Pursue A New Horizon in the China Skies——Lufthansa,the 80th Anniversary in China Accompanied by Ample Market Opportunities

Lufthansa German Airline, one of the leading international airlines in the world, is celebrating the 80th anniversary of its business in China. In October, China's Foreign Trade interviewed Mr. Gregor Wende, Chief Representative of Lufthansa China. He stressed that Lufthansa China is making full preparations to meet the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The follows are his answers.     

Pursue A New Horizon in the China Skies——Lufthansa, the 80th Anniversary in China Accompanied by Ample Market Opportunities

Lufthansa German Airline, one of the leading international airlines in the world, is celebrating the 80th anniversary of its business in China. In October, China's Foreign Trade interviewed Mr. Gregor Wende, Chief Representative of Lufthansa China. He stressed that Lufthansa China is making full preparations to meet the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The follows are his answers.     

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,     

Lufthansa Alliances in China and Asia-Pacific

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 AsiaPacific in cooperation with its strong partners.     

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     

Lufthansa in China

Lufthansa landed in Beijing for the very first time on April 8, 1980, with a wide body DC 10 that followed the traditional southern route from Germany via Karachi and Bangkok. After a few years with this aircraft type, the summer schedule of 1985 saw the introduction of both the second weekly flight and the Boeing 747 on routes to China, followed     

Visit China '97——spotlight on China's tourism

Visit China '97 will be introduced soonthrough the joint efforts of the NationalTourism Administration and the CivilAviation Administration of China ( CAAC )following the first success of China Tour '92,which they also sponsored. It is a common promotional methodto hold tourist years in international tourismcircles and thus in most cases, achievegratifying results. To promote the integrationof China's tourism with the internationalmarket, the National Tourism Administrationhas launched a series of promotional activities,including the '93 China Scenery Tour, '94     

Portugal Sees Top Priority Market in China——Interview with H.E.Mr.Rui Quartin-Santos,Ambassador of portugal in China

In recent years, the economic and trade cooperation between China and Europe has witnessed a rapid growth and is showing a more and more remarkable tendency of market integration, this is why the Chinese market and west-em European countries are being comprehensively opened to one another. Portugal, at the western point of Europe which has a territory of 92152 sq. meters and a population of 10.54 million, is ready to accelerate its integration into the Chinese market. In 2005, according to Chinese statistics provided by the Custom's Office, the bilateral trade between China and Portugal was only US$1.236 billion. When interviewed by China's Foreign Trade in November, H.E. Mr. Rui Quartin-Santos, Ambassador of Portugal in China stressed: "Among the countries in Europe, Portugal has one of the longest historical relations with China. China is regarded as a top priority market for Portugal and the Portuguese business community." His comments are as follows: By Editor     

The Dancing China

China has cemented its position as one of the central pillars of global trade by exporting staggering quantities of manufacturer goods,and is arguably now second to none as the economic hub of Asia. According to the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing(CFLP), China's logistics industry revenue grew 20% in 2002,27% in 2003,30% in 2004 and 33% in 2005.Rampant growth in logistics revenue points to an indus- try in good health. When we check what does"logistics"mean in Wikipedia,this free ency- clopedia online bumps out this definition:"Logistics is the art and science of managing and controlling the flow of goods,energy,information and other re- sources like products,services,and people,from the source of production to the marketplace,"Yes,logistics is an art,through which rhythm comes from,while logistics is a science,by which efficiency lies in. As the Beijing Olympics is approaching,transportation and logistics as a closely related industry has raised more and more attention.China has also at- tached an ever-greatest importance to this industry.Let's see how this large country is dancing into the year of 2008 to the rhythm of the whole world. By Editor     

Olympics Are Opening up China—— Interview with Charles Lagrange,Representative from the EUCCC

＂Recent deals are demonstrating China＇s willingness to invest in overseas markets instead of passively receiving FDI. This is potentially a winwin scenario; a great amount of Chinese companies are not satisfied with selling their products only in China So in that sense, I believe the greatest benefit of hosting the Olympics is showing that China wants to become a big player on the international scene.＂     

ERICSSON AND CHINA——Interview Mr.Olof Lenneman,President of Ericsson(China)Company Ltd.

"China is Ericsson's fourth market,"the reporter was told by Mr.Uldis Zervens, RegionalDirector, East Asia, Ericsson Company, inStockholm, Capital of Sweden. Only six months later, when she wentto the Ericsson Telecom Building in ChaoyangDistrict, Beijing, the reporter was informedby Mr. Olof Lenneman, president of Ericsson(China) that China has become its third market.Its annual turnover in China is US＄ 1.2billion, making up 8 percent of its total salesvalue in the world, next only to that in theUSA and Sweden. Mr. Lenneman is a good talker. After     

China Qingqi Motorcycle Group Co.

The China Qingqi Motorcycle Group Co. is a large transregional, transsector and transnational economic entity integrating science, industry and trade. Its core is the China Qingqi Motorcycle Group Corporation which is one of the enterprises in China involved in motor production for the longest time. Its past 40-year experience enables it to develop into an extra-large enterprise in China, wimessing an annual production capacity of 1.5 million motors.     

Voices from Media:Global Fastest Growth of China Auto Market

China News Service: Auto China 2004 not only made a big splash in Beijing but also in the world. China is turning from a kingdom of bicycles to a kingdom of automobiles. Chinese market is one of the markets with great potentials in the world.     

China Huarong Asset Management Corporation

The China Huarong Asset Management Corporation, founded in October19 1999 with a registration capital ofRMB 10 billion, is the largest asset management corporation in China with independent corporate status. It runsunder supervision of the People's Bankof China, the China Securities Supervisory Committee and the Ministry of Finance.The corporation functions in three:acquiring non-performing loans (NPLs)from the Industrial and CommercialBank of China to improve its asset-liability str…     

Haining China Leather Market

Haining China Leather Market(previously named Zhejiang Leather Garment Market)was established in 1994 with a construction area of 160,000 sq.m.,now over 2,000 enterprises are in the market running business.In 2002,the total turnover of the market reached RMB4.012 billions. Haining China Leather Market is the largest professional leather market in China,     

China International Exhibition Corporation——An interview with CIEC President Yue Zude

Among the large number of conglomerates, the China International Exhibition Corporation (CIEC) is the only one specializing in foreign exhibitions. Its founding aroused the attention exhibition and business circles. Our reporter interviewed the president, Yue Zude. Reporter: I know your corporation was formed from several exhibition departments of the China Council for the     

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‘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.……     

Sony Style in China

Since the normalization of the dip- lomatic ties between China and Japan,the bilateral economic rela- tions have deepened continually.Ac- cording to the statistic of Japan,China passed U.S.to become Japan's top trade partner as well as is the second largest export market for Japan and is the largest import resource for Japan. Japan companies such as Mitsui,Sumi- tomo,Sony and Panasonic,have set the subsidiaries in China and explored their scales.This year 2008 marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the China- Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship. From May 1 to May 11,President Hu Jintao paid the"Warm Spring"trip to Ja- pan successfully.China's Foreign Trade invited Mr.Shizuo Takashino,Executive Vice President of Sony Group,Chair- man of Sony China,to comment Presi- dent Hu's visit and the development of Japan companies in China.     

2nd China International Dyestuffs Industry Exhibition

The 2nd China International Dyestuffs Industry Exhibition and the Organic Dye and Additives Exhibitionwill open in the shanghai International Exhibition Center in May 15-17.The exhibition is co-sponsored by the China Dyestuff Industry Association, China Dyestuffs Circle Association,Shanghai Sub-Council of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the Shanghai Sub-Chamber of the China Chamber of International Commerce. The Shanghai International Exhibition S…