Well Prepared for Global Deout——Interview with Ms.Chunmei Maja Sun,Managing Director of The Sun-Sun Group BV,the Netherlands

Widespread reports on the success of the Chinese Enterprise Summit(CES) 2007 held in The Hague,Netherlands, have poured in from over 2,400 Chinese media organizations both at home and abroad,including Chinese Central Television (CCTV),Xinhua News Agency,and the Chinese Economic Daily.Media     

Trust or Not?

In recent press there have been various reports alluding to the conduct of foreigners in China.These have ranged from the disgraceful and unseemly,notably the behaviour of a British man who drunkly molested a Chinese girl,to the frivolous,best illustrated in the antics of a rude Russian cellist refusing to move his feet on a train - something that bewilderingly received nationwide coverage in a country the size of a continent.     

CSR： New Engine of Economic Recovery

Nowadays, China has more and more focused Corporate Social Responsibility （CSR）. From October 2009, more than 600 Chinese companies have released CSR reports. According to statistics from China WTO Tribune, in 2009 China issued a total of 631 CSR reports, 3.73 times more than that released in 2008. On June 5, 2010, at the Fifth International CSR Forum, the ＂2009 GoldenBee CSR China Honor Roll＂ was held in Beijing. The Forum also released the ＂2009 China CSR Practice Benchmark Report＂,     

Trust and Face

Since last year,Made-in-China prod- ucts have been in the international spotlight and undergone a"confidence crisis".Foreign media have been full of stories covering the alleged poor quality of Chinese products.The United States,EU and Japan have made several accusations, including the excessive level of formalde- hyde in kids' clothes,lead in toys and the pesticide residue found on vegetables,and     

Objectives for Development of Chinese Textile Industry

The Textile industry is one of the mainstay industries of the national economy and China should be counted as the top textile country in the world in terms of production scale of raw materials and finished products and huge textile consumption. The rapid development of production and the availability of more textiles have stepped up the Chinese people's advance to a well-offlivelihood.     

Econometric Analysis of Overseas Investment by Chinese Enterprises

The analysis contained in this chapter focuses in particular on those Chinese companies that already have overseas operations. The purpose of the chapter is threefold： i） to identify the main characteristics of the Chinese companies active in foreign markets, ii） to investigate the privileged locations abroad and iii） to understand the main driving forces leading Chinese companies to invest abroad.     

Preface

"The 5th Session of the 10th National People's Congress(NPC)" and "The 5th Session of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC)" have been held in Beijing this month.     

Trust and Face

Since last year,Made-in-China products have been in the international spotlight and undergone a＂confidence crisis＂.Foreign media have been full of stories covering the alleged poor quality of Chinese products.The United States,EU and Japan have made several accusations, including the excessive level of formaldehyde in kids＇ clothes,lead in toys and the pesticide residue found on vegetables,     

Golden Week, Golden Effect

The Golden Week Holiday System was established in 1999. Bv adding legal holidays and the time off from the previous and following weekends, China made three Golden Weeks (7-day holidays), for the Spring Festival, May Labor Day and National Day in October.Since it was introduced eight years ago,the Golden Weeks have added considerably to China's economic development.The significant role they have played in promoting economic development and changing the Chinese people's concept of consumption and way of living has been witnessed by everyone.     

Golden Week,Golden Effect

The Golden Week Holiday System was established in 1999.By adding legal holi- days and the time off from the previous and following weekends,China made three Golden Weeks (7-day holidays),for the Spring Festival,May Labor Day and National Day in October.Since it was introduced eight years ago,the Golden Weeks have added considerably to China's economic development.The significant role they have played in promoting economic development and changing the Chinese people's concept of consumption and way of living has been witnessed by everyone.     

Bamboo Baskets From Eastern Zhejiang

Among Chinese woven products, bamboo baskets have the widest of uses. They are light and durable and graceful. Bamboo baskets have been indispensable for hundreds of years in South China. there are large varieties of bamboo baskets in China, but the best are those made by the local people in eastern Zhejiang Province, especially in Shengxian and Dongyang. These places have a long history in bamboo basket making and work is well-known nationwide. The baskets from there are     

Three Driving Forces of Labor Market

The sub prime in Wall Street of USA finally turned into global economic crisis. China, as the second largest export country in the world, caught in the biting cold economic storm. As the declining export directly plays on the weakness of Chinese economy, shrinking domestic demand and weak export market worsens the employment situation in China. It seems that the employ- ment and re-employment have become the top task for Chinese government. The reason why the economic crisis has such a large influence on Chinese job market may be related to the three problems come up in the development of Chinese economic development.     

Foreign Manufacturing Multinationals and the Transformation of the Chinese Economy

I.The argument in brief China became the world's largest destination for foreign direct investment (FDI),almost all of which is FDI in manufacturing and assembly,in 2003,before falling back into a solid second place.These FDI flows have revolutionized China's industrial base and shifted the composition of Chinese exports     

Building the Three Gorges Project for the Chinese Nation—An Interview with General Manager Lu Youmei, China Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Development Corporation

The Yangtze River has nurtured the fertile land on both its banks and hundreds of millions of Chinese people. but its raging waters have also wreaked havoc on the people living in its reaches. Since the founding of New China, large-scale surveys, planning, scientific research and feasibility studies have been carried out in an effort to harness the river     

A Guide To Trade And Investment In Various Countries

Since the beginning of 1993, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and the economic and commercial councillor offices in various Chinese embassies in foreign countries, have compiled a series of books titled A Guide to Trade and Investment in Various Countries. The compilation has gone well and 19 of a planned 30 books have been completed covering Japan, Russia, Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, France, the European Community, East Europe, the Commonwealth of     

Financial Services for Post-Quake Reconstruction

The May 12 earthquake in Sichuan caught Chinese people by surprise and took the nation's heart.While mourning the dead and searching for the missing,many services must be provided for the survivors in the wake of the earth- quake.Available post-quake financial services have become an important part of the reconstruction effort in the disaster- stricken areas of Sichuan province.     

China Lucky Film Corp.

China's colour film and colour paper market was manipulated by imported Kodak, Fuji and Konica in the early 1980s when the Chinese people began to use colour film. The improved Lucky Ⅱ-type colour film produced in 1985 began to take a share of the domestic market owing to its reasonable price. Lucky Film Corp. put its newly-developed third generation colour film BR100 on the market in 1990 and the performance and quality of the film have captured the attention of photographers in the country. The product     

Then And Now——How The Global Financial Crisis Will Affect Chinese Outbound investment

1. The future of outbound M＆A for Chinese enterprises
The background
As we read in the press lately, China＇s trade surplus and foreign-exchange reserves have fuelled its growing overseas M＆A activities over the last several years. Most commentators believe that this outbound activity will continue to increase. Some recent reports suggest, however, that since the current financial crisis began, there has been a slow down in China outbound M＆A activities,     

Financial Services for Post-Quake Reconstruction

The May 12 earthquake in Sichuan caught Chinese people by surprise and took the nation＇s heart. While mourning the dead and searching for the missing, many services must be provided for the survivors in the wake of the earthquake. Available post-quake financial services have become an important part of the reconstruction effort in the disasterstricken areas of Sichuan province.     

Colorful Yarn, Beautiful Picture-The Textile Industry in the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta

At present, because of the global financial crisis, many enterprises are facing the plight of the manufacturing pressure. Especially the textile industry in the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta, they are struggling for the survival through the great stress. Therefore, it is imperative to restructure and upgrade this industry. In the context of the competitive globalization, the Chinese textile and garment industry should not only have strong competitive enterprises to participate in international competition, but also have to enhance regional and overall competitiveness. The Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta have focused on nearly about 2/3 capacity of the textile and garment production. So upgrading and coordinating development the two industrial bases are important to the Chinese textile and garment industry.