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.
At the Shanghai Auto Show on April 20, General Motors Co. said it would build four new plants in China by the end of 2015, which would give GM the capacity to produce about five million vehicles per year, according to Autoblog. GM is expecting to export between 100,000 to 130,000 Chinese-built vehicles this year. […]
On April 29, China UnionPay, which is the largest bank card organization in China, started issuing a prepaid travel card for American tourists and business travelers who frequently visit the Asia-Pacific region. It is the first card UnionPay has issued in the United States, and it’s partnering with Bancorp Bank, a subsidiary of Wilmington, Delaware-based […]
PRC officials made a series of commitments in 2011 to break existing links between indigenous innovation and government procurement preferences – a significant concern for the US-China Business Council and its member companies.
During a visit to China by France’s President Francois Hollande, state-owned China Aviation Supplies Holding Co. signed an agreement with Airbus SAS to purchase 60 aircraft from Airbus. At list value, the jets would be worth about $8 billion, but the purchase will probably come with a discount, reports the Wall Street Journal. Part of the […]
At the Shanghai Auto Show on April 25, Detroit Electric, a start-up electric-car maker, said it will form a joint venture with Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. to develop electric vehicles to sell in the Chinese market. The two companies are jointly developing an electric version of Geely’s Emgrand EC7, which is a compact sedan […]
Conference: 3rd Annual International Conference on Business Strategy and Organizational Behaviour Organizer: Global Science and Technology Forum Location: Hotel Fort Canning Singapore Date: April 22-23, 2013 Web: http://www.biz-strategy.org/#sthash.VGPa34ko.dpbs Contact: Conference Secretariat Email: [email protected] Phone: +65 6327 0166
On April 17, Build Your Dreams (BYD), a Chinese car maker, announced it would open a bus manufacturing plant in Lancaster, CA, the first Chinese-owned vehicle plant to open in the United States. Update 05/01/13: Long Beach Transit, which serves parts of Los Angeles, has said it will buy 10 BYD electric buses for $12.1 […]
What US-China joint ventures should know about the new US Patent Law By Andrew S. Baluch and Helen H. Zhang Business is global. Research and development (R&D) has become global as well. Each year, more businesses form cross-border research ventures to jointly develop new products and to gain access to new markets. This trend has […]
China’s transition to its next generation of leaders is now complete, but China watchers will have to wait until the fall to get a clearer sense of the new government’s policy direction. By Ben Baden Capping a transition that began in November 2012 with the announcement of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders, Xi Jinping was […]
By David Livdahl, Jenny Sheng, and Lisa Li More than four years ago, the PRC Antimonopoly Law (AML) took effect, designating three ministries to review different types of AML violations, including price fixing and other anti-competitive practices. In 2012 and early 2013, the PRC enforcement authorities have made their respective efforts in rule making, case […]
