"China" Says Goodbye to Low Prices——Ceramics Exhibitors Lift Prices on Canton Fair

Raising price, an important consensus From the reduction of export tax rebate rate by 5%～7% to the rising threshold of the ceramics importers, and from the restrictions on energy consumption to the price hike of raw materials and fuels... Since this year China's ceramics industry has been facing increasing pressure.     

Analysis on China''''s Car Market in 2003

The car boom experienced in 2002 has certainly added an inerasable touch on China's automobile industry. It is estimated that with more favorable policies, availability of more choices and further price cuts, China's car market will continue its momentum to prosper in the New Year.The situation in the car market was full of drama at the turn of the New Year with sweeping price cuts. This was largely due to the availability of more new brands and models. However, it is still too early to call     

Build up the Ceramics Platform,Enhance the Brand Effect

To promote the export trade of China ceramics industry, to develop the overseas marking channel for domestic architecture sanitary ceramics industry ,China Ceramics City ,jointly with China's Foreign Trade magazine,start to publicize on the overseas market.     

Build up the Ceramics Plationn,Enhance the Brand Effect

To promote the export trade of China ceramics industry. to develop the overseas marketing chan nel for domestic architecture sanitary ceramics industry,China Ceramics City,jointly with China's Foreign Trade magazine,start to publicize on the overseas market. Situated in South China Ceramics Capital-Stone Bay in Guangdong Foshan, China Ceramics City is entitled by China Construction Material Industrial Association and China Construction Sanitary Ceramics Association. China Ceram-     

Who Will Trigger the Bomb of Price in the Auto Market in 2003 in China?

Despite China's auto market is till immersed in the afterglow of its "great eruption of oil well," as if every model of cars, costing a high price or low price, would all sell well on the market, yet it can be predicted that the year 2003 will, no doubt, be a year of price for China's auto industry. As soon as a big equivalent "bomb of price" would blow off in the beginning of the year, the pricing in China's auto market is sure to go through a sweeping reshuffle, and an effect of the theory of domino is inevitable to follow. No wonder, the market will be shaken by a price downslide of some key model of car produced by a solid-founded enterprise, with a drastic price down of RMB50000 for each car!     

China's Role in Purchasing Chain

In current world market,"Made-in-China"often means good price and competitive quality.In terms of China's trade pattern,more than half of Chinese exporting products belong to processing trade industry according to the demands and requirements of international orders.On the purchasing chain,China is learning from its international partners.Safety and quality always tops all issues.     

Local Cooking Oil Faces Foreign Challenges

Alarming local oil industry This year,the purchasing price of rapeseed from China's major production bases has gone up due to the decline in planting area of oil-bearing crops.In this June,the pur- chase price of rapeseeds from Anhui     

RMB Appreciation:The End of Low-Cost Textile Export

With the opening of Guang- zhou Fair,the development tendency of China's exports of textiles and garments became the focus of the industry again. It is known that since the production cost has increased because of the appreciation of RMB and the increase in raw material and labor price,almost every enterprise participating in the fair have raised their prices by 3% to 5%,some even more     

Efforts by China's Bicycle Industry to Revive

Bicycles are generally considered "Green Vehicles", with their cheap price and easy maintenance. China, known as the "Kingdom of Bicycles", has the largest output and export volume of whole bikes, but the industry has been in difficulties in recent years. The blind import of international capital is the main reason for the decline of the bicycle industry in the country. In the mid 1980s, cheap labor and optimistic market forecasts attracted international capital to China's bicycle indus-     

China's Building Materials Industry

China's building materials industry experienced great development in 1993 with rapid increases in production and record output and profits. The industry produced 360 million tons of cement, 96.163 million cases of plate glass, 20.4 million pieces of sanitation ceramics and 173 million square metres of construction ceramics, showing rises of 12.89, 12.83, 123.8 and 127 percent respectively over the previous year. The output of cement and plate     

China's National Oil Reserve Center was Born

Aseries of events that occurred in October 2007, are rewriting the history of China's energy industry: November 3 an Energy Law Committee asked the public for suggestions on improvements; forty top experts came together to form the National Energy Expert Advisory Committee on November 6; and the National Oil Reserve Center (NORC)became the nerve centre of oil reserves on November 18. Yet, behind the progress of these recent activities remains the fact that international oil prices still hover around a very high price of US$ 90/barrel, and China's oil imports are close to accounting for half of its total oil reserves.……     

China's National Oil Reserve Center was Born

Aseries of events that occurred in October 2007, are rewriting the history of China's energy industry: November 3 an Energy Law Committee asked the public for suggestions on improvements; forty top experts came together to form the National Energy Expert Advisory Committee on November 6; and the National Oil Reserve Center (NORC)became the nerve centre of oil reserves on November 18. Yet, behind the progress of these recent activities remains the fact that international oil prices still hover around a very high price of US$ 90/barrel, and China's oil imports are close to accounting for half of its total oil reserves.     

＂Chinese Style＂ Auto Marketing Thrives

Over the past 10 years,China's auto industry has seen rapid growth. The miracle of such fast devel- opment,from a humble beginning to a strong player in the world's auto industry, can be attributed to a variety of factors. The most important factor,however,is that the auto industry has incorporated Chinese characteristics during its growth, whether facing challenges or developing new innovations.And the innovations     

MACHINERY

Manufacturing enterprises' multiple tactics to survive The producer price index (PPI) for China's industrial prod- ucts rose 10% year on year in July, while that of the mining in- dustries surged 34% year-on-year, according to China Securities Journal. The data shows that China's manufacturing industry is facing the pressure of increasing costs.     

On the Development of China's Land Oil Industry

Mr. Wang Tao, President of the China National Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, briefed this reporter on his thoughts on the development of China's land oil industry. From the present to the turn of the century, said Wang Tao, is a critical period in the reform and development of the land oil industry in China. Our basic thoughts on the development of China's land oil industry from now on are: to blaze a new trail of better commercial efficiency and rapid development by making economic efficiency upgrading the aim, and oil and gas production and operation the main     

CHINA'S THREE MAJOR SHOE PRODUCTION BASES

According to information from the relevant administrative department of China's shoe-making industry, through development in the past decade in China's shoe-making industry, the most developed cities for light industry, Shanghai and Tianjin, are no longer its major production bases, while in cities as Quanzhou, Wenzhou and Huidong, the shoe-making industry has witnessed more rapid development through the introduction of shoe-making equipment and     

Development for China's Auto Industry in Recent Years

China's auto industry has gradually been transformed from the original extensive operation, to readjustment and steady growth since 1993. It has begun to concentrate on the development of new leading brands and the diversification of its automobiles, with multi-grades and functions. The steady increase in output of automobiles is a significant feature in China's auto industry in recent years. In the 1980s, the industry developed rapidly, with fluctuations at times. The     

Forestry——A New Field for International Cooperation

Strengthening international cooperation is the focus of China's forestry sector's opening to the outside world. In the past few years, China has conducted various forms of cooperation in the forestry industry with many other countries and international organizations and the cooperation will be strengthened on the basis of mutual benefit. All efforts are aimed at expanding the opening of China's forestry industry and upgrading the level of forestry     

From Blowout to Stalemate——China's Housing Market in 2007

As 2007 comes to an end,China's housing market is preparing for another controversial year. Increasingly restrictive macro-control policies and growing public concern have pushed China's housing market through the initial rise in price over the last couple years,a price blowout at the middle of this year,and finally the     

Forging Ahead Toward a Powerful Stone Producer in the World

The reform and opening has given impetus to the rapid development of China's stone industry, laying the foundations for its development to a higher level, and for the realization of the development target of a powerful stone producer in the world by the year 2010. Its major features are as follows: 1. Production of major products in China's stone industry has witnessed significant growth, leaping to second place in the world and ranking among the world's major stone producers. In 1995, total production of the national granite slabs, marble slabs, terazzos and