports, the number of berths at ports, the number of berthing ships at ports, the total assets, total profits, the draft and the location advantage.     

Air France Business in China

A new office has been set up by Air France in the Full Link Plaza, Chaowai Street, Beijing. This is a part of the plan for Air France to beef up business and improve service in China. The new Air France Office is equipped with more telephone lines to improve the pre-booking system and service for customers' inquiries. The managing director of Air France Asia and Pacific Region said, "We hope to cooperate closely with customers for more efficient work to meet their travel needs." The general manager of Air France China—Hongkong     

Constitution of the ICC China——Adopted by the 1st Congress of the ICC China

Chapter Ⅰ General Provisions Article 1 This body bears the name of the ICC China (hereinafter referred to as the ICCC) and is the National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (the ICC) in the People's Republic of China. Article 2 The ICCC represents the Chinese business community in the International Chamber of Commerce and represents the ICC in China. It aims at promoting the exchanges     

Chile：Close Tie between China and Latin America

Chile was the first country in South America to establish a diplomatic relationship with China more than 38 years ago.Since then,with the bilateral free trade agreement in place,Chile has become China＇s second-largest trading partner in Latin America,and China is currently Chile＇s largest trading partner in the world.In April of 2008,China and Chile signed the Supplementary Agreement on Trade in Services of the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the People＇s Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Chile in Sanya, Hainan province.This was a historical milestone marking the longstanding relationship between China and Chile.To learn more about this bilateral relationship,China＇s Foreign Trade invited Mr.Mario I.Artaza,Director Commercial Office Trade Representative at the Beijing Embassy of Chile in China,to give us his point of view on the current business and economic environment that exists between these two countries.     

China‘s Energy Situation and Relative Policy Options

Energy isa burning issue of the day in China. This paper analyses the crucial reasons of energy shortage and traditional consumption models in China. Drawing from the experiences of some developed countries, the paper suggests that China should recognize the energy crisis by learning from America‘s“smart growth project“ with the aim of transforming the city planning model,improving the public transportation and launching a “green building“ movement in the country. All the policy options in this paper focus on the construction area, just because urbanization is now running at a peak capacity in China. The objective of the paper is to identify the relative policy options and actions in the nearest future.……     

One Star Advanced in All Hardwares

Zhejiang Star Tools Co., Ltd. was sponsored in 1994. Situated in Yiwu city, Zhejiang province, it is very famous of the production of chrome ＆ vanadium-alloy steel sleeve. The company is aiming at international advanced level. In September, China＇s Foreign Trade interviewed Mr. Zhou Fushou, Board Chairman of Zhejiang Star Tools Co., Ltd. ＂China used to rely completely on import in this sphere. But nowadays, our products are fully available for replacing the imported products and meet the demand of the domestic market.＂ Zhou said. The follows are his answers.     

Dr.Xu He：A Pioneer for Clean and Pure Magnesium in China

Dr. He Xu： Pioneer for clean and pure magnesium in China Dr. He Xu obtained an excellent education in the United States and had many years of industrial management experience in both the U.S. and in China. He went to the USA as a student in the early 1980s and was conferred Ph.D. by the Ohio State University in 1989. After having earned his Ph.D., Dr. Xu served as a facuky member in the Physics Department at the Ohio State University and then in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Texas at El Paso. At the same time,     

China Offshore Oil Industry Full of Vigor and Vitality

Since the founding of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation in 1982, the China offshore oil industry has parted from closing the country to international intercourse and has steadily gone onto the developmental road at high speed and with high efficiency in accordance with international practice. In the short time of 13 years, relying on the correlated policy offered by the state and the intensification of enterprise management, it has built up a large stateowned enterprise of independent     

Trust China,Trust“Made in China”

Due to its low price and superior quality,the words"Made in China"have been built up in global market for many years and have earned a good reputation from customers both at home and abroad.Recently,the"Made in China"label has fallen under harsh criticism internationally,especially with respect to the toys,food and clothing industries.Many of these fields are some of the most important processing industries in China,and the large amount of negative press on Chinese products seems to have been released by foreign media all at once.This has caused people around the world to question:Is"Made in China"really as bad as they say?     

＂Dragon＂ Brings Business Opportunity for China and South Africa

The direct flight was opened At 12:20 pm by South Africa time on Tuesday January 31,2012,a "dragon"jumped into the twilight sky of Johannesburg and fled to the east.After 15 hours,at 8:50 pm by China time on February 1,2012,the flight SA288 landed at Beijing Capital Airport with all sectors of government,businesspeople and internationd media.When interviewing Mr.Miller Matola he vividly described how meaningful the flight is to South Africa and China.He also compared the different concepts of dragons as they are evil in the west but in China the dragon is the symbol of wealth,prosperity,luck and power.The dragon also represents success,perfection,bright and an indomitable spirit.He expressed that this special time of the start of the Year of the Dragon was selected by South Africa Airways after elaborate consideration.     

Air France: Committed to Become the Most Popular European Airlines in China──Interview with Aubreton , chief representative of Air France in China

On the wall above Air France' Chinachief representative Bernard Aubreton'sdesk is a map of China. Some small yellow flags on the map are very eye-catching, and they represent the developedcoastal areas in East China. The triangle-shaped flags show a tendency topush forward to western and centralChina. Each flag points to a key city ,which indicates that Air Francesalespeople are conducting market research effectively there.Air France is the first foreign airlineto hire local Chinese peop…     

Best Airline——China for Third Consecutive Year

Dragonair has been voted Best Airline - China for the third consecutive year in the Skytrax passenger survey.Conducted by Skytrax Research of the UK, the world's "largest" passenger survey was undertaken over the 10 months from June 2003 to March 2004, with the number of eligible nominations?for Airline of the Year totalling 10.8 million."To be voted Best Airline - China for a third consecutive year in the Skytrax survey is a huge compliment by the travelling public to all the staff at Dragonair,"said Chief Executive Officer Stanley Hui. "The results reaffirm that Dragonair     

China, India, Japan and ROK in Middle East Oil Market

The same hunger and thirst for petroleum make the four big Asian countries- China, India, Japan and ROK, stand together. On January 6,2005, these four big petroleum import countries of Asia will jointly discuss with the petroleum giants of the Middle East at the "petroleum summit" held in New Delhi. India.This is a meeting at ministerial level. What China, India, Japan and ROK will face is the petroleum ministers of eight petroleum countries of the Middle East,     

A Successful Seminar on China Auto industry and International Market

Since January 2004, the sales of autos are slowing down. it is mature for the fast developing Chinese auto industry to go out to the international market. Meanwhile, the "early harvest" scheme is implemented in China and ASEAN Free Trade Area and the exchange visits of high-ranking officials are more frequently. After the ASEAN Business Meeting held in Malaysia this April, China-ASEAN Summit on Investment and Trade is to be held in Laos in November.In order to promote Chinese autos to go out cooperating and competing in ASEAN Trade Area, the Seminar on China Auto Industry and International Market has been hosted by Organizing Committee of China International Auto Exhibition Tour on April 21 to 22 at Beijing Minzu Hotel. The seminar is organized by the Society of     

Call Form China West

The 12th East-West China Coopera- tion and Investment and Trade Fair was held from April 5 to 8 at the International Conference and Exhibition Center in Qu- jiang,Xi'an.Shaanxi province,in the west of China.The Fair,dated back from 1997, chose the location of Xi'an,the capital of Shaanxi province,also the time-honred city since then.