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- B2B has been quiet, is there any market? - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2012 from James DongLarge foreign trade e-business companies such as Alibaba and Global Sources and some vertical websites such as mysteel.com and china.chemnet.com have drawn wide attention on the market in B2B industry. While B2B industry has been running on the market for some years, but it did not get good ...
Views: 410 - B2B innovate new mode, IBU open platform service - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2012 from James DongViewing current B2B markets, most B2B platforms are quiet, only a few B2B platforms are active. Alibaba is still the magnate followed by hc360.com and 99114.com etc. New one-stop foreign trade B2B open platform IBUonline emerged, viewing some B2B platforms are happy with the booming business ...
Views: 507 - SMEs can find more channels to explore overseas market - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2012 from James DongSMEs are facing labor force and production materials cost hike, which makes the profit slim. European countries still did not come out from the European debt crisis completely and US economy development is uncertain due to hike unemployment rate. SMEs can find other channels to develop ...
Views: 432 - Canton Fair to bring high-quality exhibitors from overseas - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2012 from James DongThe 111th China Import and Export Fair is known as the Canton Fair, one of China’s oldest and best-known trade exhibitions. Canton Fair’s success is largely attributed to its import exhibition at the International Pavilion, a venue that offers quality overseas products and suppliers. The ...
Views: 427 - More regulations needed on extremely low price products - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2012 from James DongE-commerce has been developing rapidly in China in recent years, according to a report by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the total volume of electronic business in China will reach 18 trillion yuan in 2015, four times the current level. 360buy is a large online ...
Views: 398 - Refund is not enough for online shoppers - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2012 from James DongMany customers have gone to court asking for compensation from one of China’s biggest internet retailer after the company failed to provide sightseeing trips for 1 yuan. 360buy is one of China’s largest online traders with good reputation; China consumers are willing to complete transactions ...
Views: 443 - Li & Fung optimistic on US growth prospects - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2012 from James DongConsumer demand is stronger than estimated but the European market remains weak. Even as the purchasing manager index compiled by HSBC released on March 23 pointed to a fifth straight month of contraction in the mainland's manufacturing activity. Li & Fung's expressed that orders from the ...
Views: 462 - Economic growth slowed down reflected by index’s fall - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2012 from James DongWeak domestic demand makes output indicator turn negative for five months in a row and Yuan declines. A measure of mainland manufacturing activity has fallen sharply this month, underscoring concerns about slowing growth and bolstering monetary tightening. The preliminary reading of 48.1 ...
Views: 448 - Economic growth slowed down reflected by index’s fall - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2012 from James DongWeak domestic demand makes output indicator turn negative for five months in a row and Yuan declines. A measure of mainland manufacturing activity has fallen sharply this month, underscoring concerns about slowing growth and bolstering monetary tightening. The preliminary reading of 48.1 ...
Views: 416 - SMEs will see a bright future - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2012 from James DongHong Kong businesses are exposed to higher credit risks in foreign trade as they put less awareness on the importance of credit risk management. Obviously, Hong Kong enterprises are mostly small- and medium- sized, which usually don’t have enough resources to set up credit procedures and ...
Views: 401 - Hong Kong SMEs companies face serious credit issues - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2012 from James DongAccording to statistics, city’s businesses see huge overdue payment cases in the past. Hong Kong enterprises have been exposed to greater credit risks and recorded the highest overdue payment rate against their turnover, which may be worse than their mainland and Taiwan counterparts. A ...
Views: 492 - Li & Fung optimistic on US growth prospects - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2012 from James DongConsumer demand is stronger than estimated but the European market remains weak. Even as the purchasing manager index compiled by HSBC released on March 23 pointed to a fifth straight month of contraction in the mainland's manufacturing activity. Li & Fung's expressed that orders from the ...
Views: 493 - Economic growth slowed down reflected by index’s fall - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2012 from James DongWeak domestic demand makes output indicator turn negative for five months in a row and Yuan declines. A measure of mainland manufacturing activity has fallen sharply this month, underscoring concerns about slowing growth and bolstering monetary tightening. The preliminary reading of 48.1 ...
Views: 450 - New VAT systems did not achieve the goals for logistic industry in Shanghai - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2012 from James DongLogistic industry belongs to service sector and the tax rate can be measured by the value of invoices issued by suppliers of raw materials or the value of the sales invoices issued by the service companies to their customers. In the past, logistic companies agree to a sales tax of 3 per cent ...
Views: 502 - Logistic firms can not benefit from new VAT system in Shanghai - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2012 from James DongIt is good news that mainland authorities have rolled out measures to ease tax burdens on service firms from reducing their payment, however, it does not take the right effect and it has made things worse since two-thirds of companies stated that they have to pay more when value added tax ...
Views: 684 - Shenzhen financial channel made an exclusive program on B2B e-business - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2012 from James DongShenzhen financial channel has served Shenzhen people aimed at improving people’ lives and keep Shenzhen informed when news updated. On march 19th, the program focused on e-business development and a special program has been done with Xujing, CEO of Shenzhen Opener Technology Co.ltd. The ...
Views: 442 - B2B e-business mode presented on“Venture Capital Circle” program - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2012 from James DongE-business industry faces fierce competition and many opportunities. B2B business is mainly focused on foreign trade business and traditional B2B platforms could make profit through collecting membership fees. Shenzhen financial channel under ShenZhen Media Group held a program called ...
Views: 410 - President of the Hong Kong SMEs General Association expressed his opinion - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2012 from James DongChai Kwong-wah, president of the Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprises General Association. He said a survey had found that more than 40 per cent of its members planned to close their factories in Shenzhen and the rest of the Pearl River Delta. He said he started to run a toy factory in ...
Views: 381 - Shenzhen economy slowdown, reflecting national economic gloom - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2012 from James DongShenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province and Shenzhen has become a window facing the world since many new policies or businesses can be carried out in trial stage in Shenzhen. Shenzhen economy is said to be a wind vane of national economy. Now Shenzhen has ...
Views: 735 - Manufacturing industry see profit drop - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2012 from James DongIn the first two months, china’s industrial businesses saw a big decrease in profit in three years; during the first two months of 2011, their profits increased by 34.3 percent. In China, many manufacturers said the country’s economic condition is worsening and put more pressure on them as ...
Views: 398 - Shenzhen financial channel made an exclusive program on B2B e-business - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2012 from James DongShenzhen financial channel has served Shenzhen people aimed at improving people’ lives and keep Shenzhen informed when news updated. On march 19th, the program focused on e-business development and a special program has been done with Xujing, CEO of Shenzhen Opener Technology Co.ltd. The ...
Views: 479 - B2B e-business mode presented on“Venture Capital Circle” program - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2012 from James DongE-business industry faces fierce competition and many opportunities. B2B business is mainly focused on foreign trade business and traditional B2B platforms could make profit through collecting membership fees. Shenzhen financial channel under ShenZhen Media Group held a program called ...
Views: 526 - Business confidence increases - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2012 from James DongKey index shows entrepreneurs optimistic despite slowing growth. Confidence among business leaders rebounded for the first time in a year this quarter, despite the cooling economic climate. A key gauge, the entrepreneurs’ confidence index, rose to 70.2 percent in the first three months, ...
Views: 457 - Yuan has more important roles across the globe - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2012 from James DongIt is estimated that the Yuan will make up 5 per cent of the global currency reserve by 2020. The instability that has come to be associated with major currencies such as the US dollar and the euro, had propelled China to speed up the internationalization of its currency as its economy ...
Views: 513 - Advertisers abandon old media to go online - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2012 from James DongAccording to a survey, more than 70% of the post-90s generation attaches more importance to product designs, such as pattern and color. More than 40 percent of the interviewees have strong personal preference for brands while few expressed consideration over quantity and price. Over 40 ...
Views: 440 - Alipay to give new terminals to B2C merchants - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2012 from James DongAlipay is China's biggest provider of online-payment services provider with a large number of registered members in China. It is popular for China online shopping netizens. We can see many online shoppers prefer using Alipay to make payment and Alipay has been cooperating with many ...
Views: 884 - SMEs can get help from government and banks - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2012 from James DongPearl River Delta region in Guangdong province in China is facing the problem of labor shortages in the manufacture industry. In fact, Guangdong province has been dubbed "factory of the world", since many products were made there and sold out in the global market with the tag ...
Views: 443 - SMEs has its special position in economic development - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2012 from James DongSMEs have emerged during the reform of 1980s by Deng Xiaoping and now SMEs developed well and contributed a lot in China economic growth. Definition of SMEs can be referred to the number of employees, usually, an SMEs employs less than 100 employees, but those will less than 10 employs can ...
Views: 423 - Computer outlook design revolution - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2012 from James DongComputer products may have no technical difference in China, HK, Taiwan or other overseas markets. Taiwan has developed the ultrabook which demonstrated that Taiwan has the capability of offering really good products for the consumers. The ultrabook brand really needs to be advanced ...
Views: 492 - New ultrabooks hit the market - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2012 from James DongA new model of personal computers will have great impact on hi-tech hardware. Based on Apple's MacBook Air concept, the cheaper "ultrabooks" that began reaching the market in October weigh just 1.3kg and the thickness is 15mm to 20mm. They use Intel microprocessors to run faster than ...
Views: 370 - New ultrabooks hit the market - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2012 from James DongA new model of personal computers will have great impact on hi-tech hardware. Based on Apple's MacBook Air concept, the cheaper "ultrabooks" that began reaching the market in October weigh just 1.3kg and the thickness is 15mm to 20mm. They use Intel microprocessors to run faster than ...
Views: 422 - Luxury watches sold well in China but after-sale services lagged behind - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2012 from James DongIn China, the sellers of luxury watches do not take the responsibility to fix them, which is one of the reasons for complaints about luxury watches. Most luxury consumers are not satisfied with the after-sales service for luxury goods and only 16 percent of consumers said their complaints ...
Views: 1295 - More and more luxury watches complaints - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2012 from James DongLuxury watches received the most complaints among all the luxury items in China last year. There are 46 complaints relating to watches in every 100 cases, bags and clothes, luxury cars and jewelry luxury products are also highly complained. The World Luxury Association, releasing a ...
Views: 761 - SMEs can get assistance from the government or banks - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2012 from James DongSMEs have a very important position in China economic growth, which can not be ignored by Chinese government. Now Chinese government and banks have turned their eyes on SMEs development, and gave out specific favorable policies and privilege measures to help SMEs. According to news ...
Views: 409 - Guangdong government will offer favorable policy to support SMEs - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2012 from James DongAccording to news report, many small and medium sized enterprises are cash-trapped and they need more bank loans. Guangdong government rolled out privilege measures to curb rampant private lending in Guangdong province in China and support SMEs development. Small-loan companies, township ...
Views: 529 - Yuan acceleration calls rejected - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2012 from James DongThe head of China's central bank said the yuan was getting closer to its fair value against foreign currencies, rejecting international calls for the country to accelerate the appreciation of its currency. The market is playing a bigger role in deciding the exchange rate of the yuan, but ...
Views: 578 - Big share offerings expected to hit - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2012 from James DongThe market is not surprised that there are several huge initial public offerings, including one by Haitong Securities, materializing in the next two months. Haitong scrapped its HK$13 billion listing plan in December last year, had submitted updated financial data to the Hong Kong stock ...
Views: 457 - Two online foreign trade complaints - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2012 from James DongFirst we can find one foreign trade complaints on a famous B2B foreign trade portal as following. We were recently been cheated by a Chinese company by the name of YULONG TRADING CO. LTD. We ordered 550 pieces of Non-Branded 2GB Micro SD Cards. The company assured us that the SD cards are of ...
Views: 410 - There are some tips to avoid online scam - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2012 from James DongSome people may have not experience in online shopping, they may worry about if they can not receive goods after the payment or the goods are not in line with the products that the seller posted on the website, or payment security problems. First, we can check the business partners’ credit ...
Views: 437 - International women’s day; more women on board - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2012 from James DongThings have changed as more and more women are in top leadership positions in Hong Kong and the mainland, which changed people’s attitude. Now we can see women and men have more and more equality in different fields. Davies and women's groups held a round-table discussion to mark ...
Views: 425 - China foreign trade status this year - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2012 from James DongChina’s foreign trade still faced challenges, including from uncertainties in some developed countries and rising labor costs at home. China importers and exporters are urging the government to reduce tax burden and issuing favorable policies to support SMEs growth. According to ...
Views: 445 - US trade bill 'breaks W.T.O. rules' - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2012 from James DongAmerican government tried to protect local job markets and rolled out new policies to impose duties on subsidized goods imported from China and Vietnam. US President Barack Obama is set to sign the bill to implement the policy, which stated that Chinese exports violates world trade ...
Views: 442 - Slower growth is good for China economic growth - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2012 from James DongChina central government has rolled out government work report,saying the economic growth can be lowered to 7.5%, which is different from 8 percent protection. The economic growth rate is said to be an eight-year low. We all know the current economic conditions are European debt crisis ...
Views: 417 - Uncertain economic conditions make SMEs pressurized - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2012 from James DongConsumer confidence and business confidence have both fallen dramatically in Hong Kong amid worries of a deteriorating job market and gloomy global economic outlook. Hong Kong consumer confidence has declined to 99 points for the last quarter of 2011 from 107 at the start of last year, ...
Views: 388 - HK economic growth in privatization model - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2012 from James DongUnder the British government leadership, HK fulfilled its laissez-fair private-sector economic growth. Many refugees fled from the mainland to HK due to the civil war, HK fortunately received the influx of a large number of talents, capital etc. HK business started to boom with textile ...
Views: 453 - Compare HK and Singapore economic growth - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2012 from James DongHK and Singapore has experienced high economic growth rate in the past decade through different ways. HK economic growth is mainly driven by the private sector while Singapore has adopted a state-led capitalism model. In the past decade, Singapore's per capita gross domestic product ...
Views: 645 - China manufacturers can get assistance from B2B platforms - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2012 from James DongCommenting on the HSBC/Markit PMI, HSBC chief economist Qu Hongbin said deteriorating external demand arising from the unsettling debt crisis in Europe, and economic turmoil in the United States, were adding more downside risks to the prospects of economic growth on the mainland. Economists ...
Views: 413 - China gains steam in manufacturing - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2012 from James DongProduction rises for a third straight month, and ahead of forecasts, but analysts say monetary policy needs to be loosened further to sustain growth China's manufacturing activity improved better than expected last month, but economists say more monetary loosening is needed to sustain the ...
Views: 433 - Beijing to make growth main target - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2012 from James DongThe central government is unlikely to relax its tight grip on the mainland property market before the National People's Congress meeting this month. Beijing is expected to lower its gross domestic product growth target for this year to 7.5 per cent at the meeting, while maintaining consumer ...
Views: 448 - B2B e-business company also watches European debt crisis - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2012 from James DongThe amount of the second quantitative easing by the European Central Bank wasn't 1 trillion euros (HK$10.44 trillion) as predicted by those most upbeat. But the 529.5 billion euros was still modestly higher than the average forecast by the markets immediately before the ECB announcement, as ...
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