China＇s Net Int＇l Investment Position Hit $662 bln

China＇s net international investment position （IIP） at the end of 2006 surged 57% from a year earlier, according to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange （SAFE）.     

China＇s Investment in Africa＇s Banking Sector

1 Introduction
The global financial crisis, whose effects have been most severe on the world＇s largest banks, has created a vacuum in banking sector in Africa by stalling investment from the traditional investor. The world＇s largest banks, brought to their knees by the crisis, and having had to be bailed out, are in no position to continue investing in the banking sector in Africa. China, less severely affected by the crisis, with a burgeoning economy, and with banks that are awash with cash, is, in contrast,     

China＇s Machinery Industry Going Like Gangbusters

Output in China＇s machinery industry soared 32% year on year to RMB 1.5 trillion （US$196 billion） in the first quarter, according to the latest report from the National Development and Reform Commission.     

What about China＇s Trade Deficit？

With its rapid economic growth over recent years, China has become an important force to be reckoned in the world. The ever-rising trade surplus makes a good example. But does Chinese enjoy a trade surplus with every foreign country？ The answer is ＂No＂.[第一段]     

Challenges Ahead of China＇s Econom

This year＇s slowdown is consistent with the purpose of macro-control, spelling good news for inflation mitigation,economic restructuring, energy saving and emission reduction. For the first three quart...     

China＇s Economy In First Four and Five Months This Year

Since China suffered SARS. China‘s economy has surely faced many difficulties. But the Chinese government has taken eight measures to overcome SARS difficulties to ensure the forecast of 7% and 7.4% economic growth for the second season and the whole year will not be changed. In the third season,China will have its economy gradually recover.     

Has China＇s Investment Environment Really Become Less Friendly？

From Dec.lst, 2010, all foreign corporations in China would be subject to the ＂Interim Regulation of Tax on City Maintenance and Construction of-People＇s Republic of China＂, and the ＂Interim Regulation of Imposition of Additional Education Fee＂,     

China＇s Investment in 2010 H1

Attracting foreign investment
In the first half of 2010, the number of the newly established foreigninvested enterprises was 12377, an increase of 18.8%; the actual use of foreign investment was US$51.43 billion, up 19.6%. Although the absorbing of foreign investment has increased for consecutively 11 months, the overall scale is still lower that the same period of 2008, before the world financial crisis. We can see following features in the foreign investment to China in the first 6 months in 2010.     

Transnational Corporations Adjust Investment Strategy in China

After becoming one of the main countries absorbing foreign direct-investment, China is no longer a sole manufacturing base in transnational corporations‘ eyes, but a big market which they must pay high attention on and use. Transnational corporations have adjusted their investment strategy in china accordingly. Professor Xi Guoming, Director of Nankai University Transnational Research Center, issued his many years‘ following research result in a international forum during this period.     

Canada Finance Minster： Welcome China＇s Investment in Canada

To forward the relationship between China and Canada in financial and trade sectors and strengthen the cooperation in avoiding the worse impact of international financial crisis, Canadian financial high-level leaders involving Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, Canada＇s Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty, Federal Superintendent of Financial Institutions Julie Dickson, as well as five major banks and the two biggest insurance companies in Canada, who are looking to strengthen and expand business ties with China, visited China from August 8 to August 14, 2009. Also they send warm invitations to China enterprises to invest and to be listed in Canada. This visit is a preparation for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper＇s coming visit to China in November.     

2020：China＇s Energy Strategy Facing Challenges

Liu Shijin, Director of Research Department of Industrial Economy of the Development Research Center of the State Council, indicated that not long ago in 2003 China High-level Development Forum‘s special session on China‘s Energy Strategy     

China＇s Economy Enters Key Period of Softlanding

China＇ s economy is now at a key period for softlanding in light of growing investment, the driving force of its fast economic expansion, according to a report by a task force for the State Development and Reform Commission（SDRC）.     

Do Host Countries＇ Labor Standards Affect China＇s Outward Foreign Direct Investment？

本文根据劳动力产权理论并在总结国内外研究的基础上,选取了2003～2009年中国和152个东道国的面板数据,实证考察了东道国劳工标准对中国对外直接投资的影响,采用静态OLS和SYS—GMM方法对全样本、发达国家和发展中国家的样本进行验证。结果表明：中国的对外直接投资总体上更倾向于流入低劳工标准的国家,而发达国家和发展中国家劳工标准对中国对外直接投资的影响存在着截然不同的效应,发达国家的高劳工标准和发展中国家的低劳工标准分别吸引了中国的对外直接投资,此外通过分位数回归和广义最小二乘法及两阶段最小二乘估计法进行的稳健性检验不仅表明本文的结论是可靠的,而且发现中国的对外直接投资有向低劳工标准国家集聚的趋势。最后从规避劳工风险的角度提出了相应的政策建议。