The China Business Review back issues from July 2009:
Letter from the Editor
Jul 01, 2009; ... As we look back at the China Business Review's (CBR) first year, we wonder what the US- China business community was concerned about in the summer of 1974. Articles from the July- August issue of the CBR show that companies were still learning the basics. The issue featured articles titled "How ...
Economy
Jul 01, 2009; ... China ranked 20th in the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) World Competitiveness Yearbook 2009, a slight fall from its spot as 17th last year. The report identified the strong performance of Chinas domestic economy, international trade, public finance, labor market, and ...
Foreign Investment
Jul 01, 2009; ... Beijing Municipality recently released new preferential policies to encourage multinational companies to establish regional headquarters in the city. The rules simplify procedures for establishing regional headquarters and reduce the minimum required cumulative registered capital invested by ...
Autos
Jul 01, 2009; ... Following raised taxes last year on large vehicles and a recent price increase for gasoline, the PRC govern- ment continues to roll out policies that encourage use of smaller vehicles and alterna- tive-fuel technology. Several PRC ministries recently joint- ly launched a pilot program in 1 3 ...
PC Industry
Jul 01, 2009; ... The PRC government may require all personal computers (PCs) sold in China to include a new software called "Green DamYouth Escort" beginning July 1. The software will block access to a regularly updated list of websites and will be provided free of charge by the government. According to the ...
Trade
Jul 01, 2009; ... The PRC State Council announced further support policies for exporters at its executive meeting in May. The government will provide $84 million worth of short-term export credit insurance to trading companies, tax breaks for labor-intensive and high-tech industries, and greater financial access ...
The Role of China's Think Tanks in Policymaking
Jul 01, 2009; ... Unlike most Western think tanks, most Chinese think tanks are in some way affiliated with the government, which largely dictates their function and work. They range from government- fund ed policy research institutes to fully independent think tanks that receive no government funding. The ...
USCBC Bulletin
Jul 01, 2009; ... Event Wrap Up WASHINGTON, DC May Issues Briefing on Trade Enforcement & China Featured Timothy Reif, general counsel of the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), and James Bacchus, chair of the Global Trade & Investment Practice Group of Greenberg ...
Pragmatism Meets... What?
Jul 01, 2009; ... The Obama administrations China policy approach is starting to take shape. So far, the word "pragmatic" comes to mind. The administration has shown pragmatism in several ways. In February, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Beijing, where she positioned human rights issues as no ...
Merger Control under China's Antimonopoly Law: The First Year
Jul 01, 2009; ... Three recent decisions indicate that China may be considering more than competition in its antitrust reviews China's new Antimonopoly Law (AML) took effect last August. The AML introduced a new mandatory regime for the review of mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures. In the past ...
Conducting Anticorruption Due Diligence in M&A Deals
Jul 01, 2009; ... Companies should investigate target companies to assess compliance risk under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act The number of investigations under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), together with the number of prosecutions by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US ...
China's Healthcare Reform
Jul 01, 2009; ... Reform plans promise significant change, but what does that mean for foreign healthcare players? Whenever Wang Hui, a product manager in Shanghai, needs to consult a doctor, it means hours queuing for a few minutes of an overburdened doctor's attention. Yet Wang Hui is relatively well ...
Understanding China's Changing Civil Service
Jul 01, 2009; ... Companies can improve their government relations by learning more about China's new civil servants China's steady march toward a more market-based economy has eliminated thousands of state-owned enterprises and reduced the governments role in economic decisionmaking. Nevertheless, ...
A New Welcome for Venture Capital
Jul 01, 2009; ... China's emphasis on indigenous innovation and several other developments have created a more welcoming environment for venture capital Structural defects in Chinas economy, including overreliance on low value-added manufacturing and export-led growth, have led the PRC leadership to ...
How to Reduce Hepatitis B in the Workplace
Jul 01, 2009; ... The success of GE China's HBV vaccination program offers an example for companies considering similar programs General Electric China Co., Ltd. (GE China) offered a voluntary, free hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination program to all employees between February 2007 and March 2009, in what ...
Target the China Market to Ride out the Recession
Jul 01, 2009; ... In a slowing global economy, foreign-invested enterprises in China should re focus on China's domestic market The United States and large parts of the developed world are struggling through financial crises, and the global downturn has severely affected China and developing countries as ...