Monthly Archives: May 2015
Table of Contents of May 2015
- Cover story
Different modes of trade promotion in China and the U.S.
- Economy outlook
Guideline targets improving healthcare in China
- Financial strategy
Open up the Chinese market through Guangdong Free Trade Zone
- Legal spotlight
Plan to boost Shanghai pilot FTZ
- Point of interest
- Portrait
Expert of cross-strait and foreign relations
- Remark from editor
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Different modes of trade promotion in China and the U.S.
According to a press release of Chinese MOFCOM on May 12 , 2015, China and the U.S. have different modes of promoting trade. China stresses infrastructure while the U.S. stresses rules. Continue reading
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Guideline targets improving healthcare in China
The Chinese State Council has approved a guideline mapping out medical services over the next five years to optimize medical resources and make health services more accessible.
The guideline also focuses on the planning of hospitals across the country between 2015 — 2020, and aims to ensure that by 2020 there are six hospital beds for every 1,000 people and two general practitioners for every 10,000 people in China. Continue reading
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Open up the Chinese market through Guangdong Free Trade Zone
On May 1, the Communication Meeting between the Import Exhibition Area of the Canton Fair and Guangdong Free Trade Zone was held in the Exhibition Hall of the Canton Fair. The meeting was attended by officials from the Consulates of Indonesia, Malaysia and India to Guangdong, some famous outbound trade promotion agencies like the Enterprises Bureau of Estonia, the Alliance of Export Organizations of India, the Bureau of Foreign Trade Development of Malaysia, the Bureau of Trade Development of Hong Kong, the Bureau of Trade and Investment Promotion of Macao, the Cross-Straits Association of Economic and Trade Exchange and Taiwan Trade Center, and the representatives of enterprises in Guangdong Free Trade Zone and the outbound enterprises in the Import Exhibition Area of the Canton Fair. Continue reading
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Plan to boost Shanghai pilot FTZ
A plan to further reform and open the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone was issued by the State Council on April 20 in a key measure to further pave the way for the country’s comprehensive reform and opening up. Continue reading
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The Summer Palace in Beijing
The imperial Chinese garden, illustrated by the Summer Palace, is a potent symbol of one of the major world civilizations. The Summer Palace epitomizes the philosophy and practice of Chinese garden design, which played a key role in the development of this cultural form throughout the east. Continue reading
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Expert of cross-strait and foreign relations
Wang Yi is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs in China. Before taking the position as the minister of foreign affairs, he was head of the Taiwan Affairs Office. The following is his biosketch. Continue reading
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Rules executed in infrastructure
Cheming Yang
As Confucius stated, law can go nowhere merely by itself. We definitely need infrastructure to support the implementation of laws and regulations. You can write up beautiful laws, but without basic support, those laws are going nowhere. Especially in the arena of trading, you have to be able to trade to start with. For international trade, all the goods need to go through great distance to reach destinations and all the transactions can only be completed through the international banking system. But all the infrastructure can only operate smoothly by the rule of laws. In reality, they are mutually dependent. But if we still feel free trade is not taking place, is it because we do not have enough rules or enough infrastructure? It might be a chicken and egg question. Let’s narrow down a bit and focus on just one facet of the question. Do we have enough laws in promoting free trade? Continue reading
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