The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2027 is coming into focus after the House and Senate armed services committees advanced their versions of the bill earlier this month.
Licenses and approvals are essential to doing business in China, as in any other market, and present significant challenges for manufacturing and services providers operating there.
Organizer: Asia Society and the US APEC Business Coalition Location: Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY Date: January 14, 2014 Every year, Asia Society and the U.S. APEC Business Coalition organize a briefing to review issues discussed at the APEC CEO Summit, assess priorities for the coming year, and explore what these trends mean for the […]
Sources close to Shuanghui International, the Chinese meat producer that acquired US-based Smithfield Foods for $4.7 billion in September, say that the company will file an official listing application with the Hong Kong stock exchange as early as next week. According to the South China Morning Post, Smithfield will serve as a core asset in […]
By Catherine Matacic With the Chinese Communist Party’s third plenum and the leadership transition behind it, 2014 is already turning into a busy year for China’s economic reformers. November’s third plenum and the opening of Shanghai’s free-trade zone injected some optimism into the debate on progress toward economic reform. Policies as diverse as liberalizing interest […]
Greenland Holdings Group Co., a Shanghai-based state-owned enterprise, announced on January 7 that it signed an agreement to invest $2 billion in two properties in London. Plans for one property in Wadsworth include the construction of a 36-story tower with 166 apartments, shops, bars, and restaurants. Plans for the other project, located at Canary Wharf […]
By Li Hong China’s rapidly rising middle class is too important for any multinational company to ignore. In 2012, nearly a quarter of the population—or 300 million people—had “significant discretionary spending power,” according to the consulting firm Dragonomics. And to tap into the total financial assets of China’s middle class—roughly ¥1.3 million ($213,900) per capita, […]
The Shanghai Free Trade Zone is up and running, but observers are still waiting for officials to implement reforms that would include broadening market access to foreign investors. By Lingling Jiang Since the PRC government announced in September that it would establish the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ), it has set two goals […]
By Sue Hao and John Lenhart China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has renewed its pledge to step up antimonopoly and price-fixing efforts in a year that has already seen an unprecedented number of price-related investigations. Between 2008—when the Antimonopoly Law (AML) was passed—and 2012, the NDRC conducted just over 20 price related investigations. […]
