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CHINA AUTOMOTIVE
China promotes both fuel efficiency and alternative-fuel vehicles to curb growing oil use
Unprecedented motorization in China has led to significant increases in oil demand and oil imports. In response to growing oil imports, the Chinese government is adopting a broad range of policies, including improvements in the fuel economy of new ...  
A See-Saw Effect Likely to Dominate China's LV Market in the Near Term
The recent performance of China's LV market has failed to support the optimism which was fuelled by higher-than-expected growth achieved in 2013. LV sales growth in March was lower than January-February in both the PV and the ...    Read on...
Additional China automotive industry articles

- China Vehicle Sales Rise in March
- Chinese automakers map out sales plans in Africa
- New organization formed to boost China's EV industry
- Rising overhead and immature business structure hit profitability of Chinese auto dealers  

MANUFACTURING & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Pilot Free Trade Zone Series - 14 new supervisory rules issued by Shanghai Customs to facilitate foreign trade in China (Shanghai) Pilot FTZ
Recently, Shanghai Customs announced that 14 new rules on supervision in China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone would be issued in first half of this year.  Seven of the rules have been issued in Shanghai Customs announcements ...   Read on...
Logistics & Warehousing - China's Weakest Link
Less than 20 per cent of China's warehouses are categorized as modern, with fully computerized tracking systems and the latest in retail technology. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's plans for a giant initial public offering in New York ...    Read on...
Additional articles on China manufacturing

- US Manufacturing Only 5 Percent More Costly Than China, Strengthens Case for Reshoring
- Overcapacity once more brings losses to China's steel industry

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SELLING TO OEMs & TOP TIER SUPPLIERS IN CHINA
Business Development Help in China for Automotive Suppliers

Team Taichi offers key relationship development and management services for auto suppliers in China.  If you want to quickly develop relationships with target Chinese automotive business or government parties ...    Read on... 

FINANCE, INVESTMENT & TAX
Investment from Japan ebbs amid uncertainty
Weaker yen, higher Chinese wages affect Jan-April inflows of capital. Japan's direct investment in China plunged in the first four months of 2014, with many Japanese companies taking a wait-and-see attitude amid uncertain bilateral business  ...   Read on...
China releases new outbound investment rules
To provide impetus for the government's drive to step up the implementation of its go-global strategy,- on April 8, 2014, the National Development and Reform Commission promulgated the long-awaited Administrative Measures on ...     Read on...
Additional articles on finance, investment and tax

- Approval for the 15% preferential Corporate Income Tax rate for Qianhai, Hengqin and Pingtan new areas
- Here's Why Big Companies Are Planning To Invest Less In China
- Overseas Lending and Profit Repatriation by China Entities eased under new Foreign Exchange Regulations
- Chinese yuan, ever-more a global currency

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CHINA HR ARTICLES
China, 'world's factory', lacks skilled workforce
China's skill gap could derail its economic upgrade, Long Guoqiang, a member of a Cabinet-level think tank, said. Filling the gap is strategically important for China as it tries to leave behind its role as the "world's factory" ...
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New day dawns for labor rights in Pearl River Delta
In the face of changing demographics, new rules are on the horizon to empower factory workers in disputes with employers in Guangdong, Emma Dai reports.  For factory owners in Guangdong province, China's manufacturing hub ...   Read on...
Additional China human resources articles

- Anti-corruption campaign unearths China's corrupt secretaries
- Minimum wage increases in Beijing and Shanghai
- China: New regulation on employee work-related injury assessment procedure

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ALYSHA WEBB CHINA-EV BLOG
China pushing auto JVs and suppliers to invest in EVs while it lags in infrastructure buildout
Suppliers and automakers are being forced by the Chinese government to take a leap of faith where electric vehicles are concerned. That is what I came away from Auto China thinking.The companies are investing millions of dollars to supply  ...

CHINA GLOBAL HEADLINES
Latest articles from around the world

 

Deadly riots in Vietnam over Chinese oil rig put investment at risk
Source: South China Morning Post

 

All eyes on Chinese manufacturing for signs of sharp slowdown
Source: Financial Times

 

Yue Yuen strike shows changing face of manufacturing in China
Source: Irish Times

 

GM China sales growth slips
Source: China Daily

 

China encourages further investment in Nigeria's manufacturing sector: commerce minister
Source: Peoples Daily

 

China labor costs to exceed Taiwan's: Quanta vice chair
Source: The China Post

 

Chinese Bad Loans Rise Most Since 2005 as Economy Slows
Source: Bloomberg

 

China says faster economic reforms needed
Source: Fox Business 

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ADDITIONAL CHINA ARTICLES
Additional articles on doing business in China
- All you need to know about business in China
- China needs foreign expertise if it is to meet its IP expectations
- Why China doesn't want the crown of No. 1 economy
- Defeating Counterfeits in China
- China Business Conditions Deteriorate Further in April
- GSK case sounds alarm for foreign firms

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