Research & Analysis

China has made considerable progress in recent years in its efforts to boost innovation and intellectual property (IP), with an improved legal and regulatory framework, stronger efforts to enforce intellectual property rights (IPR), an expanding body of registered IP, and the growth of corporate research and development (R&D) activities.

By Erin Ennis The US-China Business Council (USCBC) recently released the latest update to its annual report on US goods exports to China by state. This year’s data continued to show an upswing in US exports to China. Total exports reached almost $109 billion, and 30 states exported $1 billion or more worth of goods. But […]

By Christina Nelson While lawmakers in Washington and Beijing negotiate agreements over commercial and trade issues such as cybersecurity and intellectual property rights, state and local governments and businesses have been embracing trade with China. Governors from California, Iowa, Virginia, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Guam have already visited the country on trade missions in 2013, […]

Conference: The International Conference on Technological Advances in Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering Organizer: SDIWC Location: Mevlana University Konya, Turkey Date: May 9-May 11, 2013 Web: http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/taeece2013/ Contact: Jackie Blanco Email: [email protected] Phone: 639114181550

On May 7, General Motors Co. said China’s National Development and Reform Commission had granted it approval to built a Cadillac factory in Shanghai’s Jinqiao zone. GM said it expects construction to begin in June. By building the vehicles in China, GM will avoid China’s 25 percent import tariff on luxury vehicles, according to Bloomberg […]

The Ginseng Board of Wisconsin announced on April 15 that it signed an export agreement with Beijing-based medicine company Tong Ren Tang Health Pharmaceutical. The agreement lets the Chinese company use the trademark seal on Tong Ren Tang’s purchases from Wisconsin’s Ginseng & Herb Coop over the next 10 years. Wisconsin produces virtually all of […]

On April 17, China accredited 28 Australian cold store facilities and four red meat plants. The decision, according to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, will allow meat exporters to store their product and export in response to demand. The deal also recognizes Australia’s own certification system for cold stores and eliminates the […]

On March 20, Michigan-based ALTe Powertrain Technologies announced that it completed a cooperation agreement to establish a new commercial vehicle manufacturing joint venture with the Henan Benma Company in China. The joint venture will be a new original equipment manufacturing (OEM) company that will assemble and sell under a new brand nameplate.  The joint venture […]

Pinewood Shepperton Plc., an UK-based service provider in the television and film industry, announced on April 17 that it will form a 50:50 joint venture with China’s Seven Stars Media Ltd. to provide co-production, financing, and other opportunities for film and television producers. The joint venture will be called “Song Lin” and is intended to […]

On April 24, Axa SA, Europe’s second-largest insurer, agreed to buy a 50 percent stake in Chinese auto insurer Tian Ping in a deal valued at around $631 million. In an emailed statement to Bloomberg News, Axa said that it will buy 33 percent of Tian Ping from existing shareholders, and invest $324 million in […]