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Japan’s leading audio-visual brand Pioneer started selling its LCD color TV products in the Chinese market at the end of last month. Pioneer has selected the Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Suning as its exclusive channel provider. The new products were first launched in 300 Suning stores in China and will be further extended [...]

Japan’s leading audio-visual brand Pioneer started selling its LCD color TV products in the Chinese market at the end of last month. Pioneer has selected the Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Suning as its exclusive channel provider. The new products were first launched in 300 Suning stores in China and will be further extended [...]

Op-Ed Commentary: Chris Devonshire-Ellis
Sept. 3 – One of the issues that crops up time and again in China is of course the labor law, which has had the effect of marginally increasing salaries, but more importantly, locking businesses in to retaining their workers. That’s a typical socialist political move – workers rights, and also suits [...]

Sept. 1 – In the September issue of China Briefing we look at China’s social security regime and the five social insurance funds that enterprises in China must contribute to: pension, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance, and occupational injury insurance.
We also look at the housing fund, another mandatory fund that both employers and employees [...]

Sept. 1 – In the September issue of China Briefing we look at China’s social security regime and the five social insurance funds that enterprises in China must contribute to: pension, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance, and occupational injury insurance.
We also look at the housing fund, another mandatory fund that both employers and employees [...]

Sept. 1 – China’s insurance regulator recently clarified several issues regarding local insurance clauses and premiums related to property insurance companies.
The China Insurance Regulatory Commission issued Baojiantingfa [2010] No. 61 on August 3, stipulating that all insurance companies will sort local insurance clauses and premiums, which were submitted to the local branches of the [...]

Sept. 1 – China’s insurance regulator recently clarified several issues regarding local insurance clauses and premiums related to property insurance companies.
The China Insurance Regulatory Commission issued Baojiantingfa [2010] No. 61 on August 3, stipulating that all insurance companies will sort local insurance clauses and premiums, which were submitted to the local branches of the [...]

Sept. 1 – China has ratified a new special economic zone in Yili, in northwestern Xinjiang near the border with Kazakhstan. The area is already China’s only Kazakh autonomous prefecture, populated mainly by ethnic Kazakhs. The prefecture has a total population of four million with about 500,000 living in the city of Yining, also known [...]

Sept. 1 – China has ratified a new special economic zone in Yili, in northwestern Xinjiang near the border with Kazakhstan. The area is already China’s only Kazakh autonomous prefecture, populated mainly by ethnic Kazakhs. The prefecture has a total population of four million with about 500,000 living in the city of Yining, also known [...]

Sept. 2 – This is a regular series of relevant industry news from around China.
Air transport
China Southern Airlines will commence additional flights to Australia from October 31. The company will boost the number of daily flights between Guangzhou and Sydney from the current one to two. China Southern will also start flying seven times a [...]