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  • Shanghai boasts 998 regional headquarters of multinationals

    Shanghai, China's financial hub and a popular foreign investment destination, is home to 998 regional headquarters of multinational companies at present, said the Shanghai Foreign Investment Association.

    October18,2024


  • New Opportunities of China-Laos Economic and Trade Cooperation in New Era

    The report mainly presents the fruitful results achieved in bilateral economic and trade cooperation, the key cooperation construction projects between the two countries, and the vast opportunities for bilateral cooperation in the future.

    December08,2023



  • China's oil, gas industry targets environmental improvements in 2019: report

    China's oil and gas industry is set to reinforce efforts to reduce environmental impacts of its projects and operations in 2019, leading energy and shipping certification agency DNV GL said Tuesday in a report.

    January24,2019


  • Seraphim launches PLANET products, targeting PV energy storage market

    Jiangsu Seraphim Solar System Co., Ltd. ("Seraphim"), a world-class solar product manufacturer in China, has recently unveiled its PLANET-series products for 2019, targeting the global PV energy storage market.

    May13,2019



  • Seraphim rolls out innovative blade bifacial solar module

    Jiangsu Seraphim Solar System Co., Ltd. (“Seraphim”), a world-class solar product manufacturer in China, has recently rolled out an innovative solar module, Blade Bifacial module.

    May15,2019






  • Shanghai expected to be 2nd most important global maritime capital by 2024, report

    A survey involving some hundred maritime industry experts from all over the world reveals that Shanghai is expected to become the second most important maritime city in the world by 2024.

    April11,2019



  • CESI acquired KEMA and the world leadership for electricity testing

    The laboratory, based in Milan and controlled by Terna and Enel, makes a qualitative leap in its activities for the electricity sector – in which it is already a leader in the design of high and very high voltage connections – acquiring a Dutch laboratory with 2,000 technicians.

    October17,2019


  • Denmark Economic Facts & Figures 2019

    Denmark is located at the exit of the Baltic Sea to the North Sea in northern Europe. It is a land transportation hub for Western Europe and Northern Europe, and is known as the Bridge in Northwest Europe.

    April08,2021


  • Hebei Business Environment & Assessment Report (2016)

    Situated in east China's coastal area, with a coastal line of 487 km, and embracing the two metropolises of Beijing and Tianjin, Hebei province enjoys an ideal geographic location and possesses competitive edge in the economic activities in the Bohai-Rim and area Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei economic zone, which are designated as a priority for economic development in China. <br></br> Over the past two decades since China adopted the reform and opening-up policy, Hebei has made great achievements in its modernization drive. Hebei has become one of the fastest growing areas in China and there is room to develop and expand. <br></br> Hebei is one of the major production bases of cereals, cotton and edible oil in China and serves as an important base of aquatic and livestock products in north China. Hebei is also among the major provinces with rich mineral resources. <br></br> Hebei realized 2,980.61 billion yuan of GDP in 2015, up 6.8% year on year, and its industrial added value reached 1,438.80 billion yuan, up 4.7% year on year. Fixed-asset investment grew 10.4% year on year in 2015 to 2,944.83 billion yuan, and its Consumer Price Index (CPI) growth stood at 0.9%.

    October13,2016


  • Shanxi Business Environment & Assessment Report (2016)

    Shanxi Province covers an area of 156,700 square kilometers, accounting for 1.6% of China’s total area. The province stretches 682 kilometers from north to south and 385 kilometers from east to west. <br></br> The province belongs to the loess plateau, with the layout boundary of a parallelogram slanting from north-east to south-west. Mountainous region and hills make up 80.1% of the whole province while the figure for plains and valleys is 19.9%. <br></br> By the end of 2015, there were 36.64 million permanent residents in the province, among which 0.3% were ethnic minorities, including Hui, Man, Mongol, Yi, Miao and Tujia, etc, according to a sample survey on the population of the province in 2015. <br></br> Shanxi’s economy saw over 10% annual growth in the past three decades but its growth has slowed down as the province determined to upgrade economic structure and accelerate reforms. <br></br> Shanxi boasts rich reserves of coal. Reserves of coal, coal bed methane, bauxite, refractory clay, laterite and potassic rock rank first in China. Reserves of golden red stone, pearl rock, gallium, vermiculite, grey rock for glasses take up the second place. The proved reserves of coal amount to 260 billion tons, or one-third of the whole country's total. Hence Shanxi has been known as "the Ocean of Coal." With the features of full types and good quality, coal is extensively distributed in Datong, Ningwu, Western mountain, Huoxi, Hedong and Qinshui coalfields. <br></br> Shanxi’s gross domestic product (GDP) stood at 1.28 trillion yuan in 2015, and the growth rate slowed to 3.1%. The province’s growth ranked the 24th among the 31 provinces and autonomous regions on the Chinese mainland in 2015.

    October19,2016


  • Shandong Business Environment & Assessment Report (2016)

    Situated at the lower reaches of the Yellow River and on China's eastern coastline, Shandong Province's territory consists of the Shandong Peninsular and adjacent inlands. Protruding into the conjunction area of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, the peninsula faces the Liaodong Peninsular of Liaoning Province over the sea. Its inland adjoins the provinces of Hebei, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu. The province stretches 420 km from south to north and 700 km from east to west, covering an area of 156,700 square kilometers. <br></br> Shandong is rich in marine resources. Its offshore area makes up 37% of the total surface area of the Bohai and Yellow seas, with a shoal area accounting for 15% of the nation's total. <br></br> A total of 128 varieties of minerals, or 78% of that found in China, have been discovered in the province, of which 33 have their surveyed deposits listed among the top tens of the nation. <br></br> One of China's major agricultural production bases, Shandong is known as "a warehouse of grains, cotton, and oil, and the land of fruits and aquatic products." <br></br> The province is one of China's important energy bases, with the Shengli Oilfield being the second largest of its kind in the country, and Zhongyuan, another oilfield, having a major part on its territory. The crude oil produced in Shandong makes up one-third of the nation's total. <br></br> With beautiful natural landscapes and numerous historical and cultural relics, Shandong has rich tourist resources. It offers a string of tourist attractions, such as Mount Taishan and the Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius, two World Heritage sites. <br></br> Shandong realized 6,300.23 billion yuan of GDP in 2015, up 8% year on year, and its industrial added value reached 2,948.59 billion yuan, up 7.4% year on year. Fixed-asset investment grew 13.9% year on year in 2015 to 4738.15 billion yuan, and its Consumer Price Index (CPI) growth stood at 1.2% year on year.

    October21,2016


  • Qinghai Business Environment & Assessment Report (2016)

    Qinghai Province lies in the northeast of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau with an area of 722,300 square kilometers. Situated 89°35′-103°04′ east longitude and 31°9′-39°19′ north latitude, it got its name from a lake called Qinghai Lake, which is the biggest inland saltwater lake in China. <br></br> Flanked by two big mountain ranges – Qilian in the north, Tanggula in the south, 4/5 of this highland averages 3,000 meters above sea level. In its middle, stands another big mountain spur – the Kunlun. About 95% of the province’s land is pastureland. Two major Chinese waters, the Yangtze and the Yellow Rivers all originate here: one from the southwest slop of the main peak of Tanggula; one from northern slope of Bayanhar. This feature has earned the province a name as the source of the rivers. <br></br> Qinghai is the divide between farming area and pastoral area and contains three kinds of climate patterns, namely continental monsoon climate, inland arid climate and Qinghai-Tibet plateau climate. The average temperature for a year is from –5.6° C to 8.6° C. <br></br> Qinghai Province has two prefecture-level cities, six autonomous prefectures, three county-level cities, 27 counties and seven autonomous counties. Xining is the capital city of the province. <br></br> Qinghai had a total resident population of 5.88 million by the end of 2015, of which urban population was 2.96 million while rural population was 2.92 million, representing 50.3 % and 49.7% of the total, respectively. The minority population was 2.8 million at the end of 2015, accounting for 47.71% of the total.

    October11,2016


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    January01,2016


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