China＇s imports from Africa： 167% ↑ in Q1

In the first quarter of this year, Chinese imports from Africa amounted to USS15.2 billion, up 167 percent, and bilateral trade amounted to USS27.8 billion, up 76 percent, said Xie Yajing, Chinese Commercial Counselor in charge of Western Asian and African Affairs, on May 26.     

China＇s Soaring Exports Agitates Currency Debate

On March 10, statistics from China＇s General Administration of Customs showed that its exports climbed 45.7% in February from a year earlier, and 21% increase from January, beating estimates and providing fresh evidence of a robust recovery in an economy poised to overtake Japan as the second-largest in the world. Economists said the data signaled a rebound in consumer demand from the United States and other Western markets after the financial crisis last year.     

China＇s import ＆ Export： 17.8%↑ in 2008

According to preliminarily statistics of Customs, China＇s total import and export in January through December in 2008 amounted to US$2561.63 billion, up by 17.8 percent on a year-on-year basis. Of which export was US$1428.55 billion and import US$1133.09 billion, up by 17.2 percent and 18.5 percent respectively. In December, total import and export in the nation reached US$183.33 billion, down by 11.1 percent. Of which export was US$111.16 billion and import US$72.18 billion, down by 2.8 percent and 21.3 percent respectively.     

China＇s textile and garment exports may trend up further in 2010

Textile and garment exports showed positive figures in December, 2009, foreshadowing a promising export market in 2010. China＇s exports have been on the mend since Q1 2009. According to statistics from the Customs released recently, December textile and garment exports increased 4.48% from the same period a year earlier, the first time the year it turned positive.     

China＇s restrictions on resource exports consistent with WTO rutes： experts

China＇s curbing of exports of some raw materials to protect the environment and reduce its trade surplus is in line with World Trade Organization （WTO） rules, experts say in July.     

China＇s cotton imports fail in July

China Light Textile Town Woolen Fabric Market opened on Aug. 8th in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. More than 100 representatives from wool garment manufacturers and design agencies came to the ceremony.     

Recovering China＇s Foreign Trade in 3Q

China＇s import and export are facing the most difficult challenge beyond expectation, due to the dramatic world economy recession. However, China has been doing its best to minimize the negative effects, and explore new and potential markets. For the first three quarters of 2009, the basic profile of China＇s foreign trade turned out some features according to the analysis by the Ministry of Commerce.     

China SMB market arrests Dell＇s attention

Despite a surge in Chinese overseas direct investment （ODI） in recent years, it is unlikely to outpace inbound foreign direct investment （FDI） this year, government officials and experts said on July 2.     

Chinese Enterprises Outbound investment Conference Held in Beijing

May 16 2007, co-hosted by Chinese Ministry of Commerce, CCPIT, Export-Import Bank of China and Economic Daily, "Chinese Enterprises Outbound Investment Conference" was held in Beijing. More than 500 people attended the conference, including senior officials of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, General Administration of Customs. State     

Competition for FDI with vintage investment and agglomeration advantages

Countries compete for new FDI investment, whereas stocks of FDI generate agglomeration benefits and are potentially subject to extortionary taxation. We study the interaction between these aspects in a simple vintage capital framework with discrete time and an infinite horizon, focussing on Markov perfect equilibrium. We show that the equilibrium taxation destabilizes agglomeration advantages. The agglomeration advantage is valuable, but is exploited in the short run. The tax revenue in the equilibrium is substantial, and higher on “old” FDI than on “new” FDI, even though countries are not allowed to use discriminatory taxation. If countries can provide fiscal incentives for attracting new firms, this stabilizes existing agglomeration advantages, but may erode the fiscal revenue in the equilibrium.     

China Expect to Become Biggest Source of Outbound Tourists

China is expected to overtake both Germany and the USA to become the world's number one source market for tourism by the end of this year,according to a press conference at the 8th China Outbound Travel and Tourism Market (COTTM) held in Beijing during April 18 to 19.“It is a truly remarkable achievement and well ahead of earlier predictions,” said Matt Thompson,project director for the China Outbound Travel and Tourism Market.     

Chinese Outbound Travel Booms

Nowadays,outbound travel has become commonplace in China.The world tourism market is witnessing a rapid increase of Chinese tourists. Around the world,major tourist destinations have seen surging numbers of Chinese visitors in recent years.In 2010 alone,57.39 million Chinese traveled abroad,spending US$48 billion overseas,according to the China Tour-     

中国出境旅游热的冷静思考--关于中国出境旅游发展政策的辨析

近年来,中国出境旅游发展迅速,其影响受到多方面的重视,如何认识和调整我国出境旅游发展的政策引起了广泛的关注.对此,目前学术界在这个问题上存在一些不同的观点.本文试图从基本概念、统计数据、计算的方法等几个关于制定我国出境旅游政策相关的基础依据进行分析,从而提出制定出境旅游政策和战略的思路.     

Outbound Tourism Soars in China

In 2010,Croatia saw a surge of Chinese tourists, so we will attach more importance to the Chinese market,Zlata Merlin,an official from the Croatian Tourism Bureau,told media at the 7th China Outbound Travel&Tourism Market (COTTM),held in Beijing from April 13th to the 15th. She was not alone in mentioning the importance of the Chinese market.Although the Japan earthquake and turmoil in North Africa has cast a cloud over the recovery of China's outbound tourism,the opening of the COTTM still suggests that...