RMB Appreciation in 2008

At the beginning of 2007, both foreign investment banks and domestic commercial banks all thought that last year＇s RMB appreciation would grow between 4 to 5 percent; however the realization of a 6.77 percent increase has surprised everyone. The RMB has appreciated much faster than expected, keeping pace with the rise of China＇s foreign trade surplus and foreign exchange reserves.     

Im/Ex in January： Witness Foreign Trade Consecutive Recovery

China＇s total import and export value droppped into bottom in January 2009. It started to pick up last November and showed strong pickup in December; as manifested in rapid growth in year-on-year and month-on-month data. All these cause the sharp year-on-year increase in January, 2010.     

Trade Performance： Highlights in the Crisis

On January 13, China Customs issued the annual profile of China＇s foreign trade, including import and export, in 2008. According to the Customs statistics, trade volume last year amounted to US$2.562 trillion, a year-on-year growth of 17.8%. In the total amount, value of US$1.42 trillion goes for China＇s export growth, 17.2% up, while the import takes up US$1.13 trillion, 18.5% up. The trade surplus stood at US$295.47 billion in 2008, increased by 12.5% year-on-year, with the net increase value ofUS$32.83 billion.     

Export Structure Optimized

The rapid growth of China＇s trade surplus is a reflection of its industrial advancement and growing competitiveness.     

会议众筹 如何将“众筹”运用于会议行业

自2009年Kickstarter网站成立以来,“众筹”这一推翻传统投融资障碍、实现更多普通人创业梦想的概念开始席卷美国。“众筹”译自英文中的Crowdfunding一词,即大众筹资或群众筹资,是一种通过网络动员群众募集项目资金的模式。在越来越多的人通过众筹平台实现梦想的同时,会议从业者们也开始思索,我们是否也可以利用这一模式造福于会议行业?     

China-ASEAN,More Potential to Explore

China-ASEAN bilateral trade maintained rapid growth for many years. Trade volume between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations （ASEAN） hit US$202.6 billion in 2007, up 25.9 percent year-on-year, according to the statistics from the China-ASEAN Business Council.     

April,Another Recovering Month for Im/Ex

China＇s import and export in April,2009 continued to be another month of decreasing trade, the consecutive sixth month from last November.On May 12,General Administration of Customs of the People＇s Republic of China announced the profile of China foreign trade import and export in the first 4 months of this year.According to the customs＇ statistics,the total     

Sino-Japanese Economic Relations： A Chinese Perspective

The bilateral trade between China and Japan amounted to US$236 billion in 2007, reflecting an increase of 20.6 percent compared with the previous year, 33 times over the trade volume at the beginning of the reform and opening up. This vast volume and fast growth took place amid China＇s accession into the World Trade Organization at the end of 2001 and increased trade disputes between the two countries, not to mention recurrent foreign exchange rate fluctuations in international currency markets and somehow intensified fears in Japan of China＇s enhanced competitiveness.     

Im/Ex in Feb Continues to Fall

February of 2009 witnessed the fourth consecutive months of shrinking trade value of China. On March 11, General Administration of Customs of the People＇s Republic of China announced the profile of China foreign trade import and export in the first two months of this year. According to the customs＇ statistics, the total import and export value for the first two months amounted to US$266.77 billion, 27.2% decreasing compared with the same period last year. Among the total value, the export value amounted to US$155.33 billion, down 21.1% year-on-year, while the import US$111.44 billion, 34.2% decreased year-on-year. And the trade surplus in January and February achieved US$43.89 billion, 59.6% growth year-on-year.     

Seeking Chance in the Crisis--China Mould Industry

Mould Industry is seen as the ＂mother＂ of other industries. In recent years, this industry .in China has had a fast development. From 1996 to 2002, the production value of die and mould industry increased at a rate averaged 14% per year or so. In 2003, the production value increased by 25% from a year ago, to RMB 45.0 billion, amounting to US$5.0 billion and ranking the third in the world. According to the data from CDMIA,     

The Foreign Trade of China Surpasses US$1.4 Trillion

Since 2002, China foreign trade development has been keeping a20% growth for 4 consecutive years, listed the 3rd in the world. General Administration of Customs of P. R. China has promulgated the 2005 for eign trade situation of China.The statistics show that the foreign trade of China surmounted US$1 trillion in 2004, and reached up to US$1.42 trillion in 2005, with a growth rate of 23.2%,which was 2.8 times the number of 2001,the beginning of the period of the tenth five-year plan. The export was US$762billion, with a growth rate of 28.4%; the import was US$660.12 billion, with a growth rate of 17.6%.     

Warning: Export Sharp Decline

The export of Chinese light industrial products mainly covers 19 categories of 45 sectors, including food, pa-permaking, home electrical appliances industry and etc. According to Chinese customs statistics, the export value of the light industrial products in the first four months only managed to reach US$136.7 billion, 17.8 percent drop compared with the same period last year, however 2.7 percentage points lower than the national total export decline rate.     

China’s Approval Regime on Outbound Investment——Overview on the First Chinese Judgment Recognized and Enforced by the United States Courts

On February 26, 2010, the Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM) issued the Guiding Opinions on 2010 Outbound Investment and     

China Technological Import Value Increased by 45.2% in the First Three Seasons

The opening of Zhe-Gan electrification reform projects symbolizes that the total mileage of China＇s electrification has broken through 24,000 kilometers and lists China the second world largest electrification railway. China Railway Electrification Bureau （Group） Co., Ltd. （EEB）, which is called the ＂National Team＂, has constructed over 19,000 kilometers, accounting form over 80% of the total national electrification railway mileage.     

Foreign Investment in China's Property Market

China＇s property market is experiencing a downturn for the time being, leaving many developers in hot water. Foreign investors,however, are getting more and more passionate about the market in China. The Blackstone Group is preparing for a longterm and substantial investment. And Morgan Stanley is going to put US$1.46 billion out of its US$10 billion property funds into the market in China in a couple of years to come.     

CHINA'S INVESTMENT in 2010 H1

Attractiong foreign investment In the first half of 2010,the number of the newly established foreign-invested enterprises was 12377,an increase of 18.8%; the actual use of foreign investment was US$51.43billion,up 19.6%.     

China＇s Trade Surplus Hits New High

China＇s automobile production and sales both shot up 25% in the first eight months of the year, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said on September 8. The country produced 4.64 million vehicles between January and August, an increase of 25.37%.     

Global TV ad trends

Global television advertising expenditure totalled US$125 billion in 2000. This represents 40% of total global adspend (US$315 billion). Between 1988 and 2000, TV adspend grew faster than other forms of major media advertising. However in 2001 the medium suffered its steepest recorded decline. A recovery in 2002 in the US, the world's largest TV ad market, is expected.     

2007 Global Upstream M&A Deal Count,Asset Tranaction Value Reach Record Highs——Shows from John S.Herold,Inc.and Harrison Lovegrove & Co.Study

Global M&A upstream deal count and asset deal value both reached record highs of in 2007,although total transaction value slipped to just under US$154 billion from US$166 billion in 2006,according to the 2008 Global Upstream M&A Review prepared by John S.Herold,Inc.,an IHS company (NYSE: IHS),and Harrison Lovegrove & Co.,Ltd.,a Standard Chartered group company.     

China-EU Economic Relation： Fluctuating in 2008

The economic relation between China and EU has the great significance to each party as well as to the world. As the great political and economic powers in the today＇s world, China and EU have the urgent motivations to promote the economic cooperation between them at the global times. The economic relation between China and Europe, including the trade and economic cooperation and investment between China and Europe, has been developing greatly since 1975. The bilateral trade volume has increased rapidly, ahnost being doubled in 3 years since 2000. The bilateral trade volume arrived at US$356.2 billion in 2007. In 2007, China＇s import from EU was US$111 billion, which increases by 22% comparing with that in 2006, and exportation to EU is US$245 billion, which increases by 29%.