As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is set to become the world's sixth-largest automotive market by 2018, it is expected that regional sales will double to nearly 4.7 million vehicles, from 2.4 million last year. Therefore, its ...    Read on...

The Indian auto-component industry could gain momentum and register growth of 8-10% in the coming financial year, ratings agency ICRA said on Wednesday.The medium and heavy commercial vehicle (M&HCV) segment is likely ...    Read on...

As growth begins to cool, where will the market land?Though the market surged in the final quarter of 2015, year-over-year growth remained in the single digits. This may be a sign of the "new normal" in China as the industry begins ...      Read on...

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- Japan car sales climb for first time in over a year
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- India car sales grow fastest since 2010-11

  

In the recently released On Demand Seminar, "Automotive Quality Requirements of the Chinese Consumer", Jacob George, Vice President and General Manager of Global Automotive Consulting Services for J.D. Power, compares the Chinese automotive consumer with the U.S. automotive consumer ...    Learn more...

The government is aiming to complete the work of all MSME technology centres by 2017. "All technology centres should be completed in all respects by 2017 and the two technology centres will be upgraded by this year itself," ...     Read on ...

Spring thaw? Except for Japan, Asia's manufacturing sector seems to be on the rise, the latest PMI data shows.The official PMI for China jumped to 50.2 in March, the first expansion in eight months. The improvement was across ...     Read on ...

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- Asia's Changing Health Trends Spells Bad Economic News
- Japan has $7 billion plan to develop Mekong region

  

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

Intra-Asia trade will increasingly benefit from the rapid growth of consumption in Asia as a higher percentage of cargo is shipped to end markets in the region instead of to destinations in other parts of the world.Analysis by ...     Read on ...

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Many foreign companies don't properly understand how hard it actually is to unilaterally terminate employment in Japan. In fact, they often try to dismiss employees based on norms of their home countries and without careful ...     Read on ...

On April 18, 2016, two Chinese judicial authorities released an interpretation that provides further guidance on how criminal cases related to graft and bribery are handled in China effective immediately. The Supreme People's Court and ...    Read on ...

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The Japan External Trade Organization is now accepting applications for the Subsidy Program for Global Innovation Centers. This new subsidy program supports foreign companies seeking to establish innovation centers ...     Read on ...

In February 2016, the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council of China published the draft Amendment to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law (the "Revision"), for public consultation.  This is the first major revision to the current ...     Read on ...

China rose from an underdeveloped backwater to an industrial juggernaut on the strength of its vast pool of low-wage workers. Labor cost advantages enabled Chinese manufacturers to take over industries ranging from ...     Read on ...