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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
Germany's Agriculture Minister rejects plastic bag ban
Germany's Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner rejects a ban on plastic bags. "Only a ban, as the Greens want it, without having an alternative," is something that the citizens are not satisfied with, the deputy leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) said on Monday in Berlin
August15,2019
Chinese consortium holds high-speed railway exhibition in Malaysia
A Chinese consortium led by China Railway Corporation (CRC), which has announced its intention to build the upcoming Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR), started its bidding efforts by holding an experience exhibition on Monday in Kuala Lumpur.
January17,2017
Beijing8
March21,2016
Industry
July09,2015
Preferential Policy Regimes
July07,2015
Heilongjiang8
April20,2016
Qinghai Business Environment Assessment Report (2018)
Accounting for one thirteenth of the total land area of China, Qinghai is ranked fourth-largest among all the provincial-level administrative divisions in China in terms of land area, after Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Tibet Autonomous Region and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Though Qinghai is one of the largest provinces of China by area, it has the third smallest population. Qinghai, though a less developed economy, is endowed with abundant solar, wind, oil, gas, and grassland resources. It has the largest deposits of lithium, potassium and magnesium ores in China.
June27,2018
Qinghai Business Environment Assessment Report (2017)
Though Qinghai is one of the largest provinces of China by area, it has the third smallest population. As a multi-ethnic province, Qinghai is home to 43 ethnic minority groups, including Tibetan, Hui, Mongol, Tu and Salar, accounting for 47 percent of the province’s total population. Qinghai, though a less developed economy, is endowed with abundant solar, wind, oil, gas, and grassland resources. It has the largest deposits of lithium, potassium and magnesium ores in China.
June22,2018
Heilongjiang Business Environment & Assessment Report (2015)
Sitting at the highest latitudes and the northernmost end of China, Heilongjiang Province is one of the renowned heavy industry bases in China and serves as a major portal for trade with Russia. Heilongjiang is widely known as the cradle of China's modern industry, with its Daqing oilfield, Greater Hinggan Mountains and Xiao Hinggan Mountains, China First Heavy Industries (CFHI), two machinery giants, three power equipment producers, four large coal cities, and 10 military industry enterprises enjoying high popularity. Nowadays, the province is echoing the state northeast China old industry base boosting strategy and invigorating its heavy industry and expediting development of its strategic emerging industries including tourism- and modern services-centered tertiary industry for broader achievements. It boasts a border line of 3,045 kilometers, 25 Class A ports and 10 areas for mutual trade among inhabitants, making it an important channel linking Asia and Pacific Region with Russia and the Continent. By the end of 2012, the province had 38.34 million residents. Its gross domestic product (GDP) edged up 5.6 percent year on year to 1.50 trillion yuan in 2014.
June30,2016
Catalogue for the Guidance of Foreign Investment Industries
The Catalogue for the Guidance of Foreign Investment Industries (Revision 2017) was jointly issued by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China and came into force on July 28, 2017; while the Catalogue of Industries for Guiding Foreign Investment (Revision 2015) issued by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce on March 10, 2015 was repealed simultaneously.
January19,2018
Heilongjiang Business Environment & Assessment Report (2016)
Sitting at the highest latitudes and the northernmost end of China, Heilongjiang Province is one of the renowned heavy industry bases in China and serves as a major portal for trade with Russia. <br></br> Heilongjiang is widely known as the cradle of China's modern industry, with its Daqing oilfield, Greater Hinggan Mountains and Xiao Hinggan Mountains, China First Heavy Industries (CFHI), two machinery giants, three power equipment producers, four large coal cities, and 10 military industry enterprises enjoying high popularity. <br></br> Nowadays, the province is echoing the state northeast China old industry base boosting strategy and invigorating its heavy industry and expediting development of its strategic emerging industries including tourism- and modern services-centered tertiary industry for broader achievements. <br></br> It boasts a border line of 3,045 kilometers, 25 Class A ports and 10 areas for mutual trade among inhabitants, making it an important channel linking Asia and Pacific Region with Russia and the Continent. <br></br> The province’s gross domestic product (GDP) went up 5.7% year on year to 1.5 trillion yuan in 2015.
September23,2016
Fujian Business Environment & Assessment Report (2016)
Lying in the southeastern coast of China and bordering Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Guangdong, Fujian faces Taiwan across the Taiwan Straits and is one of mainland provinces the closest to Southeast Asia and Oceania, as well as an important window and base of China for global exchanges. <br></br> Total permanent population of Fujian reached 38.39 million by the end of 2015, according to the province’s statistical bureau. <br></br> China (Fujian) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) was launched in April 2015, together with the other three peers established after one-year successful operation of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, China's first-ever pilot FTZ. <br></br> The province's gross domestic production (GDP) stood at 2.6 billion yuan in 2015, up 9% year on year. Its fixed asset investment was 2.16 trillion billion yuan, representing an increase of 17.2% over 2014. <br></br> People of Fujian are famed for diligence, courage, industry and hospitality. This mountainous province is also renowned for the tradition of starting career in overseas countries, which makes it a famous hometown of overseas Chinese.
October12,2016
FDI in China (2016)
Under the backdrop of an active flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) around the globe, China reported a record high of FDI inflow in 2015, despite of the slowdown in its economy. It is a combined result of the country’s efforts in pushing forward the reform of foreign investment approval system, proceeding with the development of pilot free trade zones (FTZ), expanding the areas open to foreign businesses and optimizing foreign investment environment. According to FDI statistics released by local commerce department, China’s top ten destinations for foreign investment in 2015 were Guangdong, Jiangsu, Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Beijing and Hunan.
July29,2016
Fujian Business Environment & Assessment Report (2015)
Lying in the southeastern coast of China and bordering Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Guangdong, Fujian faces Taiwan across the Taiwan Straits and is one of mainland provinces the closest to Southeast Asia and Oceania, as well as an important window and base of China for global exchanges. Boasting a long history, Fujian was called the Region of Minyue during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Prefecture of Min-Zhong during Qing Dynasty. In the middle of Tang Dynasty, the post of Fujian Military Commissioner was established, and the province was hereafter called Fujian. The brief name of Fujian, "Min", is derived from Min River, the greatest river within the province. Covering a land area of 121,400 square kilometers and a sea area of 136,000 square kilometers, Fujian governs Fuzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Putian, Longyan, Sanming, Nanping and Ningde, as well as 85 subordinated counties, county-level cities and districts if Jinmen included.
June30,2016
Beijing Business Environment & Assessment Report(2016)
Beijing is the capital of the People’s Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world. The metropolis, located in north China, is governed as one of the four municipalities directly under Chinese central government. <br></br> Covering an area of 16,410.54 square km, Beijing lies on the north end of the North China Plain that is surrounded by mountains to its west, north and northeast. To its southeast is a plain that slopes gradually to Bohai Sea. <br></br> By the end of 2015, Beijing had a permanent population of 21.7 million, of which 37.9% were migrants. Residents over the age of 65 accounted for 10.3% of the total permanent population in Beijing, and residents under the age of 15 accounted for 10.1%. <br></br> As the nation’s political, cultural and educational centre, Beijing is home to headquarters of most of the country’s major state-owned companies, as well as 52 of the Fortune Global 500 companies, and is a major hub for national highway, expressway, railway and high-speed rail networks. The Beijing Capital International Airport is the second busiest in the world in terms of passenger traffic. <br></br> According to the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics, Beijing's gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to 2.297 trillion yuan in 2015, up 6.9% from the previous year. Its per capita GDP was 106,284 yuan (17,064 U.S. dollars).
September30,2016
Sichuan Business Environment Assessment Report (2019)
Located in the interior of southwest China, with Chongqing in the east, Yunnan and Guizhou in the south, Tibet in the west, Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai in the north, Sichuan is an important junction of southwest, northwest and central China; a vital junction and transportation corridor that connects south and central China, links southwest and northwest China, and joins central Asia, south Asia and southeast Asia; also a province withrich resources, largepopulation and soundeconomy, known as the Land of Abundance, and the home to giant pandas.
August14,2020
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