When it comes to new products, are you willing to be the first buyer or you prefer to wait and see? Nielsen has recently done a survey and the result obviously shows various opinions of Chinese consumers when a new product is launched in the market.
January 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Top Cities on Mainland China by Forbes
Top Cities in China, Ranked by Forbes
Forbes shared their idea of which are the top 25 cities in China in terms of commerce, innovation, operation cost and developed tourism.
- Shanghai appeared for 4 times in the top 3 as the best commercial city, the best innovative city, city with highest operation cost and city with most developed tourism.
- First tier cities, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, ranked high in the top 25 best commercial cities and top 50 best innovative cities. Sadly, doing business in such big cities also means extremely high operation cost
- Judged from the performance of those cities in Yangtze River Delta, we can see the great potential innovation capability in this area
October 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Stimulating Chinese Consumption: Easier Said Than Done
Household Consumption in Total GDP
In the past 30 years, the household consumption as percentage of total GDP went downhill quickly. It was more than 50% in the eighties, and then down to approximately 40% in nineties. Unfortunately, it was only 35% in 2007.
July 12, 2012 by 1 Comment
China’s Economy in Four Charts 2012H1
China Economy By Numbers June 2012
China’s CPI grew 2.2% in June, down from May’s 3.0%, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. [Read more...]
March 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
China Ranked the 6th Most Optimistic Country Last Quarter
After Chinese confidence levels fell to 104 and 105 index points in Q2 and Q3, Chinese consumer confidence in Q4 returned to Q1 levels, ranked the sixth most optimistic country last quarter, according to Nielsen’s China Consumer Confidence Report.
China and the U.S. posted two of the strongest gains of 108 and 83 points respectively, while 60 percent of global markets measured posted confidence declines. Year-on-year, Chinese consumers spent more on out of home entertainment (+8), new technology purchases (+5), clothes (+5), dining out (+4) and vacations (+4) according to Nielsen. [Read more...]
February 15, 2012 by 2 Comments
Chinese GDP Broken Down by Province
Chinese GDP Breakdown by Province
An impressive 22 provinces reported GDP figures in excess of 1 trillion yuan (US$158 billion). [Read more...]
March 27, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The Most Complete Database Relating to Chinese Industrial Zones
China Industrial Zone (CIZ) is what you need for any information with regard to Industrial Zones and Free Trade Zones in China. They pride ourselves in possessing and offering to everyone free of charge, the most complete database in the world with information relating to Chinese Industrial Zones.
Search their website and you will see they have so far listed 54 in the State Class zones, 168 zones in the Yangtze River Delta area, 178 zones in the Pearl River Delta area, 145 zones in the BoHai Ring area and 24 zones in the other areas.
CIZ also provides the following features:
A “Policy and Law” section providing information focused on the fast changing political and legal environments surrounding the individual areas, on the national level and the local levels.
A “News Room” with the latest news from around China with regard to industrial parks, political environment, major international companies relocating plans, important government investment projects as well as a wide range of news with regard to factories, international partnerships, joint venture’s and more!
A “Download Center” includes specific policy and laws on investment and tax issued by Chinese government; favorable policy of individual industry zones, answers for the typical questions of foreign investor, cases for foreign company relocating or investing in China, application form for individual industry zone.
ChinaIndZone.com
March 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The World Bank Lowered Forecast for China’s 2009 Economic Growth
via FT,
The World Bank lowered its forecast for China’s 2009 economic growth on Wednesday but warned Beijing that it would be thwarting its own medium-term goals if it tried to offset the slowdown by further boosting investment.
