Research & Analysis

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and founder Jack Ma’s private-equity firm Yunfeng Capital will purchase a combined 18.5 percent stake in Chinese internet television company Youku Tudou Inc. for $1.22 billion, according to a statement released by Youku Tudou. Youku Tudou, often referred to as China’s Youtube, was formed in March 2012 when two of China’s […]

Wanda Cinema Line Co., the cinema unit of real estate conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group Co., is preparing for a $321 million Shenzhen initial public offering (IPO), according to a filing with the China Securities Regulatory Commission. News of the IPO comes as Wanda Cinema Lines’ net profit and revenue has been steadily increasing. The company’s […]

Consumer goods companies that introduce innovative products to the China market can unlock untapped growth potential. By Jason Zhang  Gone are the days when product adaptation was sufficient to meet the needs of Chinese consumers. International companies used to be able to bring their global brands to China, tweak packaging or flavors, and then focus […]

Organizer: The Organizing Committee of China International Fair for Investment & Trade Location: Jinmao Ballroom, The Westin Beijing Chaoyang  (7 North Dongshanhuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing) Date: April 24, 2014 Web: http://www.chinafair.org.cn Contact:  Ms. Qin Email: [email protected], [email protected] Phone: 0592-2669827 Promotional Symposium Banquet of 18th CIFIT

China hospital chain Chindex International Inc. has accepted its second buyout offer in as many months from Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Co. and private equity firm TPG Capital. The deal has a total value of $466 million, including restricted shares. Chindex, a Bethesda, Md.-based healthcare company that operates hospitals in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Guangzhou, announced […]

China’s Shandong Airlines Co. Ltd. will purchase 50 Boeing 737s for a total of $4.6 billion, according to a company statement released on Monday. The deal includes 16 of Boeing’s 737-800 model and 34 of its 737 MAX model, to be delivered between 2016 and 2020. Shandong Airlines currently operates a fleet of 74 airplanes, […]

General Motors Corp. is investing $12 billion over the next three years in its China operations to boost annual production capacity there to 5 million units. GM China President Matthew Tsien also announced at the Beijing auto show that the company hopes to increase China-based manufacturing capacity 65 percent by 2020. Tsien said that the […]

Weibo Corp., a Twitter-like microblogging service owned by Sina Corp., raised $286 million at its initial public offering (IPO) on April 17. The IPO came in well below the $500 million that Weibo hoped to raise, after the company’s anticipated valuation of $7- 8 billion was cut to $3.4 billion. As a result, Weibo set […]

Jumei International Holding Ltd., China’s largest online cosmetics retailer, plans to raise up to $400 million in a US initial public offering (IPO), according to their filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing did not say how many shares they will issue or what exchange the company will be listed on. Jumei’s filing […]

By Jake Parker  New regulations limiting the proportion of dispatch—or temporary—workers in China went into effect more than a month ago, constraining hiring choices and requiring labor force restructuring for many companies. A follow-up to the 2013 Labor Contract Law Amendment, the Provisional Regulations on Labor Dispatch and its associated implementing regulations limit the proportion […]