Practices of Shareholding System in Jiangsu Foreign Trade Enterprises

With the ever-deepening process of China's reform of its economic and foreign trade system, local foreign trade enterprises are all developing according to the needs of the socialist market economy, as and to normal international practices, as management and operation require. In recent years, the reform of foreign trade enterprises has undergone three stages: the stage of contracted management, the stage of the contractor being responsible for profits and losses and the stage of changing the managemental system. The enterprises, which formerly only carried out given     

Jiangsu Foreign Trade Co., Ltd

The former Jiangsu Foreign Trade Import Company founded in 1984, Jiangsu Foreign Trade Company, Ltd. was given its present name in 1993 when it became a share holding company. The company's initial registered capital in 1984 was RMB1 million, which expanded to RMB30.58 million in 1994. At present, the company's business scope includes import and export trade,     

Jiangsu Yueda International Trade Co.

The Jiangsu Yueda International TradeCompany belongs to the Jiangsu YuedaIndustry Group. The group is a large transna-tional enterprise with 7,000 staff and work-ers and assets of RMB1 billion. In 1995 itwas listed as 262nd on the list of the 500largest industrial enterprises in China. Itsbusiness scope includes industrial produc-     

Window for Russia and Eastern Europe——The 21st International China Harbin Fair for Trade and Economic Cooperation

The 21st International China Harbin Fair for Trade and Economic Cooperation will be held in Harbin International Conference and Exhibition Center from June 15 to 19, 2010. At this edition of China Harbin Trade Fair, there will be 3000 international standard booths available, with a total indoor and outdoor exhibition area of 86,000 Uare meters, according to the announcement from Mr. Sun o, Vice governor of Heilongjiang Province on March 26, 2010 in Beijing.     

Beijing's Foreign Trade——Readjusting the Structure for New Growth Points in Beijing's Foreign Trade

At a working conference, Vice Mayor Lu Yucheng presented a plan for Beijing's 1997 work in foreign trade and economic cooperation. The general task is to carry out the strategy of great economy and trade, expand exports, use foreign funds reasonably and effectively, and conduct international economic and technical cooperation. The major target is to complete export volume of US$2.3 billion. Last year's import and export     

New Curbs on Processing Trade for A New Trade Pattern

China recently announced a new policy that seeks to rein in the de- velopment of processing trade in re- stricted commodities,in a bid to op- timize the country's exporting struc- ture,put strong curbs on the export of"high-energy-consuming, high- polluting and resource-dependent"products,and discourage the export of commodities with low added value and poor technology content,so as to gradually eliminate trade frictions, and promote trade balance to ease tension caused by the too wide trade surplus.The change is instrumental in upgrading the present processing trade system,transforming the pat- tern of foreign trade growth mode, and promoting the sustainable devel- opment of social economy.     

Lianyungang——A Would-be International Trade Centre

Lianyungang is one of China's eight majorseaports, the East Bridge Tower of thenew Eurasia Continental Bridge. During theEighth Five-Year Plan period, opening tothe outside world and foreign-oriented econ-omy in Lianyungang City developed swiftly.Each year, foreign trade, the utilization offoreign capital, foreign project contractingand labour service export increased by over50 percent each. Its superiority, which was     

Competitive Pressure in Transition: A Role for Trade and Competition Policies?

This paper investigates the effects of trade reforms and antitrust enforcement on the pricing behavior of firms, shedding light on the respective contributions of these policy instruments to the shaping of competitive markets. To this end, we use a rich panel data set of more than 25,000 manufacturing firms from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, spanning a 5-year period. We find a positive and statistically significant relationship between domestic firms’ mark-ups and industry protection, as reflected in MFN and trade-weighted import tariffs. The toughness of competition policy enforcement, captured by the number of final instance decisions delivered by national antitrust authorities and an index developed by the EBRD, has a negative impact of greater magnitude than import penetration. We also test for the significance of enacting major legislative amendments with regard to competition policy in the studied countries, as well as for differential effects in export-oriented and import-competing industries.     

International Trade in Services—Editorial Introduction

This special issue of JITC focuses on the globalization of trade in services and the effects on small open economies. It looks at a number of issues relating to international trade in services to re-evaluate the degree to which services are traded and tradable, the degree to which such trade is increasing, the implications of globalization and off-shoring and the policy responses required both to foster international integration in services and to react to the likely economic implications.     

Research on Fair Trade Consumption—A Review

An overview and assessment of the current state of research on individual consumption of Fair Trade (FT) products is given on the basis of 51 journal publications. Arranging this field of ethical consumption research according to key research objectives, theoretical approaches, methods, and study population, the review suggests that most studies apply social psychological approaches focusing mainly on consumer attitudes. Fewer studies draw on economic approaches focusing on consumers’ willingness to pay ethical premia for FT products or sociological approaches relying on the concept of consumer identity. Experimental, qualitative and conventional survey methods are used approximately equally often. Almost all studies draw on convenience or purposive samples and most studies are conducted in the USA or the United Kingdom. Several problems in current research are identified: amongst others, studies’ rather narrow theoretical focus, potential hypothetical and social desirability bias of conventional survey data, and a lack of generalizability of empirical findings. In turn, we suggest that research would benefit from both a multiple-motives and a multiple-methods perspective. Considering competing theories can help to single out key behavioral determinants of individual FT consumption. The combination of different methods such as conventional surveys and field experiments contributes to uncovering respondents’ truthful answers and improves generalizability of results. Scholars in the field of ethical consumption research should use experiments to detect causal relations proposed by theories and conduct cross-country surveys to gather insights as to how differences in market structures, cultural traits, and other path dependencies affect patterns of individual FT consumption.     

Qingdao A Coastal Opening City

In eastern China, Qingdao is an important coastal opening city and a hub of the economy. Since 1992 the city government has planned a programme to develop Qingdao into a modern international city focussed on an industrial park, three districts and three strips projects. Under a concerted effort the city's economic construction and opening up has shown vibrant prospects for development.     

Huge Potential for China-Russia Trade in Vehicles,Auto Parts

There is huge potential for cooperation between China and Russia in the automotive trade,an official with the Ministry of Commerce said at the first Sino-Russian forum on the auto market.     

Annual Forecast for China＇s Foreign Trade in 2009

From the international perspective, the positive changes in the world economic situation have been increasing, together with a trend of stabilization in financial markets. Developed countries such as the United States,     

Technology Trade in Beijing

In the past few years, Beijing has seen booming progress in the import and export of technology. An official with the Beijing Commission of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation said that Beijing last year signed 268 contracts introducing technology worth US$272 million. They involved projects including 342,000 telephones for the Beijing Telecommunications Bureau financed with a Canadian government loan, second     

Foreign Trade for Heilongjiang Forestry

The Heilongjiang Forestry Economic and Trade Corporation is a trade enterprise under the jurisdiction of Heilongjiang Forestry Administration, and a window of foreign trade and economic and technical cooperation for the forestry industry sector of the province. The administration has four forestry management departments in Yichun, Mudanjiang, Songhuajiang and Hejiang. Under their control are 40 forestry divisions, 15 wood working plants and     

Bright Prospects for India-China Trade

An interview with Mr. Jaitley, Minister of Commerce and Industry,India.     

Arbitration in Foreign Trade

On March 5, 1993, company A (foreign trade agent) concluded an agreement on purchasing 10,000 tons of channel steel with company B (foreign businessman), entrusted by company C (domestic company). It was stated in the agreement that the date of shipment was April 1993, and thc buycr would,after receiving the seller's notice on the expected shipping date and quantity and 20 days before shipment, open an it-     

1994: A Fruitful Year for Beijing's Foreign Trade and Ecnomic Cooperation

In 1994, foreign trade and economic cooperation in Bejing made major progress following overall growth for the previous three years. By 1994, the number of foreign-funded enterprises approved by the city exceeded 10, 000, the foreign capital actually used amounted to US $ 1.9 billion, and exports totalled US $ 2.1 billion, representing three major breakthroughs. In 1994, 2, 675 foreign-funded enterprises were approved, involving a