The American Chamber of Commerce in the People's Republic of China

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<pubDate>2010-03-11 08:00</pubDate> 
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<title>Insights on Entrepreneurship and Growing a Business in Asia</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/543</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Insights on Entrepreneurship and Growing a Business in Asia&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;11:30 AM &#8211; 1:30 PM, Thursday, March 18 - AmCham-China Offices&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Join AmCham-China&#8217;s Young Professionals and the SME Forum to hear &#60;strong&#62;Stephen Greer&#60;/strong&#62;, founder and president of Hartwell Pacific, Ltd., share valuable insights on how he became a successful entrepreneur in Asia and built a global business from scratch. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Stephen Greer, currently a senior advisor to Oaktree Capital, the leading distressed debt and private equity firm, moved to Hong Kong at age 24 with no job or financing and founded Hartwell Pacific, a scrap metal recycling business. Fourteen years later, he had grown Hartwell Pacific into a $250-million enterprise and a player in the global scrap-metal recycling trade.&#160; &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Greer has authored a book, Starting from Scrap: An Entrepreneurial Success Story in Asia, and will be discussing his unique experiences with members of AmCham-China&#8217;s SME Forum and Young Professionals Committee. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;To view his complete biography, please click &#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5708"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;here&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/a&#62;. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;A lunch from San Francisco Eatz will be provided at this event, so please come hungry!&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Program:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
11:30 AM - 12:00&#160;PM:&#160; Registration&#60;br /&#62;
12:00&#160;- 1:00 PM: &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Mr. Greer&#8217;s Presentation&#60;br /&#62;
1:00&#160;- 1:30 PM: &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Q&#38;A&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Venue:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
AmCham-China Conference Center&#60;br /&#62;
The Office Park, Tower AB, 6th Floor&#60;br /&#62;
No. 10 Jintongxi Road&#60;br /&#62;
Chaoyang District&#60;br /&#62;
中国美国商会新办公室 会议室&#60;br /&#62;
远洋光华国际，AB座6层&#60;br /&#62;
朝阳区金桐西路10号&#60;br /&#62;
Tel: 8519-0800&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Cardholding members advanced discounted online price: RMB 100&#60;br /&#62;
Cardholding members at the door: RMB 150&#60;br /&#62;
Non-cardholding employees of member companies: RMB 150&#60;br /&#62;
Non-members: RMB 300&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;AmCham-China Events: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Events have limited seating so to ensure your attendance we encourage advance online registration and payment for ALL events. We cannot guarantee entry to anyone not registered in advance. All events are off the record and are held in English unless otherwise stated. If there are any questions please contact: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:amchamevent@amchamchina.org"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;amchamevent@amchamchina.org&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;.&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:17:07 +0800</pubDate>
<category>Upcoming Events</category> 
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<title>Tianjin Chapter: Inter-Chamber Business Networking</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/541</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Inter-Chamber Business Networking Event in Tianjin&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;7:00 - 10:00 PM, Thursday, March 18&#160;- Radisson Plaza Hotel Tianjin&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;The AmCham-China, Tianjin Chapter in cooperation with the Tianjin Networking Club, SwissCham, BenCham, German Chamber, European Chamber, Danish Chamber, Italian Chamber, and Australian Chamber warmly invite you to attend an evening of business networking.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Already a regular event on Tianjin&#8217;s networking calendar, don&#8217;t miss this opportunity to get a jump on your competition by meeting your next customer or contact at this reception.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Venue:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a onclick="window.open(this.href,&#039;&#039;,&#039;resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=no,dependent=no,status&#039;); return false" href="http://www.radisson.com/tianjincn"&#62;Purple Bar, 2F, Radisson Plaza Hotel Tianjin&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
天津天城丽笙嘉酒店&#60;br /&#62;
66 Xin Kai Road, Hedong District, Tianjin 300011, China&#60;br /&#62;
天津市河东区新开路66号&#60;br /&#62;
Tel: (86 22) 2457 8888&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Program:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
7:00 - 7:30 PM&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Registration &#60;br /&#62;
7:30 - 10:00 PM&#160;&#160; Networking and Cocktails&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
The fee for this event is RMB 75 for those who register in advance, RMB 150 for walk-ins. &#60;br /&#62;
Fee includes: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#8226;&#160;A complimentary drink&#60;br /&#62;
&#8226;&#160;Canap&#201;s &#60;br /&#62;
&#8226;&#160;Happy Hour until 9:00 PM (50% discount on all cocktails) &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration deadline is noon, Wednesday, March 17. If you have any inquiries, please send an e-mail to &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:amandahe@amchamchina.org"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;amandahe@amchamchina.org&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62; or call the AmCham-China, Tianjin Chapter&#8217;s office at 022-23185072. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:40:26 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>New Member Cocktail Party</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/540</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;New Member Cocktail Party&#60;br /&#62;
Now, More Than Ever You Need AmCham-China. We are here for you!&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;5:30 - 8:00 PM, Thursday, March 25 -&#160;Beijing Marriott Hotel City Wall, Executive Ball Room B&#160; &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
To welcome Spring, the chamber is throwing a cocktail reception. Join new members for drinks and appetizers and help them become acquainted with the AmCham-China community. This is a great opportunity to network with the AmCham-China members, leaders and staff. The AmCham-China New Member receptions are the place to be and if you haven&#8217;t been to one lately, you certainly won&#8217;t want to miss this one. There will be great lucky draw prizes and they will certainly be in demand.&#160; So, get a jump on your competition by meeting your next customer or important contact at this FREE reception!&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;The sponsor for this event is Beijing Marriott Hotel City Wall. Conveniently located in the central business district of Beijing with the embassy district nearby, the Beijing Marriott Hotel City Wall is adjacent to the second ring road, Chang An Avenue, Jianguomen Subway station and the Beijing Railway Station. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;img alt="" src="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/03/09/5a014f1e75be37d0a9700327a03affbc.gif" /&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Venue:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Beijing Marriott Hotel City Wall, Executive Ball Room B (2nd Floor)&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;No.7 Jian Guo Men South Avenue, Dong Cheng District &#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Beijing, China 100005&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Tel. 86 10 5811 8888&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;北京万豪酒店&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;中国北京市&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;东城区建国门南大街7号&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;邮政编码:100005&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
This event is for AmCham-China members and their guests only. The first 60 card holding members who register online in advance will be admitted for free. Employees from member companies, accompanying spouses, and guests are invited to attend at a cost of RMB 150. Card holding members who register late or who walk-in without registering, are invited to attend at a cost of RMB 100. So, hurry up and register now&#8230;the free slots go fast! Registration deadline is noon, Wednesday, March 24.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:52:37 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Getting Sales Back to Selling</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/539</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Getting Sales Back to Selling&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#160;3:00 &#8211; 5:30 PM, Tuesday, March 23&#160;- Raffles Beijing Hotel&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#160; &#60;br /&#62;
The AmCham-China Human Resources Forum is pleased to present an exciting and timely seminar on the art of sales effectiveness.&#160; In our fast paced, ultracompetitive and globalized world, sales techniques must constantly adapt to new trends and changes in product lines, customers, competitors, and markets. Yet without the necessary expertise, many companies unknowingly implement outdated, ineffective and even counterproductive sales strategies, rewarding the wrong behavior regardless of the results.&#160; &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Don&#8217;t miss this important opportunity to learn from three expert sales consultants on how to develop&#160;an effective program that will drive the right behaviors and results.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;The Speakers:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Donald Davidson&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;, group staffing head, China, Beijing Novartis Pharmaceuticals Ltd. &#60;br /&#62;
&#60;strong&#62;Annie Wang&#60;/strong&#62;, HR manager, Schneider &#60;br /&#62;
&#60;strong&#62;Anand Shankar&#60;/strong&#62;, chief commercial officer, Asia Pacific, Aon Consulting&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Click &#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5691"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;here&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/a&#62; for speaker bios&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Program:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;3:00 - 3:30 PM&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Registration and Networking &#60;br /&#62;
3:30&#160;- 5:00 PM&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Presentation &#60;br /&#62;
5:00 - 5:30 PM&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Panel Discussion and Q&#38;A &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/span&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Venue:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;a onclick="window.open(this.href,&#039;&#039;,&#039;resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=yes,dependent=no,status&#039;); return false" href="http://www.raffles.com/EN_RA/Property/RBJ/"&#62;Raffles Beijing Hotel, Le Salon 1, 7F&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
33 East Chang an Avenue&#60;br /&#62;
北京饭店莱佛士&#60;br /&#62;
中国北京东长安街33号&#60;br /&#62;
Tel: 6526 3388&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Cardholding members advanced discounted online price: RMB 100&#60;br /&#62;
Cardholding members at the door: RMB 150&#60;br /&#62;
Non-cardholding employees of member companies: RMB 175&#60;br /&#62;
Non-members: RMB 300&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration deadline is noon, Monday, March 22, 2010.&#160; &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;AmCham-China Events: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Events have limited seating so to ensure your attendance we encourage advance online registration and payment for ALL events. We cannot guarantee entry to anyone not registered in advance. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;All events are off the record and are held in English unless otherwise stated. &#60;br /&#62;
If there are any questions please contact: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:amchamevent@amchamchina.org"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;amchamevent@amchamchina.org&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;.&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:33:22 +0800</pubDate>
<category>Upcoming Events</category> 
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<title>Columbia Community Outreach Day</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/536</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Columbia Community Outreach Day&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;5:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Saturday, March 20 &#8211; Westin Beijing Chaoyang&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;The Columbia Alumni Association of Beijing will host its annual community outreach event, this year focusing on abandoned pets in Beijing and the local organizations that assist them. Please join us for special fundraising dinner with cocktails, a delectable buffet, raffle prize draws and special guest speakers.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Featured speakers and topics:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Frank Fan&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;, &#8217;02BUS, co-founder, International Center for Veterinary Services - &#8220;Animal Welfare in China and the Rise of a Humane Society&#8221;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Dr. Zenithson Ng&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine and visiting veterinarian at the International Center for Veterinary Services - &#38;quot;Across Borders and Cultures: The Human-Animal Bond&#8221;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Mary Peng&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;, &#8217;01BUS, &#8217;89BC, co-founder, International Center for Veterinary Services - &#8220;Trap-Neuter-Return: Humanely and Effectively Controlling the Stray Cat Populations in Our Neighborhoods&#8221;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Venue:&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/strong&#62;Westin Beijing Chaoyang Jin Mao Ballroom&#60;br /&#62;
7 North Dongsanhuan Rd&#60;br /&#62;
Chaoyang District, Beijing&#60;br /&#62;
Tel: 5922-8888&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Registration: &#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/strong&#62;Price: 300RMB per person &#60;br /&#62;
(Proceeds will go towards animal welfare and education activities in the Beijing area)&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;u&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;RSVP by March 10, 2010&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/u&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62; to: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:nik2001@caa.columbia.edu"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;nik2001@caa.columbia.edu&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
(Please include name, mobile number, email and number of tickets desired)&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;u&#62;Purchase and pick up your tickets by March 14&#60;/u&#62; to confirm attendance (cash only).&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;strong&#62;Tickets Sales Locations:&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/strong&#62;Chaoyang District, Lufthansa Kempinski Center (ICVS) - 8456-1940/41;&#60;br /&#62;
Da Wang Lu/BCIS (Erika/Yan) - 6778-3115;&#60;br /&#62;
CBD /Guang Hua Lu (Nick) - 6581-8018;&#60;br /&#62;
CBD/Da Wang Lu (Sophia) - 6583-2581&#60;br /&#62;
CBD/Ritan Park/The Place (David) - 13401128662&#60;br /&#62;
Haidian District, Wu Dao Kou (Fei Yan) - 6257-4413;&#60;br /&#62;
Peking University (Derrick) - 13241416179&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Ticket sales addresses &#38; information: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="http://www.ICVSASIA.com"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;www.ICVSASIA.com&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:11:03 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>2010 Business Climate Survey Results</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/537</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;AmCham-China&#8217;s 2010 Business Climate Survey Results:&#60;br /&#62;
The Current Business Landscape&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;9:30 - 11:30 AM, Friday, April 2 - Peninsula Hotel Beijing&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;AmCham-China invites you to the release of its annual Business Climate Survey. The event includes a review of key findings and an expert panel that will discuss the survey results and the current state of American business while the relationship between the two countries&#160;is increasingly uncertain and China&#8217;s economy is resurging. The survey was conducted among AmCham-China members and provides a snapshot of the overall business landscape regarding competition, regulatory environment, investment, labor and other key factors.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Moderating the panel and leading the discussion on these timely and important survey results will be &#60;em&#62;New Yorker &#60;/em&#62;correspondent &#60;strong&#62;Evan Osnos&#60;/strong&#62;.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Panelists include:&#60;br /&#62;
&#8226;&#160;&#60;strong&#62;Patrick Chovanec&#60;/strong&#62;, associate professor, Tsinghua University&#039;s School of Economics and Management &#60;br /&#62;
&#8226;&#160;&#60;strong&#62;Ted Dean&#60;/strong&#62;, president and managing director, BDA China&#60;br /&#62;
&#8226;&#160;&#60;strong&#62;Christoph Nettesheim&#60;/strong&#62;, senior partner, Boston Consulting Group,&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;br /&#62;
Click &#60;a onclick="window.open(this.href,&#039;&#039;,&#039;resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=no,dependent=no,status&#039;); return false" href="http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5672"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;here&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/a&#62; to read bios.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;All attendees will receive a publication featuring AmCham-China&#8217;s Business Climate Survey results along with analysis.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;AmCham-China&#8217;s Business Climate Survey is among the key initiatives lead by the chamber every year.&#160; It serves as an indicator of business conditions and a barometer of economic development.&#160; Each year, the results are featured in AmCham-China&#8217;s &#8220;White Paper on American Business in China,&#8221; which will be published in late April 2010.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Useful links and downloads:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#8226; &#38;quot;&#60;a onclick="window.open(this.href,&#039;&#039;,&#039;resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=no,dependent=no,status&#039;); return false" href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2009/04/24/8ed9313f9f12a74945352176e193fcef.pdf"&#62;&#60;u&#62;&#60;strong&#62;The Business Climate for American Firms in China&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/u&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#38;quot; from the 2009 &#60;em&#62;White Paper&#60;/em&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#8226;&#160;Entire &#60;a onclick="window.open(this.href,&#039;&#039;,&#039;resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=no,dependent=no,status&#039;); return false" href="http://www.amchamchina.org/article/4142"&#62;&#60;u&#62;&#60;strong&#62;2009 &#60;em&#62;White Paper&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/u&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/strong&#62;&#8226;&#160;Findings of the &#60;a onclick="window.open(this.href,&#039;&#039;,&#039;resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=no,dependent=no,status&#039;); return false" href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2009/04/01/14817b91229898ef81825cc6a16eaae9.pdf"&#62;&#60;u&#62;&#60;strong&#62;2009 Business Climate Survey in &#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/u&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;em&#62;&#60;a onclick="window.open(this.href,&#039;&#039;,&#039;resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=no,dependent=no,status&#039;); return false" href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2009/04/01/14817b91229898ef81825cc6a16eaae9.pdf"&#62;&#60;u&#62;China Brief&#60;/u&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;em&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#8226;&#160;Presentation slides of the &#60;a href="http://web.resource.amchamchina.org/cmsfile/2009/03/10/ee60ad34f713458a90d837c42f27012f.ppt"&#62;&#60;u&#62;&#60;strong&#62;2009 Business Climate Survey&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/u&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Please note: This event will feature simultaneous Chinese translation.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Venue:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href="http://www.beijing.peninsula.com/"&#62;The Peninsula Hotel, Ballroom&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
8 Goldfish Lane, Wangfujing, Beijing&#60;br /&#62;
北京半岛酒店 &#60;br /&#62;
王府井金鱼胡同8号&#60;br /&#62;
Tel: 8516-2888&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Program:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
9:00 - 9:30&#160; Registration and networking &#60;br /&#62;
9:30 - 10:00 Opening remarks: AmCham-China Chairman &#60;strong&#62;John D. Watkins, Jr&#60;/strong&#62;.&#160; Key findings presented by AmCham-China Vice Chair Ted Dean&#60;br /&#62;
10:00 - 10:45&#160; Panel discussion &#60;br /&#62;
10:45 - 11:30&#160;Q&#38;A &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Discounted online registration price for this event is RMB 100 for members who register and pay online.&#160;&#60;br /&#62;
Registration is RMB 250 for employees of member companies and RMB 350 for non-members.&#160;&#60;br /&#62;
AmCham-China members who choose to pay at the door will be charged RMB 150.&#160; Click here to register and pay online.&#160;&#60;br /&#62;
If you have any questions, please send an email to &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:amchamevent@amchamchina.org"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;amchamevent@amchamchina.org&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;.&#160; Registration deadline for this event is noon, Thursday April 1.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:27:49 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Provincial Trip to Jiangsu</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/534</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;AmCham-China&#8217;s Kick-Off Provincial Trip 2010 - Jiangsu&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 &#8211; Friday, April 9, 2010&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
AmCham-China is proud to announce the first Provincial Trip of 2010 to Jiangsu province. Widely known as the &#8220;country of fish and rice,&#8221; Jiangsu is situated on China&#8217;s eastern coastline and the eastern expanse of the Yangtze River. With abundant resources, rich culture, ideal geographic location, and with industries specializing in manufacturing, machinery, electronics, spinning and agriculture, high-tech and telecommunications, the future is bright for Jiangsu. Listen &#60;a onclick="window.open(this.href,&#039;&#039;,&#039;resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=no,dependent=no,status&#039;); return false" href="http://www.amchamchina.org/article/index/5666"&#62;here&#60;/a&#62; to &#60;strong&#62;David Gossack &#60;/strong&#62;of the US Foreign Commercial Service in Shanghai discuss the business environment and investment&#160;opportunities&#160;in Jiansu Province.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;The region also plays an important role in China&#8217;s economy, with China&#8217;s third largest provincial economy after Guangdong and Shandong and contributing over 10 percent of the national GDP. In addition, in the last five years Jiangsu has led China in actual utilized foreign investment. Last June, Jiangsu&#8217;s coastal development strategy was adopted nationwide under the State Council and thus a top national priority. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;In a survey of AmCham-China members, Jiangsu was rated one of the top two target destinations for member companies in 2010. AmCham-China continually strives to meet members&#8217; needs and in that spirit, the first provincial trip of 2010 will be a delegation to Jiangsu with four stops at Nanjing, Yancheng, Nantong and Suzhou. Please seize this opportunity to learn more about Jiangsu and visit local government officials. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;strong&#62;Program&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
April 6 Registration in Nanjing and meeting with provincial leaders &#60;br /&#62;
April 7 Nanjing and Yancheng&#60;br /&#62;
April 8 Nantong &#60;br /&#62;
April 9 Suzhou&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
This is a members-only event. The fee for this trip is RMB&#160;2,000 for cardholders, and&#160;RMB&#160;2,500 for non-cardholding employees of AmCham-China&#8217;s member companies. Due to space limitations, please RSVP as soon as possible. Please confirm your attendance via email to &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:Jlu@amchamchina.org"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Jlu@amchamchina.org&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62; or fax at 010 8519 0899 by noon March 24, 2010. Please contact Jo Lu at 010 8519 0853 with any questions or for further details. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#160;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:37:33 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Dalian Chapter: New US Visa Online Application Process</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/533</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;New US Visa Online Application Process:&#60;br /&#62;
Step-by-Step Instructions&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;9:00&#160;- 11:00 AM, Thursday, March 11 - Dalian World Trade Center, Regus Group Center&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;AmCham-China, Dalian Chapter invites you to attend an instructive US visa seminar with &#60;strong&#62;Brandon Jackson&#60;/strong&#62;, visa officer at the US Consulate in Shenyang. During the course of the event, Mr. Jackson will offer step-by-step instructions on compiling the new DS-160 form - the only way to apply for a nonimmigrant US Visa as of March 1, 2010. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;As a fully integrated online application form for individuals seeking nonimmigrant visas to the US, the DS-160 is submitted electronically to the Department of State via the Internet and is different from the previous visa application process. Don&#8217;t miss this valuable opportunity to understand the new online application process and direct questions to a US official.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Venue:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Regus Group, Dalian World Trade Center&#60;br /&#62;
12th Floor, No.25 Tongxing St., Zhongshan district&#60;br /&#62;
大连世界贸易中心&#60;br /&#62;
中山区同兴街25号12层&#60;br /&#62;
Dalian, 116001&#60;br /&#62;
Tel: +86 411 3966 9020&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Members and Employees of Member Companies: RMB 75&#60;br /&#62;
Non-members: RMB 200&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;As the event has limited seating we strongly encourage you to RSVP as soon as possible to &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:egubanova@amchamchina.org"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;egubanova@amchamchina.org&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62; or sign-up online below. We cannot guarantee entry to anyone who has not registered in advance.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Not a member yet? Want to enjoy member pricing? AmCham-China will credit the cost of this event if you join the chapter within 30 days of the event date! Membership pricing has never been more affordable, so contact Kate Gubanova today at: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:egubanova@amchamchina.org"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;egubanova@amchamchina.org&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62; for more details!&#160; &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;AmCham-China Events: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
All events are off the record and are held in English unless otherwise stated. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:07:37 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Tianjin Chapter: Risk Management for Manufacturing Companies</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/532</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Risk Management for Manufacturing Companies &#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;2:30 - 5:30 PM, Wednesday, March 17 &#8211; Hotel Nikko Tianjin&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;AmCham-China, Tianjin Chapter, in conjunction with International SOS and Control Risks cordially invite you to a seminar to asses the medical and security risks facing companies operating in China. A panel of security consultants will offer tangible solutions and discuss real case studies.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Many businesses are now moving out of first tier cities to other locations throughout China where they face new medical and security challenges. This event examines potential business disruption, examines risks, and provides an overview of effective crisis management and crisis prevention tools. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Speakers wil be: &#60;br /&#62;
Dr &#60;strong&#62;Anthony Renshaw&#60;/strong&#62;, medical director-medical services, north Asia, International SOS&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;strong&#62;John So&#60;/strong&#62;, director crisis &#38; risk consulting, greater China and general manager, Control Risks&#160;Beijing&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Click &#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5657"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;here&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/a&#62; to view speaker&#160;bios.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Program:&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
2:30 - 3:00 PM:&#160; Registration and networking&#60;br /&#62;
3:00 - 5:30 PM:&#160; Presentation&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;- Managing medical risks&#60;br /&#62;
- Managing security risks&#160;&#60;br /&#62;
-&#160;Case studies - Manufacturing Industry&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Venue:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href="http://www.nikkotianjin.com/"&#62;Hotel Nikko Tianjin, &#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
天津日航酒店&#60;br /&#62;
No 189 Nanjing Rd, Heping District, Tianjin&#60;br /&#62;
天津市和平区南京路189号, &#60;br /&#62;
Tel:&#160; 022-83198888&#160;&#160; &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
This event is free for members and non-cardholding employees of member companies who register in advance.&#160; &#60;br /&#62;
Only 20 seats are available. Registration deadline for this event is noon, Friday, March 12.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;If you have any inquiries, please send an e-mail to &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:amandahe@amchamchina.org"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;amandahe@amchamchina.org&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62; or call AmCham &#8211; China, Tianjin Chapter office at 022-2318-5072.&#160;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:13:34 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Current Trends in Technology and Manufacturing</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/530</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Current Trends in Technology and Manufacturing&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;10:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Wednesday, March 17 &#8211; AmCham-China Offices, Beijing&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;AmCham-China&#8217;s Manufacturing and Sourcing Forum and IT Forum invite you to a seminar on the current trends in technology and manufacturing, featuring Dr. &#60;strong&#62;Pat Gelsinger&#60;/strong&#62;, president and COO of Infrastructure Products at EMC, a market leader in information management. As the current head for EMC&#039;s Infrastructure and Products Group, Dr. Gelsinger is no stranger to leading both technology and business innovation. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;During the course of his presentation, he will discuss cloud computing, the role of innovation and technology in the manufacturing sector in China and in Asia as a whole. This event will be moderated by Mr. Dwight Nordstrom, Co-Chair of the AmCham-China Manufacturing and Sourcing Forum.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;One free copy (in Chinese) of Dr. Gelsinger&#8217;s book, &#38;quot;Balancing Your Family, Faith &#38; Work&#38;quot; will be given to each attendee.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Click &#60;a onclick="window.open(this.href,&#039;&#039;,&#039;resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=no,dependent=no,status&#039;); return false" href="http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5645"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;here&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/a&#62; for a full bio.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Program:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
10:30 - 11:00 AM&#160;&#160;Registration and Networking&#60;br /&#62;
11:00 - 11:30 AM&#160;&#160;Lunch&#60;br /&#62;
11:30 AM&#160;- 12:30 PM&#160;Presentation&#60;br /&#62;
12:30 &#8211; 1:00 PM &#160;&#160;Questions&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Venue:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/article/125"&#62;AmCham-China Conference Room &#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
The Office Park, Tower AB, 6th Floor&#60;br /&#62;
No. 10 Jintongxi Road&#60;br /&#62;
Chaoyang District&#60;br /&#62;
中国美国商会新办公室 会议室&#60;br /&#62;
远洋光华国际，AB座6层&#60;br /&#62;
朝阳区金桐西路10号&#60;br /&#62;
Tel: 8519-0800&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Cardholding members advanced discounted online price: RMB 100&#60;br /&#62;
Cardholding members at the door: RMB 150&#60;br /&#62;
Non-cardholding employees of member companies: RMB 150&#60;br /&#62;
Non-members: RMB 250&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration in advance is required for this event, walk-ins will not be accommodated.&#60;br /&#62;
A lunch of sandwiches and salad will be served. Registration deadline is noon, Tuesday, March 16, 2010.&#160; &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;AmCham-China Events: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
All events are off the record and are held in English unless otherwise stated. &#60;br /&#62;
If there are any questions please contact: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:amchamevent@amchamchina.org"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;amchamevent@amchamchina.org&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:20:35 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Exclusive Invitation: Grand Opening of SinoFile's New Offices</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/538</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;Exclusive Invitation: Grand Opening of SinoFile&#039;s New Offices&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
3:00 PM - 4:30:00 PM, Wednesday, March 10 - Media Monitors Beijing Office&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;SinoFile Information Consulting. A media monitor company, cordially invites you to celebrate the opening of the new Beijing office.&#160;Come and&#160;meet&#160;Sinofile&#039;s local and global teams, network with other senior industry professionals while participating in office tours and demonstrations.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Officiating the Event:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
-&#160;Mr. &#60;strong&#62;John Croll&#60;/strong&#62;, Chief Executive Officer, Media Monitors&#60;br /&#62;
-&#160;Mr. &#60;strong&#62;Jarrod P. Smith&#60;/strong&#62;, General Manager, Greater China, Media Monitors&#60;br /&#62;
-&#160;Mr. &#60;strong&#62;Shan Chengjun&#60;/strong&#62;, Media Analysis Manager, Greater China, Media Monitors; and honorable guest speaker&#60;br /&#62;
-&#160;Mr. &#60;strong&#62;John Chen&#60;/strong&#62;, Deputy Secretary &#8211; General, China International Public Relations Association (CIPRA)&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Program:&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;3:00 - 3:30 PM: Registration &#60;br /&#62;
3:30 - 4:30 PM: Welcome note &#8211; Speakers will share insights on innovation within the PR and media industry&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Venue:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Media Monitors Beijing Office&#60;br /&#62;
6/F, South Tower, China Overseas Plaza&#60;br /&#62;
Jianguomenwai Avenuew Chaoyang District,&#60;br /&#62;
100020 Beijing&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Please RSVP to Simone Qi &#8211; &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:simone.qi@sinofile.net"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;simone.qi@sinofile.net&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Raising Children Internationally</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/517</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Raising Children Internationally&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Wednesday, March 10&#160;- AmCham-China&#039;s Offices&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;AmCham-China invites you to a seminar featuring Dr. &#60;strong&#62;Ettie Zilber&#60;/strong&#62;, head of school, Beijing BISS International School on the&#160;pleasures and pitfalls of raising your children internationally.&#160;As a parent and practitioner, Dr. Zilber is sensitive to the benefits and challenges to families who are internationally mobile. With extensive experience leading international schools, she is also very familiar with raising children in multi-cultural and multi-lingual schools. During her presentation she will shed light on the delights and difficulties of international relocation and transitions.&#160; &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Please note&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;: This event will also be broadcast via videoconferencing facilities to the AmCham-China Tianjin Chapter. Attendees in Tianjin will be able to ask questions to the speaker in Beijing.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Click &#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5589"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;here&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/a&#62; for a full bio.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Program:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
9:30 - 10:00 AM: Registration and Networking&#60;br /&#62;
10:00 - 12:00 PM: Presentation and Questions &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Venue:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/article/125"&#62;AmCham-China Conference Room&#60;/a&#62; (Please note we&#8217;ve moved!)&#60;br /&#62;
The Office Park, Tower AB, 6th Floor&#60;br /&#62;
No. 10 Jintongxi Road&#60;br /&#62;
Chaoyang District&#60;br /&#62;
中国美国商会新办公室 会议室&#60;br /&#62;
远洋光华国际，AB座6层&#60;br /&#62;
朝阳区金桐西路10号&#60;br /&#62;
Tel: 8519-0800&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Tianjin Videoconference Venue: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Exchange Tower 2, Room 2918&#60;br /&#62;
#189 Nanjing Road, Heping district&#60;br /&#62;
Tianjin, 300051&#60;br /&#62;
天津市和平区&#60;br /&#62;
南京路189号,&#60;br /&#62;
天津津汇广场二座2918室&#60;br /&#62;
Tel: +86 (22) 2318-5071&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Cardholding members advanced discounted online price: RMB 50&#60;br /&#62;
Cardholding members at the door: RMB 100&#60;br /&#62;
Non-cardholding employees of member companies: RMB 150&#60;br /&#62;
Non-members: RMB 200&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;u&#62;Special event pricing&#60;/u&#62;: Spouses of members may attend at cardholder rates&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;AmCham-China Events: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Events have limited seating so to ensure your attendance we encourage advance online registration and payment for ALL events. We cannot guarantee entry to anyone not registered in advance. All events are off the record and are held in English unless otherwise stated. If there are any questions please contact: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:amchamevent@amchamchina.org"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;amchamevent@amchamchina.org&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#160;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:30:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Tianjin Chapter: Raising Children Internationally</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/535</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Raising Children Internationally&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;em&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Live from Beijing Via Videoconference&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/em&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Wednesday, March 10&#160;- AmCham-China, Tianjin Chapter&#160;Offices&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;AmCham-China invites you to a videoconference seminar featuring Dr. &#60;strong&#62;Ettie Zilber&#60;/strong&#62;, head of school, Beijing BISS International School on the&#160;pleasures and pitfalls of raising your children internationally.&#160;As a parent and practitioner, Dr. Zilber is sensitive to the benefits and challenges to families who are internationally mobile. With extensive experience leading international schools, she is also very familiar with raising children in multi-cultural and multi-lingual schools. During her presentation she will shed light on the delights and difficulties of international relocation and transitions.&#160; &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Please note&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;: This event will also be broadcast via videoconferencing facilities to the AmCham-China Tianjin Chapter. Attendees in Tianjin will be able to ask questions to the speaker in Beijing.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Click &#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5589"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;here&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/a&#62; for a full bio.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Program:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
9:30 - 10:00 AM: Registration and Networking&#60;br /&#62;
10:00 - 12:00 PM: Presentation and Questions &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Venue: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Exchange Tower 2, Room 2918&#60;br /&#62;
#189 Nanjing Road, Heping district&#60;br /&#62;
Tianjin, 300051&#60;br /&#62;
天津市和平区&#60;br /&#62;
南京路189号,&#60;br /&#62;
天津津汇广场二座2918室&#60;br /&#62;
Tel: +86 (22) 2318-5071&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Cardholding members advanced discounted online price: RMB 50&#60;br /&#62;
Cardholding members at the door: RMB 100&#60;br /&#62;
Non-cardholding employees of member companies: RMB 150&#60;br /&#62;
Non-members: RMB 200&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;u&#62;Special event pricing&#60;/u&#62;: Spouses of members may attend at cardholder rates&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;AmCham-China Events: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Events have limited seating so to ensure your attendance we encourage advance online registration and payment for ALL events. We cannot guarantee entry to anyone not registered in advance. All events are off the record and are held in English unless otherwise stated. If there are any questions please contact: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:amchamevent@amchamchina.org"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;amchamevent@amchamchina.org&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#160;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:30:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Tennis Game and Networking</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/525</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Tennis Game and Networking &#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;7:00 - 9:00 PM, Tuesday, March 9&#160;-&#160;Kerry Center Hotel Sports Center&#160;&#160;&#160; &#60;br /&#62;
Coached by professional tennis coaches from &#60;a onclick="window.open(this.href,&#039;&#039;,&#039;resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=yes,dependent=no,status&#039;); return false" href="http://www.amchamchina.org/article/4115"&#62;GS Academy&#60;/a&#62; &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;It is officially spring after the Chinese New Year, so get out your sports gear and get active! Once again AmCham-China provides you with opportunities to get some exercise under professional guidance, and to meet other active chamber members.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;There will be something for everybody: Match play for those with a competitive streak, drilling and coaching court for those who wish to practice.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;These fun and social programs are suitable for intermediate to advanced level players. Instruction will be provided by the experienced coaches from GS Academy. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Please bring your own rackets and your enthusiasm. Balls will be provided. There will be light food and mineral water for all players. See you on the courts!&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Program:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
6:30 - 7:00 PM Registration and Networking&#60;br /&#62;
7:00 - 9:00 PM Game Time &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Venue:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;a onclick="window.open(this.href,&#039;&#039;,&#039;resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=no,dependent=no,status&#039;); return false" href="http://www.shangri-la.com/en/property/beijing/kerrycentre"&#62;2nd Floor&#60;br /&#62;
Sports Center&#60;br /&#62;
Kerry Center Hotel&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
1 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing&#60;br /&#62;
Tel. 6561 8833&#60;br /&#62;
2层嘉里健身&#60;br /&#62;
嘉里中心大酒店&#60;br /&#62;
朝阳区光华路1号&#60;br /&#62;
电话：6561 8833&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Members and member family: RMB 200&#60;br /&#62;
Employees of member companies: RMB 250&#60;br /&#62;
Non-Members: RMB 400&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Advance registration and advance payment for this event is compulsory; your registration will not complete until payment is made. The registration and payment deadline is 5:00 PM, Thursday March 4. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;As spaces are extremely limited, please send an email to Julie Leng at &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:jleng@amchamchina.org"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;jleng@amchamchina.org&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62; to register, indicating your level of play.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Hewitt 2010 Tianjin HR Survey Event</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/516</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center;"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium;"&#62;Hewitt 2010 Tianjin HR Survey Event&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;2:00 - 5:00 PM, Friday, March&#160;5 &#8211; Renaissance Tianjin Hotel&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;Attracting, motivating and retaining the best personnel will be one of the greatest obstacles facing businesses over the next decade. Indeed, recent economic challenges have forced many companies to rethink their approach to compensation and talent management.&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;br /&#62;
Smart companies are finding ways to get the most from their investment in compensation and rewards without reducing the ability to compete for talent. For many, this means creating programs that emphasize performance-based incentives and establishing a direct connection between an organization&#039;s goals and an employee&#039;s actions.&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;br /&#62;
AmCham-China, Tianjin Chapter and Hewitt Associates invite you to an informative seminar on how you can manage talent more effectively during the downturn and leverage your rewards programs to achieve the right business outcomes.&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;br /&#62;
Please note: The Hewitt presentation will be given in Chinese with an English PPT Slide.&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;strong&#62;Program:&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
2:00 - 2:30 PM: Registration and networking&#60;br /&#62;
2:30 - 3:20 PM: Presentation&#60;br /&#62;
3:20 - 3:40 PM: Coffee break&#60;br /&#62;
3:40 - 4:30 PM: Presentation&#60;br /&#62;
4:30 &#8211; 5:00 PM: Q&#38;A&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;strong&#62;Venue:&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
8F, Renaissance Tianjin Hotel&#60;br /&#62;
天津滨江万丽酒店8楼&#60;br /&#62;
No 105 Jianshe Road, Heping District, Tianjin&#60;br /&#62;
天津市和平区建设路105号&#60;br /&#62;
Tel: 022-23026888&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;strong&#62;Registration:&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Cardholding members and Employees from Member Companies Advanced Registration: Free&#60;br /&#62;
Non-members and Pay-at-the-Door Price: RMB 100&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;br /&#62;
Registration deadline for this event is noon, Thursday, March 4.&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;br /&#62;
If you have any inquiries, please send an e-mail to amandahe@amchamchina.org or call AmCham-China, Tianjin Chapter office at 022-2318-5072. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#160;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Tianjin Chapter: Managing Risks in Global Supply Chains</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/527</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;AmCham-China, Tianjin Chapter and &#60;br /&#62;
Rutgers University EMBA Beijing Program Present:&#60;br /&#62;
Managing Risks in Global Supply Chains&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;11:30 AM&#160;- 1:30 PM, Friday, March 5 &#8211; Hotel Nikko Tianjin&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
AmCham-China, Tianjin Chapter in cooperation with Rutgers University presents an informative and topical briefing on how to manage today&#8217;s global supply chains. This lecture will identify the risks in extended supply chains and suggest potential strategies for managing the risks.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;As global competition minimizes the role of national boundaries supply chains have become more complex.&#160; With increased complexities come increased risks.&#160; Risks for which most companies are unprepared.&#160; According to a survey by McKinsey and Company, most executives say supply chain complexity comes with added risks. McKinsey: &#8220;The executives most likely to say that their company&#039;s level of risk has risen are those in retailing, manufacturing, and energy ... professional-services executives are the least likely to have seen an increase in risk, but even there, nearly half have done so. Executives at all levels share the view that risk is on the rise. &#8220;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Speaker:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;strong&#62;Gordon Smouther &#60;/strong&#62;is an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA.&#160; Professor Smouther has taught in the Supply Chain Management Department for 10 years and in the Rutgers Executive MBA program for the past four years.&#160; &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Program:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
11:30 - 12:00 PM:&#160; Registration and light buffet lunch&#60;br /&#62;
12:00 - 13:30 PM:&#160; Presentation&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Venue:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href="http://www.hotel.info/booking.aspx?gclid=CPq55t_9lqACFUcwpAodH0Godw&#38;h_hmid=194044&#38;cpn=46&#38;cpnll=371"&#62;Hotel Nikko Tianjin&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
天津日航酒店&#60;br /&#62;
No 189 Nanjing Rd, Heping District, Tianjin&#60;br /&#62;
天津市和平区南京路189号, &#60;br /&#62;
Tel:&#160; 022-83198888&#160;&#160; &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Cardholding members: RMB 80 &#60;br /&#62;
Non-cardholding employees of member companies: RMB 100&#60;br /&#62;
Non-members: RMB 100&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration deadline for this event is noon, Thursday, March 4.&#60;br /&#62;
If you have any inquiries, please send an e-mail to &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:amandahe@amchamchina.org"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;amandahe@amchamchina.org&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62; or call AmCham &#8211; China, Tianjin Chapter office at 022-2318-5072.&#160;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:30:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>IRS Workshop in Shenyang</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/531</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;IRS Workshop in Shenyang&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;br /&#62;
3:00 &#8211; 5:00 PM: Tax workshop, NIV waiting room at the Consulate, March 4&#60;br /&#62;
8:30 &#8211; 11.30 AM: One-on-one appointments, ACS waiting room, March 5&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
If you wondering whether you are required to file a US income tax return or whether you are qualified to take a &#8220;Foreign Earned Income Exclusion&#8221;? Then this informative session may be for you. Do you have unresolved tax problems with the IRS?&#160; From March 4 &#8211; 5, the Internal Revenue Service will host a tax workshop for American taxpayers living in Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces. In addition, a limited number of one-on-one appointments will be available. &#60;br /&#62;
Please note that the workshops are designed to help individuals with questions on preparing and filing tax returns, or other payment issues.&#160; They are not intended or designed for professional income tax practitioners.&#160;&#160;&#60;br /&#62;
&#160;&#160;&#160; &#60;br /&#62;
&#60;strong&#62;Venue: &#60;/strong&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
US Consulate General/美国驻沈阳总领事馆&#60;br /&#62;
American Citizen Services Unit&#60;br /&#62;
52, 14th Wei Road, Heping District, 110003 China/和平区十四纬路52号 110003 &#60;br /&#62;
Tel/ 电话&#160; (86)-(24)-2322-1198&#60;br /&#62;
Fax/传真 (86)-(24)-2323-1465&#60;br /&#62;
Email/邮箱: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:shenyangACS@state.gov"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;shenyangACS@state.gov&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Website/网址: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="http://shenyang.usconsulate.gov/"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;http://shenyang.usconsulate.gov&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Admission&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;: Free&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;strong&#62;Registration: &#60;/strong&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Please make a reservation for the tax workshop or one-on-one appointment by emailing &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:FeigCA@state.gov"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;FeigCA@state.gov&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#160;&#160; The deadline for making appointments is Wednesday, March 3, 2010.&#160; In order to facilitate your coming into the Consulate without difficulty, we need to have your correct name and passport number when you make your reservation.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;ACS working hours are from 1:30pm to 4:30pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday except for Chinese and American holidays (check &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="http://shenyang.usembassy-china.org.cn/holidays.html"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;http://shenyang.usembassy-china.org.cn/holidays.html&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62; ).&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Central China Chapter: New Member Cocktail Party</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/521</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;New Member Cocktail Party&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;2010, We Are Here For You!&#60;br /&#62;
6:30 - 8:30 PM, Wednesday, March 3 - Novotel Wuhan Xinhua Hotel&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;To welcome in the New Year and AmCham-China&#8217;s newest members, the chamber is throwing a cocktail reception. Join new members for drinks and appetizers and help them become acquainted with the AmCham-China Central China community. It&#8217;s a great opportunity to network with the AmCham-China Central China members, leaders and staff. During these challenging times, get a jump on your competition by meeting your next customer or important contact at this reception!&#60;br /&#62;
&#160;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Venue:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href="http://www.novotel.com/gb/hotel-3234-novotel-wuhan-xin-hua/index.shtml"&#62;Novotel Wuhan Xinhua Hotel &#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
No.558 Jianshe Avenue Hankou&#60;br /&#62;
Wuhan, Hubei, 430022&#60;br /&#62;
Tel: +86 (0)27 8555 1188&#60;br /&#62;
武汉新华诺富特酒店&#60;br /&#62;
武汉市汉口建设大道558号&#60;br /&#62;
电话：+86 (0)27 8555 1188&#60;br /&#62;
邮政编码:430022&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
This event is for AmCham-China members and their guests only.&#60;br /&#62;
Members advanced online payment: RMB 80&#60;br /&#62;
Member at the door: RMB 100&#60;br /&#62;
Employees of member companies: RMB 100&#60;br /&#62;
Non-Members: RMB 200&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Please confirm your attendance by registering below or by sending an e-mail to &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:ggao@amchamchina.org"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;ggao@amchamchina.org&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62; no later than Tuesday, March 2, 5:00 PM. For more information, please call the AmCham-China, Central China Chapter office at (027 8578-6888 ext. 720). The prices for the event are as follows:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:30:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Wine &amp; Dine Spring Specialty</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/518</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;AmCham-China&#8217;s Women&#8217;s Professional Committee presents:&#60;br /&#62;
Wine &#38; Dine Spring Specialty: High Tea at Capital M&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;3:30 &#8211; 5:30 PM, Saturday, February 27 - Capital M&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Join AmCham-China&#8217;s Women&#8217;s Professional Committee (WPC) for another spectacular Wine &#38; Dine event. This time, the WPC is shaking things up a bit with scones, clotted cream, and tea at the stylish gourmet restaurant, Capital M, located in the new Qian&#8217;men development just south of Tian&#8217;anmen Square.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Join the committee members for an afternoon full of elegant sophistication with Beijing&#8217;s leading business women&#8212;don&#8217;t forget all of the delights of high tea too. This premier networking event has limited seating, so please sign-up quickly to avoid disappointment.&#160; &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Venue:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href="http://www.m-restaurantgroup.com/"&#62;Capital M&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
3/F, No.2 Qianmen Pedestrian Street&#60;br /&#62;
(just south of Tian&#039;anmen Square)&#60;br /&#62;
前门步行街2号3层 &#60;br /&#62;
邮编 100051&#60;br /&#62;
Tel (86 -10) 6702-2727&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Program:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
3:30 &#8211; 5:30 PM: Tea, Finger Sandwiches, and Scones&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Registration:&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Members Advanced Online Payment: RMB 150&#60;br /&#62;
Members at the Door: RMB 200&#60;br /&#62;
Employees of Member Companies: RMB 200&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Non-Members: RMB 300&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;AmCham-China Events: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Events have limited seating so to ensure your attendance we encourage advance online registration and payment for ALL events. We cannot guarantee entry to anyone not registered in advance. All events are off the record and are held in English unless otherwise stated. If there are any questions please contact: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:amchamevent@amchamchina.org"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;amchamevent@amchamchina.org&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;.&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:30:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Web Chats On New US Visa Application Process</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/event/519</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Participate in Web Chats and Find Out About New US Visa Application Process &#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;As of March, the visa application process with the US Consulate&#160;will change to a new online application that will be the only way to apply. Join officers from the US Consulate in Shenyang for live web chats to discuss the upcoming and important changes. Don&#8217;t miss this opportunity to interact directly with them on the following visa application topics.&#160;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;February 11&#160; Student Visas &#60;br /&#62;
February 23&#160; Visas for Business Travel &#60;br /&#62;
February 24&#160; Student Visas&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;font size="2"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;strong&#62;Please note&#60;/strong&#62;: All web chats will&#160;start at 9:00 PM.&#60;/font&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Brandon Jackson&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;, US Visa Officer, will field questions about the new DS-160 application form, including how and where to fill it out online. He will also answer general questions about the F1 visa process or any other questions you may have about the US visa process. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;To join the web chats, please follow this link: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="http://shenyang.usembassy-china.org.cn/web-chat.html"&#62;&#60;u&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;http://shenyang.usembassy-china.org.cn/web-chat.html&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/u&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;, scroll down the page and then click on the blue link that says &#8220;ENTER WEBCHAT.&#8221;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Web chat Information: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
1.&#160;Participants can start submitting questions as soon as the room is open. &#60;br /&#62;
2.&#160;Participants can take part in this web chat without having an account. &#60;br /&#62;
3.&#160;This web chat will be conducted in English. However, you are welcome to submit your questions in Chinese. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#160;&#60;/p&#62;</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>The Great Brain Magnet</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5721</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;The Great Brain Magnet&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;A flood of returnees from the US has benefited China&#8217;s development&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;By Vivek Wadhwa&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Meijie Tang, 23, is an only child, the daughter of a high school teacher father and an opera singer mother. She grew up in Shanghai and spent her junior year of high school at the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC, the highly regarded institution that President Barack Obama&#039;s daughters now attend. Meijie decided to return to the US for college and was accepted at Harvard University. She majored in economics and did well in school.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;When it came time to think about the future and look for a job, Meijie turned directly to the East. She decided not even to try to get a job in the US, but rather, to return to China and start a company to seek her fortune. When asked why she chose not to stay in America, Meijie speaks candidly. She missed her friends and family. But equally important, Meijie saw more opportunity in China and believed getting a work visa to stay in America would be too difficult. &#38;quot;With the current economic crisis, even American students have problems getting a job,&#38;quot; Meijie says. &#38;quot;Rumors circulate widely in the international student community that H-1B (work) visas have become impossible to obtain for certain types of jobs. So I did not even participate in the recruiting process for a full-time position when I entered my senior year.&#38;quot;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Well-educated young Chinese returnees like Meijie have become a fast growing US export. Exact tallies are kept by neither government, but anecdotal estimates place the number of talented returnees to China from the US in the tens of thousands annually. These returnees typically are highly educated and motivated. The evolving exodus is a potentially troubling development for the US, but a promising opportunity for China. Beijing&#039;s gain is Washington&#039;s loss in the high-stakes global competition for the best brains and, by extension, the brightest economic future.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;I have seen the reverse brain drain with my own eyes. Four years ago, when I began teaching at Duke University in the Masters in Engineering Management program, nearly all of the foreign students from Asia in my program sought and received US employment. This year, the vast majority are buying one-way tickets home. This is a stark reversal of the past four decades, when the US served as a magnet for the world&#039;s best and brightest minds, who came to the West in pursuit of education and to seek their fortunes. During this period, China complained of a one-sided &#38;quot;brain drain,&#38;quot; as huge numbers of talented technologists and scientists went to the West to study and never returned.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Immigrants Fueling US Growth&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;With the westward migration of talented brains, so too went invaluable innovation. According to my research with the Kauffman Foundation, approximately 25 percent of all international patent applications filed from the US in 2006 named foreign nationals as inventors. An analysis of the 2000 US Census shows that although immigrants accounted for only 12 percent of the US work force, they made up 47 percent of all scientists and engineers with doctorates. What&#039;s more, 67 percent of all those who entered the fields of science and engineering between 1995 and 2006 were immigrants. Just as the US relies on foreign money to underwrite its burgeoning deficit, it also relies on foreign minds to power its world-leading research and development sector.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Likewise, immigrants have played a leading role in entrepreneurship in the high-tech sector. A quarter of all US engineering and technology companies started between 1995 and 2005, including half of those in Silicon Valley, were born outside of the US. The two predominant ethnic groups of those immigrant founders were Chinese and Indian. In some areas, such as semiconductors, more than half of the companies had non US-born founders.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;The innovation and entrepreneurship of foreign-born businesspeople has helped fuel the remarkable economic development that has powered the US economy forward in recent years. According to our calculations, in 2005 alone, immigrants&#039; businesses generated US $52 billion in sales and employed 450,000 workers.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Clogging the Drain&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Despite the recent tremendous success, these highly-skilled immigrants are now returning to their native lands. This is particularly true for students from India and China. The shifting trend can be attributed in part to America closing its doors on the world&#8217;s best and brightest. There aren&#8217;t enough visas for skilled workers to become permanent residents and the H-1B visa program, which is the first point of workforce entry for potential immigrants in science and technology fields, has become a major bottleneck.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;As of Sept. 30, 2006, more than a million people were waiting for the 120,000 permanent-resident visas granted each year to skilled workers and their family members. No nation may claim more than seven percent, so years may pass before immigrants from populous countries, like China, are even considered for residency. Adding to all of this, US companies now feel political pressure not to hire foreigners on H-1B visas in light of the current recession, which has resulted in unemployment rates approaching 10 percent in America.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Opportunity at Home&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;It&#039;s no surprise that in this US climateof poor economic conditions and strict visa policy, Meijie and other foreign students feel they now have a significantly greater opportunity in their home countries. In places like China, economic growth is expected to outpace that of the US handily over the medium term. Furthermore, China&#039;s rapidly growing middle class and rising standard of living mean that talented Chinese no longer need to go abroad to enjoy the good life. Even in the scientific community, China is enticing experts through top-notch facilities. Massive investment by China&#039;s government into state-of-the art research labs means that scientists may actually have better facilities in their home country than they would in the US.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;And China, not the US, has become the epicenter of many nascent technology fields such as clean technology. China, not the US, is the global leader in clean coal-fired power plants. From mag lev trains to wind power and massive solar farms, China is now the breeding ground for technology, a place where ambitious entrepreneurs can swiftly move the best technologies from the lab to the marketplace.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;In the fall of 2008, I conducted a survey of 1,200 Indians and Chinese who worked or studied in the US and then returned home. Most were in their 30s. Roughly 80 percent held master&#039;s degrees or doctorates in management, technology or science. These were talented people who could make an enormous contribution to the US economy. Yet a sizable percentage said that they had advanced significantly in their careers since leaving the US. They were more optimistic about opportunities for entrepreneurship, and more than half planned to start their own businesses, if they had not done so already. Only a quarter said that they were likely to return to the US. As these returnees leave the US, so goes a future generation of patents in high technology fields and innovative startups. Of course, most of these will still be created, but in Shanghai, rather than Sunnyvale, California.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;When I last spoke to Meijie, she was looking forward to returning to Shanghai this spring to start a next-generation Internet mapping company, an idea she came up with during a summer internship in China. She was really excited about being with parents and childhood friends again and enjoying Shanghai. Meijie doesn&#039;t think that she will ever move back to the US. And one has to wonder: why should she?&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#160;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;em&#62;Vivek Wadhwa is a senior research associate at the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard and Executive in Residence&#60;br /&#62;
at the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University.&#60;br /&#62;
His research can be found at: &#60;/em&#62;&#60;a href="http://www.GlobalizationResearch.com"&#62;&#60;em&#62;www.GlobalizationResearch.com&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;em&#62;.&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description> 
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Michael Barbalas Presents the Results of the 2009 Business Climate Survey</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5706</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;In this audio slideshow, AmCham-China President &#60;strong&#62;Michael Barbalas &#60;/strong&#62;presents the results&#160;of the 2009 Business Climate Survey.&#160; The following presentation has been clipped from a Deloitte webcast titled &#38;quot;China Cross-Border Investment Quarterly Round Up&#38;quot; broadcasted on&#160;March 12, 2009.&#160; &#60;strong&#62;Clarence Kwan&#60;/strong&#62;, National Managing Partner at Deloitte,&#160;provides the introduction.&#160;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Christian Murck is Next AmCham-China President</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5701</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;AmCham-China Announces Christian Murck &#60;br /&#62;
As Next President Beginning in April&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Beijing, March 9, 2010 &#8211; The Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in China (AmCham-China) announced that &#60;strong&#62;Christian Murck &#60;/strong&#62;will be the chamber&#8217;s next president.&#160;His term begins on April 2, 2010.&#160; Mr. Murck is currently Vice Chairman, Asia, APCO Worldwide Inc., and is a past chairman of AmCham-China, having been elected to that position in 2002 and 2003.&#160; He is also a longstanding member and currently chairman of AmCham-China&#8217;s Public Policy Development Committee.&#160; He is well known and widely respected among policy analysts, and with business executives and government officials throughout China and the United States.&#160; &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#38;quot;Chris brings an exceptional blend of qualifications and accomplishments to the role as AmCham-China president,&#8221; said AmCham-China Chairman &#60;strong&#62;John D. Watkins, Jr.&#60;/strong&#62;&#160; &#8220;Our mission is to help AmCham-China members to succeed in their businesses throughout China.&#160; We look forward to Chris&#8217;s leadership and his contributions towards achieving our objectives.&#8221;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Christian Murck will serve a three year term as president.&#160; &#8220;In a time of renewed growth and new challenges, I&#039;m delighted to work with AmCham-China&#8217;s Board and professional staff to support the chamber&#039;s members,&#8221; said Christian Murck.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Michael Barbalas&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62; will complete his term as president at the end of March 2010.&#160; During his tenure Mr. Barbalas increased the chamber&#8217;s leadership in the business community and the chamber&#8217;s influence with key business groups and organizations in China and the US.&#160; He oversaw a period of significant development as AmCham-China established new chapters in Tianjin, Central China (Wuhan) and Dalian and the chamber expanded its professional staff and resources to meet the needs of its growing membership.&#160; &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Reporting to the chairman, the AmCham-China president is responsible for the day to day operations of the chamber.&#160; The president represents the chamber while leading the professional staff team to support the members and promote the organization&#8217;s objectives.&#160; The president also works closely with the board to set strategy and decide on the long-term future of the chamber.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Prior to joining APCO Worldwide in 2001, Mr. Murck served as managing director and senior country officer of the Chase Manhattan Bank in Beijing.&#160; A graduate of Yale University, he obtained a doctorate in East Asian Studies from Princeton and was a Mellon Fellow at Columbia University. Mr. Murck speaks and reads Chinese. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;# # # &#60;br /&#62;
About the American Chamber of Commerce in China:&#60;br /&#62;
AmCham-China is an independent, non-profit organization representing the interests of over 2,600 companies and individuals doing business throughout China. First founded in 1920, it was formally recognized by China&#8217;s Ministry of Civil Affairs in 1991. The organization has its headquarters in Beijing, with chapters in Central China (Wuhan), Tianjin and Dalian. For more information, visit: &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;www.amchamchina.org&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Media Contact:&#60;br /&#62;
Ulan Tuya&#60;br /&#62;
AmCham-China&#60;br /&#62;
86-10-8519-0835&#160; &#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="mailto:utuya@amchamchina.org"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;utuya@amchamchina.org&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#160;&#60;/p&#62;</description> 
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>China Connect Video: Mike Chinoy on North Korea</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5694</link> 
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&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;font size="4"&#62;&#60;span style="color: #003366; font-size: 10pt"&#62;China Connect sat down with &#60;b&#62;Mike Chinoy&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="color: #003366; font-size: 10pt"&#62;, former CNN Beijing bureau chief and senior fellow at the US-China Institute at the University of Southern California,&#160;to discuss developments in North Korea. Mr. Chinoy, a North Korean expert and a keen observer of Asian affairs, has had unmatched access to&#160;the recluse state&#160;with 14 trips to the&#160;country&#160;over the years. His recent book &#38;quot;Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis,&#38;quot; describes Pyongyang&#8217;s approach to international relations. &#160;(length: 15:57) &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/font&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5689</link> 
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>The China Fix</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5686</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;The China Fix&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
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&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;By Jim McGregor&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;In my more than two decades in China, I have seldom seen the foreign business community more angry and disillusioned than it is today. Such sentiment goes beyond the Internet censorship and cyberspying that led to Google&#8217;s January 12 threat to bail out of China, or the clash of values (freedom vs. control) implied by the Google case. It is about the perception that anti-foreign attitudes and policies in China have been growing and hardening since the global economic crisis pushed the US and Europe into a tailspin and launched China to its very uncomfortable stardom on the world stage.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Visiting CEOs&#8217; banquet-table chatter is now dominated by swapping tales of arrogant and insolent Chinese bureaucrats and business partners. The litany includes purposefully inconsistent and nontransparent enforcement of regulations, rampant intellectual-property theft, state penetration of multinationals through union and Communist Party organizations, blatant market impediments through rigged product standards and testing, politicized courts and agencies that almost always favor local companies, creative and selective enforcement of World Trade Organization requirements ...The list goes on.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;The foreign business community in China has deep respect and affection for the Chinese people and their hard-earned success. But more than a few foreign business leaders are asking themselves if they have been bamboozled by the system. Multinationals have been solid citizens in China, handing over heaps of capital, technology, training, source code, best practices and proprietary products to joint-venture partners they were forced into bed with. They have funded schools, orphanages, disaster reconstruction, overseas scholarships and all manner of poverty-alleviation programs. But now that the China market matters more to them, it appears that China couldn&#8217;t care less. Increasingly difficult China-market access is the immediate worry. But many are looking ahead and losing sleep over expectations that their onetime partners are morphing into predators&#8212;and that their own technology and know-how will be coming back at them globally in the form of cut-price products from subsidized state-owned behemoths.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;At the same time, I have also seldom seen the Chinese government and business community more unsettled and uncertain. Theirs is an arrogance borne of insecurity. The global financial chaos and China&#8217;s rocketing global status threw off the meticulous national development schedules carefully crafted by the risk-averse and surprise-allergic engineers who run the Party.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;The pressures on Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao are overwhelming. They are white-knuckling their way through their final two years in office, focusing on eight percent or higher growth and crushing any dissent that could derail it. The Chinese people are generally pretty happy, but the Party leadership is terrified of their outsized expectations. People under age 40, the progeny of the one-child policy, didn&#8217;t live through Maoist poverty and upheaval. They are pampered, impatient and demanding. They consider exponential growth as a basic benchmark of life, and access to information to be a civil right. China&#8217;s rich are powerful opponents of further reform and opening. They made money the local way and are determined to block foreign competition so this can continue.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;In their spare time, China&#8217;s leaders are reaching under the carpet to tackle the country&#8217;s endemic corruption, epidemic pollution, emaciated health care, shredded social services, entrenched industrial overcapacity and swiftly aging population, to name a few. They have little remaining bandwidth, and no experience or desire to be the visionary and magnanimous world leaders who can look beyond China&#8217;s own often desperate needs that the world wants them to be.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;So both Chinese and non-Chinese have legitimate challenges and understandable phobias. Google is just a proxy in this intensifying dispute. It&#8217;s really about rebalancing the economic and political dynamic between China and the developed world, with the US as the key negotiator for the West. It won&#8217;t be easy. China and the US are past masters at blaming their domestic policy failings on outsiders. Finger-pointing politicians and chest-beating nationalists in the two nations will make rational discussion nearly impossible. Yet it is time for leaders on both sides of the Pacific to lift their heads above overwhelming domestic concerns and fix China&#8217;s deteriorating relationship with foreign business and the developed world before things get out of control. One thing&#8217;s certain: they won&#8217;t find the answers through Google.&#60;/p&#62;
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&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;em&#62;Jim is a senior counselor at APCO China, and author of the bestseller, &#8220;One Billion Customers.&#8221; He was AmCham-China chairman in 1996, an AmCham-China governor for nearly a decade, a congressional correspondent during the Reagan administration, China bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal and CEO of Dow Jones China.&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Reprinted through the courtesy of the Editors of TIME Magazine, &#169; 2010 Time Asia&#60;/p&#62;</description> 
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Minimizing Development's Impact</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5685</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;Minimizing Development&#039;s Impact&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#160;An NGO supports community-based sustainable development&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;By Merisha Enoe&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Volunteers divided into teams of three and four hustling door-to-door and seeking feedback from locals regarding the use of new biogas digesters in Wuchuanhu Village, Hunan Province. Despite the severity of the sun&#8217;s heat, the students&#8217; energy resonated throughout the village. After weeks of desk work and preliminary field research, students returned to the site to complete their case study where they conducted follow-up surveys regarding the efficiency and practicality of the new biogas systems.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;This team of students represents just a small fraction of the thousands of youths who have been engaging in environmental protection activities on the Green Long March since its initial launch by Future Generations China in partnership with Beijing Forestry University in 2007. The Green Long March has become Future Generations China&#8217;s largest annual program, mobilizing more than 5,000 students from 50 universities across China. Most recently in 2009, 40 in-depth case studies on government-sponsored energy saving projects were conducted in the countryside and in city centers to create an evidence and experience base for expanding successful programs and promoting student dialogue across the country.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Case studies that focused on the promotion of biogas systems revealed a diversity of approaches to project implementation. They also brought to light varying degrees of project efficiency, which fluctuated depending on the extent of government involvement and prior training of coordinators involved in the venture. Along the Gold Coast Route of the 2009 Green Long March, which passed through the coastal cities of Zhanjiang and Xiamen, students discovered that the most successful case involved a three-fold partnership that included support from local village heads, residents and a local business. Results highlight the value of partnership and dialogue across sectors, and have been compiled in a database that can be referenced for the future expansion of projects.&#60;img hspace="10" vspace="10" align="right" width="400" height="266" alt="" src="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/03/08/52e65532c82ccd02474475babfbd79ec.jpg" /&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Don&#8217;t be deceived by the name, &#8220;Green Long March.&#8221; It is easy to assume that activities consist of students trekking across harsh terrain in extreme temperatures. Although some activities include bike riding and travel on foot, the Green Long March should not be characterized as a physical march. Rather, it is a youth movement that provides a platform for students, local governments, business partners and communities across the nation to participate in dialogue. Furthermore, it provides participants with the tools needed to implement change. In previous years, students have organized environmental protection initiatives in villages and coordinated awareness campaigns on their college campuses that address regionally specific issues.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;The Green Long March is distinct from other Future Generations China initiatives in that students are at the center of activities. While organizing, designing and implementing projects, students gain indispensable skills that prepare them for life after college and provide them with the leadership skills needed to succeed in today&#8217;s competitive job market. As the future policy makers and social entrepreneurs of China, it is important that young people have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in creating and implementing meaningful projects with measurable results.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Future Generations China is an environmental non-governmental organization, but our work goes beyond identifying solutions to wildlife or habitat destruction, water pollution or energy inefficiency. Our chief mission is to support the sustainable development of communities&#8211;environmental protection initiatives are the channel through which we work to achieve this goal. This holistic approach allows us to make lasting impacts on communities and build enduring bridges between key players in society. Our Pendeba program in Tibet, for example, has empowered locals to take on leadership roles in environmental conservation and sustainable development work for more than 20 years.&#60;img hspace="10" vspace="10" align="right" width="250" height="166" alt="" src="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/03/08/f4afe2975b84c444714b0a80fe13393a.jpg" /&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Future Generations China works to strengthen community capacity in every aspect of our work. In order to achieve this goal, it is essential that communities are a part of the solution. Last year, our Model Eco-Community program identified 35 villages with demonstrated work in conservation and equipped local leaders with the skills and knowledge needed to develop promising local projects. Upon establishment of these model villages, they will serve as demonstration sites for the training of leaders in surrounding areas. Capacity building workshops in these villages have resulted in the improvement of natural environments, an increase in local revenues, and an improved quality of life for locals.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#160;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;em&#62;Merisha Enoe is a project coordinator at Future Generations China.&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description> 
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<title>Dalian Booms During Downturn</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5683</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;Dalian Booms During Downturn&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#160;The financial crisis had little impact on Dalian and Northeast China&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;By Adam Livermore&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Before 1979, China&#8217;s Northeast was one of the primary economic drivers within the country. The area drew upon natural resources (primarily coal, iron ore, timber and oil) to develop a base for heavy industry. Unfortunately, much of the traditional industrial base eroded during the 1980s, and the region slowly gained the unfortunate distinction of being called China&#8217;s &#8220;rustbelt.&#8221;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;In recent years the situation has improved. Some old industries have been rejuvenated and new ones have emerged. Behind the transformation, the hand of the Chinese government can be seen more and more clearly. &#8220;Arranged marriages&#8221; of domestic automobile manufacturers to foreign suitors has attracted a mini flotilla of auto parts manufacturers to invest in the region. The government was also influential in persuading Intel to setup its semiconductor manufacturing plant in Dalian, where the industry is beginning to take shape.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Dalian&#8217;s diverse mixture of heavy and light industry, and high-tech and service companies have played a key role in the revitalization of Northeast China. The principal port for regional exports in Dalian will continue to increase as a center for logistics, finance and various other services.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;The government is making massive investments into the entire infrastructure of the northeast. In the area of transportation, high-speed rail links are under construction between Beijing and Shenyang, Harbin and Dalian, Changchun and Jilin, and Qiqihar and Harbin. New highways will link numerous regional cities. Also,port cities around the Bohai Gulf area are developing for storage and delivery of commodities and products from Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;u&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Changxing Island Harbor Industrial Zone&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/u&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;img hspace="10" vspace="10" align="right" width="300" height="193" alt="" src="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/03/08/411d27de8141ade60271b0f0bbc9d907.jpg" /&#62;The fifth largest island in China (252.5 square kilometers and a population of 600,000), Dalian&#8217;s neighbor Changxing has been home to a small population of fishermen and farmers for thousands of years. At the dawn of the 21st century, Changxing&#8217;s appealing geographical features began to garner attention. Similar to other major trading locations, it is both surrounded by water and a natural deepwater port. Now, it&#8217;s becoming a major port for China, a base for shipbuilding, heavy industry and petrochemicals.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;In 2006, plans were drawn to develop a harbor and construct fast transportation links to the neighboring cities of Dalian, Wafangdian and Yingkou. The government has also been making efforts to attract industry and create a bonded port on the island. A bonded port would be outside of China for custom purposes. Products brought into the port area from outside of China would not be considered imports into China until they leave the area. Products brought into the port from Mainland China would be considered exports, and value-added tax rebates could be claimed by &#8220;exporting&#8221; companies.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;STX, the fourth largest shipbuilding company in the world, has already invested RMB 20.5 billion in Changxing. Last year, it completed manufacture and delivery of its first vessel, a 58 thousand ton bulk carrier. By 2012, STX intends to construct 70 vessels each year on the island. Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company has also committed to invest RMB 22 billion in shipbuilding and repairing facilities, and RMB two billion has been invested in a joint venture with PRL of Singapore for repairing and green breakup of ships.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Although attracting direct investment from foreign companies is now more difficult due to the global financial crisis, government investment in infrastructure has continued apace in Changxing. Approximately RMB 40 billion has been spent thus far on roads, residences, schools, sewage plants, water and electricity supplies, and sub-sea tunnels.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Companies supplying peripherals for the shipbuilding market are already in Changxing and many more are expected to arrive. The government is also encouraging companies involved in auto parts production, as the island has convenient access to the main automobile manufacturers in Shenyang, Dalian, Changchun and even Harbin. Export processing is also expected to be a major focus of business on the island, although the container port is not expected to be operational until 2012.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Government investment is not limited to the creation of infrastructure. Companies basing themselves on the island are also provided with subsidies, in the form of lower land prices and are offered tax incentives including:&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#8226; Land can be purchased at half price by investors commencing projects with a registered capital of over US $5 million by the end of 2010.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#8226; Corporate income tax can be entirely subsidized for three years. After the project turns a profit, taxes for the next three years can be reduced by 50 percent.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#8226; There is a provision of subidized financing for purchase of land and construction of warehouses.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;While STX and Intel are the largest single investments by foreign companies in Dalian to date, a number of others are investing in the region. German companies, such as Thyssen Krupp, have several automobile investments in Dalian&#8217;s Development Zone area. In the information technology outsourcing and business process outsourcing field, over 10,000 multilingual professionals are employed by companies such as Dell, HP, IBM, Accenture and Genpact. Japanese companies, such as Panasonic, Sony, Hitachi, Canon and NTT, also have long-established operations in the city.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Further into the heart of the northeast, General Motors has announced a US $293 million investment with FAW to make light commercial vehicles at existing plants in Changchun and Harbin, and to complete a new greenfield site in Harbin by the end of the year. Bombardier is producing subway cars from its joint venture in Changchun for subway systems all around the country.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Even as economic conditions remain difficult around the world, the Chinese government continues to play an active role to ensure the &#8220;rustbelt&#8221; rusts no longer.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;These are just some of the broad strokes that outline the future of Northeast China for the coming generation. The fine details will be applied by the enterprises basing themselves in the region. It is too early to say what kind of a picture will emerge, but the early signs are encouraging.&#60;/p&#62;
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&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;em&#62;Adam Livermore is a senior associate at the Dalian Office of Dezan Shira &#38; Associates, an international firm servicing foreign investment in Asia.&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description> 
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>How Green is the 11th Five-Year Plan?</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5682</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;u&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;img hspace="10" vspace="10" align="left" width="250" height="354" alt="" src="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/03/08/439c3b1f0cf13f6b017ee484f0b5d559.jpg" /&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/u&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;How Green is the 11th Five-Year Plan?&#60;/p&#62;
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&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;It is time to measure China&#039;s energy and&#160;emissions accomplishments&#160;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;By Dr. Mark D. Levine, Lynn K. Price and Nan Zhou&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
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&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;u&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Overview&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/u&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;During the period of 1980 to 2002, China&#8217;s energy-efficiency policies and programs contributed to a five percent annual reduction in energy consumption per unit of GDP. Dramatic changes in energy demand began in 2002. According to data provided by the National Bureau of Statistics, from 2002 to 2005, energy use per unit of GDP increased at an annual rate averaging five percent per year. Because of the high GDP growth rate during this period, China&#8217;s energy use increased in four years by an amount greater than that of the previous 40 years.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;The highest levels of government recognized this was not a sustainable situation. In November 2005, the Politburo of the Communist Party announced a mandatory target of 20 percent reduction in energy intensity in the five years from 2006 through 2010. Few people knowledgeable of China&#8217;s energy situation believed such a reversal was possible.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;The national government began to develop energy savings programs in earnest. They revitalized energy efficiency programs, put new ideas forward, and increased communication with the provinces on energy efficiency. By the end of 2006&#8211;the first year of the program&#8211;China had reversed the trend of rising energy intensity. However, the reduction in energy intensity was only about one-third of the desired goal. This wasn&#8217;t a surprise considering the work necessary to increase staff resources, in addition to designing and implementing new programs. With the activities initiated in 2006 as a base, China achieved considerable reductions in energy intensity in 2007, 2008 and 2009.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;We began an effort, in conjunction with Tsinghua University and McKinsey &#38; Company, to investigate the performance of the policies and programs that China instituted in its quest to achieve the 20 percent energy intensity target. We expect to merge the findings and recommendations of all three groups in the coming months. However, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has already completed a portion of the results.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;The report finds that China has made substantial progress toward its goal of achieving 20 percent energy intensity reduction from 2006 to 2010 and that most of the energy-efficiency programs implemented during the 11th Five-Year Plan (FYP) appear to be on track to meet&#8211;and in many cases exceed&#8211;their energy-saving targets. Considering the energy situation in 2006 when the program began, this is a significant achievement that deserves&#60;br /&#62;
international recognition.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;There were, however, two major areas of difficulty. First, building energy retrofits in China&#8217;s northern regions fell far below the goals set by the government. Also, reducing energy-intensive industry in China&#8217;s economy and increasing the share of low energy-consuming sectors were not achieved from 2006-2008. In fact, during these years, energy intensive industries gained at the expense of less intensive industries. Fortunately, in many cases the energy efficiency policies and programs exceeded their energy savings goals and were sufficient to overcome the lack of success in achieving structural change.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;It was difficult to adequately assess the progress of the energy-efficiency programs implemented in support of the 11th FYP due to a lack of available systematic reporting. Furthermore, the information that is available is often reported in units that are not clearly defined. For instance, programmatic targets are not clearly delineated as to whether they represent annual or cumulative savings goals through 2010. The information provided through interviews, reports and websites is often difficult to interpret or conflicts with other sources.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;u&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Recommendations&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/u&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;The full report has more than 30 recommendations that are directed at decision makers towards the 12th FYP. Here are five key points:&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;1. &#60;/strong&#62;The successful programs that China has implemented should be maintained and expanded. These include the top 1000 enterprises program; 10 key projects, including investment incentives, small plant closures, buildings&#8217; energy efficiency standards, and appliance efficiency standards (among others).&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;2. &#60;/strong&#62;Despite difficulties in promoting structural change and implementing heating energy retrofits, these efforts should not be abandoned. Without success in these areas, it will be difficult for China to continue meeting significant energy reduction targets in the future.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;3. &#60;/strong&#62;The allocation of energy intensity targets was not systematically set in the 11th FYP. More attention needs to be given to establishing targets that take into account differences among provinces and industrial enterprises.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;4.&#60;/strong&#62; China needs to create a consistent and transparent system for gathering and analyzing data on energy use and intensity. A new, independent agency for gathering and assessing energy data, modeled after the Energy Information Administration in the US for example, could go a long way toward eliminating the weaknesses in China&#8217;s current system.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;5.&#60;/strong&#62; One major problem encountered in improving industrial energy efficiency was the paucity of trained industrial energy auditors. The central government, working with provinces, should make efforts to improve the quality of industrial energy auditing. This effort should include strengthening the auditing capabilities (among other skills) of the provincial energy conservation centers.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;u&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Conclusion&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/u&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;China has been highly successful in its efforts during the 11th FYP to reduce the energy intensity of its economy. This success was achieved as a result of the rapid development and implementation of a broad array of energy efficiency programs. China needs to build on this effort, expanding and institutionalizing its successful programs. The country also needs to create new programs in two areas: promoting structural change toward lower energy intensity sectors of the economy (including reducing the relative growth of energy-intensity industry) and implementing energy efficiency retrofit programs for buildings in cold climates.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#160;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;em&#62;Dr. Mark D. Levine is a senior staff scientist, Lynn K. Price a staff scientist and Nan Zhou a scientist with the China Energy Group at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, founded by Dr. Levine.&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
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&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;em&#62;The full report is now available on the website of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory&#8217;s China Energy Group&#60;br /&#62;
(&#60;/em&#62;&#60;a href="http://china.lbl.gov/"&#62;&#60;em&#62;http://china.lbl.gov/&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;em&#62;). &#60;/em&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>China's Changing Energy Mix</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5681</link> 
<description>&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;China&#039;s Changing Energy Mix&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: center"&#62;&#160;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;China&#039;s four traditional energy sources look to the future&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;By Kate Rosow&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;With last year&#8217;s economic downturn and the corresponding drop in crude oil prices, Beijing saw an opening to reform energy policy and reflect market forces to encourage efficiency. Beijing was somewhat able to seize the moment by implementing overdue reforms and encouraging a switch to renewable energy sources.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Through reform, the government wants to ensure energy security and economic growth. However, Beijing is using a heavy hand. This is leading to inefficient allocation of resources, shortages, massive financial losses by state-owned companies and sends the wrong pricing signal to customers.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;China still lacks an overarching vision for energy, and even more so, lacks an administrative body capable for dealing with energy and environment issues. The decision making process is muddled by state-owned companies&#8217; financial interests and bureaucratic infighting. If previous bureaucratic changes in energy and environment are anything to go by, the January 27 announcement of the new National Energy Commission (see page 8), led by Premier Wen Jiabao, will likely do little to solve China&#8217;s overwhelming energy needs. Failure to correct domestic energy problems would be a blow to both China and the world, as Beijing needs clear leadership to meet energy efficiency targets, cleaner fuels and secure energy resources for economic growth.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;u&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Oil&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/u&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Since 2001, China&#8217;s demand for oil has grown 72 percent. As China has limited crude resources, Beijing is working to secure oil resources overseas and become self-sufficient in production of resources like gasoline, diesel, naphtha and jet-fuel, among others. Beijing is also looking to consolidate its state-owned oil companies, reform the pricing mechanism for gasoline and diesel and encourage pollution reducing measures. Some of these actions have drawn significant criticism from overseas, as Chinese firms cooperate with countries and governments that Western companies avoid.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;China&#8217;s imports of crude oil rose 13.9 percent last year, reaching almost four million barrels a day in 2009 with the majority coming from Saudi Arabia, Oman, Angola, Iran, Russia and Sudan. The reliance on countries with questionable political records has generated geo-political concerns as the West looks for China to play a more important role in international relations. Apparent demand&#8211;domestic production plus net imports for all oil&#60;br /&#62;
products rose 3.8 percent during the economic downturn of 2009. In comparison, the US demand for oil products declined slightly.&#60;img hspace="10" vspace="10" align="right" width="400" height="262" alt="" src="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/03/08/91f1a3c6c162559083e3bdda0618a5b3.jpg" /&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;To decrease China&#8217;s dependence on imports of products (gasoline, diesel, fuel oil, naphtha and jet-fuel), Beijing has encouraged oil refinery expansions and upgrades in recent years. Although domestic demand for these products increased, upgrades and new projects added so much capacity that China became a net exporter of gasoline and diesel, impacting prices on Asian markets.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Government policies over the past few years have favored state-owned companies, to the detriment of independent refineries. Only five companies have the right to import crude oil, which is tax free. Major foreign oil companies do not have import rights. Fuel oil is a product produced after refining crude oil and can typically be refined again to make more profitable products (e.g., diesel) and is often the feedstock independent for Chinese refineries. In 2009, China increased the consumption tax on fuel oil, and in 2010 it increased the import tax. Both measures make the already slim refining margins for independent refineries precarious. But the move also has its benefits. Beijing aims to increase cleaner fuels, while slowing growth in use of fuel oil, a heavily polluting energy source. It also consolidates power over the market into the hands of companies that produce products that comply with national regulations.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;China&#8217;s pricing scheme for gasoline and diesel use was originally designed to ensure that Chinese customers paid lower prices than most of the market. Beijing&#8217;s old pricing system set the retail price (or price at the pump) below international market levels. In 2008, Beijing had to write a large check to Sinopec, the country&#8217;s largest refining company, after the government forced the company to operate&#60;br /&#62;
at a loss.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Last fall, when the price of crude oil fell to US $40 a barrel from over US $130 a barrel in just six months, Beijing saw an opportunity to implement a new pricing scheme to encourage conservation. The pricing mechanism, in operation since December 2008, closely links the price of gasoline and diesel at the pump to the international price of crude oil. This guarantees a refining margin (profit) for state-owned companies as long as crude does not breach US $80 a barrel. This system is not without flaws, but encourages users not to buy excessively. Chinese consumers now face much more market-driven prices. New policies should have health benefits as well, as Beijing implemented China III gasoline nationwide this January, the equivalent of the Euro III environment&#60;br /&#62;
standard.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;u&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Nuclear&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/u&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Nuclear&#8217;s share of China&#8217;s energy production mix is just 1.2 percent now, and is likely to increase to five percent over the next six years. In order to meet this goal, China must add five GW a year of new capacity, or over 50 percent of the country&#8217;s total capacity. This would take China from their current nine GW to 70GW&#8211;the government&#8217;s goal&#8211;by 2020.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Skeptics doubt that nuclear capacity can increase in such a short period of time, but China already has 25GW of capacity under various stages of construction. These projects are scheduled to be online by 2015. More conservative estimates put 2020 nuclear capacity at 45GW.&#60;img hspace="10" vspace="10" align="right" width="400" height="252" alt="" src="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/03/08/9f1721db57d92548055be05888b45709.jpg" /&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Beijing sees nuclear power as a way of reducing its dependence on polluting coal-fired power, and is relatively confident about nuclear fuel supply security. China has mines in western Xinjiang province which produces low-grade uranium. The country also has deals to import uranium from Kazakhstan and Australia. The building of numerous plants in a short time, however, also raises serious questions over construction safety, management practices and security of uranium.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;The Chinese government encourages contracts with foreign firms to build nuclear power plants in China because during the early years of operation, the burden of fuel supply is shifted to the foreign partner. Beijing is actively pursuing knowledge transfer in deals between its companies and foreign firms with technical expertise, and asks that parts be manufactured in China. The country hopes to become a nuclear power equipment exporter.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Complicating the process is the patchwork of jurisdictions governing the nuclear process, forcing utilities to secure approval from numerous competing bodies to build new plants. All agencies involved are under the control of China&#8217;s State Council. However, infighting to gain greater control over projects is threatening progress. At least six different highlevel government agencies play a role in nuclear development. The China Atomic Energy Authority approves feasibility studies, the National Nuclear Safety Administration approves site proposals and the Ministry of Environmental Protection approves environmental studies. The State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission is the primary approval body, but needs final approval from the central economic planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;u&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Coal&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/u&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Coal powers about 70 percent of China. While coal prices are liberalized, electricity prices are strictly controlled by Beijing, providing fodder for disputes between utility and coal producers. Last year, coal producers and the country&#8217;s utility companies stalled on signing term contracts for months, resulting in spot purchases of coal from the international market. Due to the severity of congestion on railways transporting coal, imports from Southeast Asia are often more economical than coal mined domestically.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Consolidating the industry is a top priority for Beijing because of highly publicized accidents at small unregulated mines. Such moves also increase efficiency. Small mines are often closed only to re-open after authorities leave town. While Beijing aims to diversify beyond coal, this dirty energy source will continue to power the country for the foreseeable future.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;&#60;u&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Natural Gas&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/u&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;Natural gas comprises around four percent of China&#8217;s energy. This is likely to increase to five percent in 2010 and eight percent by 2015, due to new pipelines connecting Central Asia to China. Without changes to the pricing system, natural gas shortages remain a serious concern. Producers of natural gas, a cleaner alternative to coal, want higher prices before they increase production. Domestic and international prices vary significantly, making profitability in the Chinese market difficult. Domestic firms have pushed the NDRC for reforms and experts anticipate a new system within the year.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p style="text-align: left"&#62;China has a long way to go to reform its traditional energy sector and usher in cleaner energy sources. This year promises alterations to a flawed pricing system for oil and natural gas. Beijing faces the enormous challenge of finding a cleaner way to provide enough energy for its people. But in providing the correct pricing signals, Beijing can take the first step towards a cleaner future.&#60;/p&#62;
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&#60;em&#62;Kate Rosow is an analyst at Argus, which provides price assessments and business intelligence for energy markets.&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description> 
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<title>Deloitte Tax Analysis: More guidance on calculation of tax for nonresident establishments</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5709</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium;"&#62;Deloitte Tax Analysis: More guidance on calculation of tax for nonresident establishments&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
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&#60;p&#62;The State Administration of Taxation (SAT) issued two circulars on 20 February 2010 (Guoshuifa [2010] No. 19 (Circular 19) and Guoshuifa [2010] No. 18 (Circular 18)) that provide guidance on the calculation of Chinese Enterprise Income Tax (EIT) by nonresident companies with establishments in China.&#160; Circular 19 is applicable to nonresidents as stipulated in paragraph 2 of article 3 of the EIT Law, i.e. nonresident companies that derive China-source income from their establishments in China and non-China-sourced income that is effectively connected with the establishments in China.&#160; These two circulars, taken together with various previous circulars addressing the tax treatment of nonresident companies, indicate the continued focus and intent of the SAT to enforce the administration of nonresident companies.&#160; Please open and read the attachment for more details.&#60;br /&#62;
&#160;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: small;"&#62;Deloitte China Tax Analysis - March 9, 2010 &#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: x-small;"&#62;(&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: small;"&#62;&#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/03/09/f554edc99a6383b68ef9830b48cc9a99.pdf" target="_blank"&#62;&#60;img border="0" src="../../images/icon/pdf.png" alt="" /&#62; English&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: small;"&#62;, &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/03/09/050ab9c5cac482f23d7a7e56d539ee72.pdf" target="_blank"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: small;"&#62;&#60;img border="0" src="../../images/icon/pdf.png" alt="" /&#62; Chinese&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: small;"&#62;)&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: x-small;"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Morrison &amp; Foerster Client Alert: FIP Measures Take Effect; First FIP Registered; Implementing Rules and Policies Clarify Scope of Important New Vehicle for Foreign Investment</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5710</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;&#60;span lang="EN-US"&#62;China Update:&#160;FIP Measures Take Effect; First FIP Registered; Implementing Rules and Policies Clarify Scope of Important New Vehicle for Foreign Investment&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
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&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;span lang="EN-US"&#62;This week heralds the official launch of a new structure for foreign investment &#8212; the foreign-invested partnership (&#8220;FIP&#8221;) &#8212; with long-awaited Administrative Measures on the Establishment of Partnership Enterprises in China by Foreign Enterprises or Foreign Individuals (the &#8220;FIP Measures&#8221;) coming into effect. After the promulgation of several laws contemplating foreign involvement in partnerships over the past few years, there has been much anticipation about how FIPs might change the landscape for foreign investment. Will the FIP structure enable foreign investors to bypass the restrictive and often arbitrary foreign investment approvals regime? Will foreign investors be able to thereby compete for deals on a level playing field with newly ascendant domestic institutional investors? Will there be potential opportunities for foreign private equity and real estate investment man&#60;/span&#62;&#60;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&#62;&#60;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; color: black"&#62;a&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/font&#62;&#60;span lang="EN-US"&#62;gers to manage domestic RMB capital pools and enable the use of offshore-style partnership? &#60;br /&#62;
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We discuss these points further in this update. The FIP Measures appear to permit the streamlined establishment of foreign-invested partnerships with greater flexibility in regard to investment structuring than otherwise available with other foreign investment vehicles.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;span lang="EN-US"&#62;To read the full report, click &#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/03/09/5d118f5f87bc5dc73d01abb06d4e0cd5.pdf"&#62;here&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description> 
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<title>Deloitee Tax Analysis: New rules issued on taxation of foreign company's representative office in China</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5711</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium"&#62;New rules issued on taxation of foreign company&#039;s representative office in China&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
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&#60;p&#62;On 20 February 2010, the State Administration of Taxation issued a circular entitled &#8220;Tentative Measures for the Administration of Taxation on Representative Offices of Foreign Enterprises&#8221; (Guoshuifa [2010] No.18 (Circular 18)), to clarify and update the taxation policies with respect to representative offices (ROs) in China.&#160; The circular, which applies retroactively as from 1 January 2010 and abolishes previous guidance governing ROs, sets out the requirements relating to the methods to be used to calculate tax, the tax filing procedures, etc. applicable to ROs.&#160; Please open and read the attachment for more details.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Deloitte China Tax Analysis - March 8, 2010 (&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;a target="_blank" href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/03/09/bc996a16e3078021d36b54cc2149e605.pdf"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;img border="0" alt="" src="../../images/icon/pdf.png" /&#62; English&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;, &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a target="_blank" href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/03/09/02a94878dbe0f6c6b31702478b3204a0.pdf"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;img border="0" alt="" src="../../images/icon/pdf.png" /&#62; Chinese&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;)&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: x-small"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Deloitee Tax Analysis: New Protocol to the China-Barbados Income Tax Treaty</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5663</link> 
<description>&#60;div class="user_edit"&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium;"&#62;PRC Tax International and M&#38;A Tax Services: New Protocol to the China-Barbados Income Tax Treaty&#60;br /&#62;
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&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium;"&#62;A new protocol amending the existing almost 10-year old income tax treaty entered into between China and Barbados was signed on 10 February 2010. The Protocol aims to reflect changes introduced in China&#039;s domestic tax laws following the implementation of the new Enterprise Income Tax (&#38;quot;EIT&#38;quot;) Law which became effective on 1 January 2008 while improving the treaty-based mechanism for tax information exchange. The Protocol also amends the particularly favorable Capital Gains article in the treaty. The revision results in that (revised) article being similar to the China-Singapore tax treaty, and the Mainland China-Hong Kong Tax Arrangement.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;b&#62;&#60;font size="2" face="Arial" color="#00a1de"&#62;&#60;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 161, 222); font-size: 10.5pt; font-weight: bold;"&#62;&#60;o:p&#62;&#60;/o:p&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/font&#62;&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
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&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;Deloitte China Tax Analysis - March 1, 2010 (&#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/03/04/2b4176a7172f8f48d31961d8a5d7db0a.pdf" target="_blank"&#62;&#60;img border="0" src="http://www.amchamchina.org/images/icon/pdf.png" alt="" /&#62; English&#60;/a&#62;, &#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/03/04/1ecb890cfb3b5f673b7a35f9763a47ee.pdf"&#62;&#60;img border="0" src="http://www.amchamchina.org/images/icon/pdf.png" alt="" /&#62; Chinese&#60;/a&#62;)&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<category>Regulatory Alerts</category> 
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<title>Deloitee Tax Analysis: PRC Tax Transfer Pricing Services</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5612</link> 
<description>&#60;div class="user_edit"&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium;"&#62;China&#039;s tax authorities calling for transfer pricing contemporaneous documentation reports&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
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&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium;"&#62;The Shenzhen State Tax Bureau has recently issued a circular (Shen Guo Shui Han [2010] No.11 , Circular 11) dated 13 January 2010 to the tax bureaus at district levels that addresses the collection and management of transfer pricing (TP) contemporaneous documentation reports. The circular provides evidence of the Chinese tax authorities&#8217; determination to tighten transfer pricing compliance enforcement.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;b&#62;&#60;font size="2" face="Arial" color="#00a1de"&#62;&#60;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 161, 222); font-size: 10.5pt; font-weight: bold;"&#62;&#60;o:p&#62;&#60;/o:p&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/font&#62;&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
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&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;Deloitte China Tax Analysis - February 11, 2010 (&#60;a target="_blank" href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/02/11/a919ba6b1ba24890f8c6cdb8df90a9c3.pdf"&#62;&#60;img border="0" alt="" src="http://www.amchamchina.org/images/icon/pdf.png" /&#62; English&#60;/a&#62;, &#60;a target="_blank" href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/02/11/20bb8e71d02c70d6aae0f83a7e7a5ecc.pdf"&#62;&#60;img border="0" alt="" src="http://www.amchamchina.org/images/icon/pdf.png" /&#62; Chinese&#60;/a&#62;)&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<category>Regulatory Alerts</category> 
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<title>Deloitte Tax Analysis: PRC Issues Guidance on Qualification of EIT Exemption for Non-Profit Organizations</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5586</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: medium;"&#62;PRC Issues Guidance on Qualification of EIT Exemption for Non-Profit&#60;br /&#62;
Organizations: Opportunity or Challenge for Private Schools?&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Two recent circulars issued jointly by the Chinese Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the State Administration of Taxation (SAT) (Circular 123 (Cai Shui [2009] No. 123) and Circular 122 (Cai Shui [2009] No. 122)) provide guidance on the identification and approval of an enterprise income tax (EIT) exemption for qualifying non-profit organizations and clarify the scope of income that qualifies the exemption. The circulars apply retroactively as from 1 January 2008. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;Read more below. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;Deloitte China Tax Analysis - February 3, 2010 (&#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/02/08/f9575990bdcda79eb05734e3e015a8f6.pdf" target="_blank"&#62;&#60;img border="0" src="../../images/icon/pdf.png" alt="" /&#62; English&#60;/a&#62;, &#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/02/08/3492f103c9d2576dfa56b14be950e8dd.pdf" target="_blank"&#62;&#60;img border="0" src="../../images/icon/pdf.png" alt="" /&#62; Chinese&#60;/a&#62;)&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<category>Regulatory Alerts</category> 
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<title>Paul Weiss Analysis: New Regulations on Corporate Income Tax on Gains from Transfers of Equity Interest by Non Resident Enterprises</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5587</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;New Regulations on Corporate Income Tax on Gains from Transfers of Equity Interest by Non Resident Enterprises&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;In an attempt to strengthen regulation of corporate income tax (&#8220;CIT&#8221;) on gains from transfers (&#8220;Transfers&#8221;) by non-tax resident enterprises (&#8220;NTREs&#8221;) of equity interest in tax resident enterprises (&#8220;CTREs&#8221;), on December 10, 2009, the State Administration of Taxation issued Guoshuihan [2009] No. 698 (the &#8220;Notice&#8221;). The Notice focuses on Transfers that potentially could be viewed as structured by NTREs to avoid CIT in China and grants Chinese tax authorities power to conduct substantive review of, and adjust CIT on, such Transfers.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Click &#60;/span&#62;&#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/02/08/9b8f397b31515deaabc8e5c129e36ff1.pdf"&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;here&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62; to read full report. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Deloitte Tax Analysis: PRC Foreign Tax Credit Regime - (II) Analysis of Caishui [2009] No. 125</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5509</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;PRC Foreign Tax Credit Regime - (II) Analysis of Caishui [2009] No. 125&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;The PRC State Administration of Taxation and Ministry of Finance jointly issued a tax circular on 25 December 2009 (&#38;quot;Notice on Foreign Tax Credit Issues for Enterprise Income Tax&#38;quot;, Caishui [2009] No. 125 (Circular No. 125)) that interprets the foreign tax credit (FTC) rules as provided in articles 23 and 24 of the Enterprise Income Tax (EIT) Law. Further to our Tax Analysis (P94/2009, dated 10 December 2009) discussing the PRC FTC regime prior to the issuance of Circular No. 125, this article summarizes the key points of Circular No. 125, as well as our observations, to facilitate readers&#039; understanding of the new rules and keep pace with recent developments and changes to the PRC FTC regime.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
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&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;Deloitte China Tax Analysis - January 15, 2010 (&#60;a target="_blank" href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/01/18/c5ed4d42e871d9dd888358f7e025ced0.pdf"&#62;&#60;img border="0" alt="" src="/images/icon/pdf.png" /&#62; English&#60;/a&#62;, &#60;a target="_blank" href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2010/01/18/80c1f7d8101fdde5b48592a2a9ea2500.pdf"&#62;&#60;img border="0" alt="" src="/images/icon/pdf.png" /&#62; Chinese&#60;/a&#62;)&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Deloitte Analysis: China Wants to Impose Tax on the Sale of Foreign Company Owning Investment in China - A Trend or an Exception?</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5436</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;China Wants to Impose Tax on the Sale of Foreign Company Owning Investment in China - A Trend or an Exception?&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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The Chinese State Administration of Taxation released a circular (Guoshuihan No. 698 &#8211; Circular 698) on December 15, 2009 that addresses the transfer of shares by foreign nonresident companies.&#160; This is the first guidance since the government issued the M&#38;A tax rules, &#38;quot;Enterprise Income Tax Treatment of Enterprise Restructuring Transactions&#38;quot; (Caishui [2009] No. 59) in May 2009.&#160; Circular 698, which is effective retroactively to 1 January 2008, will have a significant impact on many companies that use offshore holding companies to invest in China.&#160; &#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;&#60;span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &#039;Arial&#039;,&#039;sans-serif&#039;; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#160;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;Deloitte China Tax Analysis - December 19, 2009 (&#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2009/12/28/89e35905a1d07cd7217613540d8699e3.pdf" target="_blank"&#62;&#60;img border="0" src="/images/icon/pdf.png" alt="" /&#62; English&#60;/a&#62;, &#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2009/12/28/2e47d93f25991c3072fe4e4afbc5b0a1.pdf" target="_blank"&#62;&#60;img border="0" src="/images/icon/pdf.png" alt="" /&#62; Chinese&#60;/a&#62;)&#60;/span&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<category>Regulatory Alerts</category> 
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<title>Jones Day Analysis: &quot;Partnerships: A New Form of Doing Business by Multinational Companies in China&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/5399</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;Partnerships: A New Form of Doing&#160;Business by Multinational Companies in China&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;On November 25, 2009, the China State Council issued the Measures for the Establishment of Partnerships within China by Foreign Enterprises and Foreign Individuals (the &#8220;Measures&#8221;), Order of State Council No. 567. According to the Measures, foreign enterprises and foreign individuals will be allowed to set up Chinese partnerships and participate in existing partnerships in China on and after March 1, 2010.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#160;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger;"&#62;Click &#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/download?path=/cmsfile/2009/12/16/10ad78675604312d06b27c0a660be1b1.pdf"&#62;here&#60;/a&#62; to read the full analysis by Jones Day.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/p&#62;</description> 
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<category>Regulatory Alerts</category> 
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<title>2009 White Paper on the State of American Business in China</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/3270</link> 
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Get Published in China Brief</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/3824</link> 
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<title>AmCham-China Wire: March 10, 2010</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/4969</link> 
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            &#60;td bgcolor="#eeeeee" height="30" valign="middle" width="50%"&#62;&#60;span class="subtitle"&#62;10 MARCH 2010&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/td&#62;
            &#60;td bgcolor="#eeeeee" height="30" valign="middle" width="50%" align="right"&#62;A service of &#60;a class="smalllink" target="_blank" href="http://www.amchamchina.org"&#62;AmCham-China&#60;/a&#62; and &#60;a class="smalllink" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net"&#62;&#60;img border="0" alt="SinoFile" valign="absmiddle" src="http://www.sinofile.net/com/amc/smlsinofile.gif" /&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;/td&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="top" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C1"&#62;1. Liu Mingkang: credit supply for 2010 will be set at RMB7.5tr&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C2"&#62;2. China won&#039;t use foreign exchange reserve to buy gold&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C3"&#62;3. Hope for renminbi appreciation appears, but no specific action&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C4"&#62;4. Deputy governor of central bank talks about national investment&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C5"&#62;5. US to impose anti-dumping duty of up to 349% on China&#039;s refractory bricks&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C6"&#62;6. A breakthrough for China&#039;s capital market begins with &#38;quot;bonds&#38;quot;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C7"&#62;7. CBRC asks to cautiously push forward pilot program for the comprehensive operation of non-bank financial institutions&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C8"&#62;8. Yi Gang: renminbi spot exchange rate and renminbi NDF stabilized&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C9"&#62;9. SASAC will inspect illegal and rule-violating projects in massive stimulus package&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="middle" width="100%" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;span class="subtitle"&#62;SELECTED FOREIGN REPORTS: 10 MARCH 2010&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/td&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="top" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/03/10/business/business-us-china-economy.html?scp=6&#38;sq=china&#38;st=nyt"&#62;Strong China Trade Data Make Case For Firmer Yuan&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(NYT - reg. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/03/10/business/business-us-geely-volvo.html?scp=3&#38;sq=china&#38;st=nyt"&#62;China&#039;s Geely Secures Financing to Buy Volvo: Report&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(NYT - reg. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/03/10/technology/tech-us-hp-china.html?scp=12&#38;sq=china&#38;st=nyt"&#62;Chinese Group Files Complaint Over &#039;Faulty&#039; HP Laptops&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(NYT - reg. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=59100567fd547210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;s=Business&#38;ss=Companies"&#62;Mainland exports jump 46pc in February&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=360f11834b647210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;s=News&#38;ss=China"&#62;Ministry of Agriculture plans to increase food safety measures&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=268a98591a647210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;s=News&#38;ss=China"&#62;US weighing WTO legal challenge in China internet censorship case&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=6843d6706d347210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;s=Business&#38;ss=Companies"&#62;Mainland car sales soar 55pc in February&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/td&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="top" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;a id="C1" name="C1"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;1. Liu Mingkang: credit supply for 2010 will be set at RMB7.5tr&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            Liu Mingkang, Chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), says that &#38;quot;2010 could be the most complicated year with regards to uncertainties. Faced with inflation expectations, we will have to deal with the problem of ample liquidity while at the same time maintaining continuity and stability in our policies.&#38;quot; He says that the Chinese government aims to restrict the credit supply to RMB7.5tr for the entire year of 2010.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Tencent, 2010.03.10]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/4CC0990071CE64ED482576E2000FD72A?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;1,370&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C2" name="C2"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;2. China won&#039;t use foreign exchange reserve to buy gold&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 9, Yi Gang, Deputy Governor of the central bank and Director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, says that, at present, China will not consider using its foreign exchange reserves to buy gold because long-term returns on investments in gold are low and China&#039;s purchase of gold could push up gold prices.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sina, 2010.03.10]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/B09A4E9319B50BC7482576E2001035EF?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;879&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C3" name="C3"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;3. Hope for renminbi appreciation appears, but no specific action&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of People&#039;s Bank of China, describes China&#039;s current exchange rate as a temporary response to the global financial crisis. This means China will gradually allow the renminbi to depeg from the US dollar. However, Zhou Xiaochuan did not specify how or when China will let the renminbi appreciate. This is not the first time Zhou Xiaochuan has made these remarks.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sina, 2010.03.10]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/80B815D5F112987B482576E200104741?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;825&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C4" name="C4"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;4. Deputy governor of central bank talks about national investment&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 9, Yi Gang, Deputy Governor of People&#039;s Bank of China and Director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), Huang Guobo, Chief Economist at the SAFE, and Guan Tao, Balance of Payments Department at the SAFE, answer questions about the management of foreign exchange and the foreign exchange reserve that were raised by Chinese and foreign reporters. Yi Gang says that it is market investment behavior for China to increase or reduce its holdings of US Treasury bonds. He does not expect the issue to be politicized. He says that hot money often flows into China through current accounts, FDI, individuals and underground banks. He says that any large gold purchases by China would certainly push up international gold prices.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sina, 2010.03.10]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/F47C41BD14DB7BC8482576E2001064D5?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;1,087&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C5" name="C5"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;5. US to impose anti-dumping duty of up to 349% on China&#039;s refractory bricks&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 4, the US Department of Commerce announces it has made a final determination to impose anti-dumping duties ranging from 132.74% to 349% on imports of refractory bricks from China.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sina, 2010.03.09]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/579BA0445FD316EB482576E200255EB4?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;319&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C6" name="C6"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;6. A breakthrough for China&#039;s capital market begins with &#38;quot;bonds&#38;quot;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            In his government work report, Premier Wen Jiabao asked for an active expansion of direct financing, an expansion of equity and an expansion of bond financing scale, so as to better satisfy diversified investment and financing requirements. This is the fifth consecutive year that content related to the promotion of the bond market has appeared in the government work report. Industry analysts think, after solving several difficult problems blocking the development of the bond market, China&#039;s bond market is expected to see rapid development.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Net Ease, 2010.03.10]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/35CCB802F9BB8B03482576E20010B2C9?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;2,176&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C7" name="C7"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;7. CBRC asks to cautiously push forward pilot program for the comprehensive operation of non-bank financial institutions&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            Liu Mingkang, Chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), said that a pilot program for the comprehensive operation of non-bank financial institutions should be cautiously pushed forward. He asked to prevent non-bank financial institutions from becoming the channel through which commercial banks could elude policy.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[JRJ, 2010.03.10]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/11BB14B82760BABD482576E2001005FF?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;433&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C8" name="C8"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;8. Yi Gang: renminbi spot exchange rate and renminbi NDF stabilized&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 9, Yi Gang, deputy governor of the central bank and director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, says at a press conference during the NPC and CPPCC meetings that China will continue to improve the formation of the mechanism for the renminbi exchange rate. During the process, China will keep the renminbi exchange rate at a reasonable and balanced level. Affected by his remarks, the renminbi spot exchange rate and renminbi NDF stabilize the same day.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[ifeng.com, 2010.03.10]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/605484198A3E5EF0482576E2001016E3?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;1,753&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C9" name="C9"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;9. SASAC will inspect illegal and rule-violating projects in massive stimulus package&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            Jia Fuxing, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of State-owned Assets Supervision and Management Commission (SASAC), recently said that the SASAC will send a delegation to watch over illegal and rule-violating projects by SOEs in the country&#039;s massive stimulus package from April to May this year in order to prevent corruption.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[ifeng.com, 2010.03.10]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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<title>AmCham-China Wire: March 09, 2010</title>
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            &#60;td bgcolor="#eeeeee" height="30" valign="middle" width="50%"&#62;&#60;span class="subtitle"&#62;09 MARCH 2010&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/td&#62;
            &#60;td bgcolor="#eeeeee" height="30" valign="middle" width="50%" align="right"&#62;A service of &#60;a class="smalllink" target="_blank" href="http://www.amchamchina.org"&#62;AmCham-China&#60;/a&#62; and &#60;a class="smalllink" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net"&#62;&#60;img border="0" alt="SinoFile" valign="absmiddle" src="http://www.sinofile.net/com/amc/smlsinofile.gif" /&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;/td&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="top" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C1"&#62;1. &#38;quot;Gold content&#38;quot; of China&#039;s GDP: residents&#039; incomes only account for 40% of GDP&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C2"&#62;2. Direction of China&#039;s economic development in 2010&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C3"&#62;3. Zhou Xiaochuan: US dollar peg is a temporary policy; renminbi appreciation not finalized&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C4"&#62;4. Ministry of Finance will allocate RMB50b to energy saving and emissions reduction this year&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C5"&#62;5. CPPCC member reveals reasons why official figures are inconsistent with the facts&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C6"&#62;6. US&#039; speculation regarding renminbi the exchange rate issue could heat up&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C7"&#62;7. Li Yizhong: subsidy will be increased to tens of thousands of yuan per new energy vehicle&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C8"&#62;8. SAIC: forbidding false advertising will be written into Advertisement Law&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C9"&#62;9. 2010 is a crucial year for China to accelerate transformation of the economic development mode&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="middle" width="100%" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;span class="subtitle"&#62;SELECTED FOREIGN REPORTS: 09 MARCH 2010&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/td&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="top" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703954904575109032555594548-search.html?KEYWORDS=China&#38;COLLECTION=wsjie/6month"&#62;China&#039;s Next Leaders Jockey for Position&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(AWSJ - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704869304575110621920790934.html"&#62;China Cautious on Gold Buying&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(AWSJ - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/03/09/business/AP-AS-China-US-Treasurys.html?_r=1&#38;scp=2&#38;sq=china&#38;st=nyt"&#62;China: US Assets Should Not Be &#039;Politicized&#039;&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(NYT - reg. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f8915d2674e37210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;vgnextfmt=teaser&#38;ss=China&#38;s=News"&#62;Airline chief warns of railways threat&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3697a35c95147210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;vgnextfmt=teaser&#38;ss=Companies&#38;s=Business"&#62;Sinopec&#039;s Shanghai Petrochem expects fuel hike soon&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=71255d2674e37210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;vgnextfmt=teaser&#38;ss=Companies&#38;s=Business"&#62;Lenders told to review risks of loans to government financing arms&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=72c55d2674e37210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;vgnextfmt=teaser&#38;ss=Companies&#38;s=Business"&#62;Spending on infrastructure to decline to 212b yuan&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=51355d2674e37210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;vgnextfmt=teaser&#38;ss=Companies&#38;s=Business"&#62;500 stores in China is Subway&#039;s 5-year goal&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/td&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="top" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;a id="C1" name="C1"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;1. &#38;quot;Gold content&#38;quot; of China&#039;s GDP: residents&#039; incomes only account for 40% of GDP&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            Yuan Gangming, a researcher from the Institute of the Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, says the direct feeling of residents is that GDP growth is more rapid than that of living standard. This is a result of China&#039;s GDP production structure and production pattern. He thinks residents&#039; incomes are closely related to GDP&#039;s gold content. At present, in the majority of developed countries, residents&#039; incomes account for 60% of their GDP. In contrast, China&#039;s residents&#039; incomes only account for 40% of its GDP. This is quite a difficult situation.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[www.ce.cn, 2010.03.09]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/5F795A5FA13BC385482576E100152D98?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;5,988&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C2" name="C2"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;2. Direction of China&#039;s economic development in 2010&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            In his government work report, Premier Wen Jiabao has definitively pointed out the development direction of China&#039;s economy in the future and an effective operational pattern. According to the government work report, the Chinese government is trying to explore its own sustainable economic growth mode and is trying to solve the various sequelae of the Chinese economy left by the global financial tsunami. This is the result of three big challenges that China&#039;s economic development is facing. The first is a problem related to market cultivation and domestic demand growth. The second is a problem related to profitability of Chinese enterprises. The third is a problem related to stabilization of the macro-economic environment and stabilization of the economic foundation based on social harmony.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[www.ce.cn, 2010.03.09]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/6165781A65D70115482576E100154BE0?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;4,968&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C3" name="C3"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;3. Zhou Xiaochuan: US dollar peg is a temporary policy; renminbi appreciation not finalized&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of People&#039;s Bank of China, says during the NPC and CPPCC meetings that current policy of renminbi pegging to the US dollar is a temporary one and that China will cease to peg its currency to the US dollar gradually. He hints that the renminbi won&#039;t appreciate against the US dollar radically. He says, &#38;quot;This is a part of our package of policies for dealing with the global financial crisis. Sooner or later, we will exit the policies. We will not yield to any pressure of any form forcing us to appreciate.&#38;quot;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Tencent, 2010.03.09]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/BB796BF02C3414C8482576E10014DA84?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;3,131&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C4" name="C4"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;4. Ministry of Finance will allocate RMB50b to energy saving and emissions reduction this year&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            Vice Minister of Finance Zhang Shaochun says on March 8 that the Ministry of Finance will increase investment, actively study new mechanisms, push forward measures of &#38;quot;reward replacing subsidy&#38;quot;, and encourage energy saving and emissions reduction. All of them represent the basic ideas of the Ministry of Finance on supporting emerging industries this year. He says hat the Ministry of Finance will allocate RMB50b to energy saving and emissions reduction this year, RMB20b more than last year, and RMB10.9b in renewable resource development, RMB3b more than last year.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sina, 2010.03.09]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/0AB9339F33C20F3C482576E10015BEAA?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;1,251&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C5" name="C5"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;5. CPPCC member reveals reasons why official figures are inconsistent with the facts&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 7, Wang Shaojie, vice chairman of the China National Democratic Construction Association and a CPPCC member, says that China should take steps to ensure that officials don&#039;t cook the books before they release statistics to the public in order to please the government. Many government statistics have been questioned by the public and considered to be inconsistent with the facts. He thinks some local governments fake figures because the current Statistics Law is not tough enough and doesn&#039;t require an exhausting verification system.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sina, 2010.03.08]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/8268062FF345D8E7482576E100158CDA?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;933&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C6" name="C6"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;6. US&#039; speculation regarding renminbi the exchange rate issue could heat up&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            Last Friday, former Chinese Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong said, &#38;quot;America&#039;s speculation regarding the renminbi exchange rate (appreciation) issue could heat up. What&#039;s more, other developed western countries may join in.&#38;quot;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sina, 2010.03.08]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/0E320C1D9BFCC688482576E10015A029?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;601&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C7" name="C7"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;7. Li Yizhong: subsidy will be increased to tens of thousands of yuan per new energy vehicle&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 8, Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Yizhong says that the MIIT and the Ministry of Finance plan to work out a policy to encourage consumption of new energy vehicles. Consumers will be given a subsidy of tens of thousands yuan per vehicle. In addition, he says that the MIIT has submitted opinions on mergers and restructuring of the steel industry to the State Council.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sina, 2010.03.08]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/71E31F3E3876D138482576E100162749?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;383&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C8" name="C8"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;8. SAIC: forbidding false advertising will be written into Advertisement Law&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 8, Zhou Bohua, director of the State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC), says that anyone, especially a celebrity, who is charged with false advertising, should take responsibility correspondingly because it damages consumers&#039; legitimate rights and interests. It will be written into the Advertisement Law that is being revised this year.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[People, 2010.03.09]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/07818DEDBCFDC142482576E100155CA1?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;792&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C9" name="C9"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;9. 2010 is a crucial year for China to accelerate transformation of the economic development mode&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            In his government work report, Premier Wen Jiabao says 2010 is a crucial year for China to continue to deal with the international financial crisis, keep stable and rapid economic development growth and accelerate transformation of the economic development mode. Although the development environment this year may be better than last year, China will face a very complicated situation.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[JRJ, 2010.03.09]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/12DB01AFBB265FD5482576E100157BAA?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;4,854&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;td bgcolor="#eeeeee" height="30" valign="middle" width="50%"&#62;&#60;span class="subtitle"&#62;08 MARCH 2010&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/td&#62;
            &#60;td bgcolor="#eeeeee" height="30" valign="middle" width="50%" align="right"&#62;A service of &#60;a class="smalllink" target="_blank" href="http://www.amchamchina.org"&#62;AmCham-China&#60;/a&#62; and &#60;a class="smalllink" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net"&#62;&#60;img border="0" alt="SinoFile" valign="absmiddle" src="http://www.sinofile.net/com/amc/smlsinofile.gif" /&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;/td&#62;
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            &#60;td&#62;&#60;span class="subtitle"&#62;SELECTED CHINA MEDIA REPORTS&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/td&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="top" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C1"&#62;1. Amendments to IPO and refinancing measures help issuers increase predictability&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C2"&#62;2. Zhou Xiaochuan: paying attention to inflation; currency policy to be adjusted dynamically&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C3"&#62;3. Vice Governor of People&#039;s Bank of China Su Ning: Renminbi to appreciate gradually&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C4"&#62;4. Ministry of Commerce resolutely opposes US&#039; abuse of trade remedy measures&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C5"&#62;5. Zhou Xiaochuan: opposes politicization of exchange rate issue&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C6"&#62;6. MIIT minister strives to commence pilot program of &#38;quot;three networks in one&#38;quot; at the end of April&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C7"&#62;7. US to consider RMB rate as subsidy; Chinese expert rebuts claim as distortion&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C8"&#62;8. MIIT is not investigating Google cyber attacks&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C9"&#62;9. International Finance News: trade friction forces appreciation of RMB&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C10"&#62;10. Central bank: adjustment of renminbi exchange rate will not depend on &#38;quot;foreign pressure&#38;quot;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="middle" width="100%" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;span class="subtitle"&#62;SELECTED FOREIGN REPORTS: 08 MARCH 2010&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/td&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="top" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704869304575108871130409064-search.html?KEYWORDS=China&#38;COLLECTION=wsjie/6month"&#62;Moving While Staying Still on the Yuan&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(AWSJ - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704869304575104160808480810-search.html?KEYWORDS=China&#38;COLLECTION=wsjie/6month"&#62;Economic Roar in China May Be Too Strong&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(AWSJ - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/03/08/world/AP-AS-China-Politics.html?_r=1&#38;scp=2&#38;sq=china&#38;st=nyt"&#62;China Looks to Narrow City-Rural Development Gap&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(NYT - reg. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/03/08/business/business-uk-arrow.html?scp=7&#38;sq=china&#38;st=nyt"&#62;Shell, PetroChina Bid ￡2 Billion For Arrow&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(NYT - reg. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3890b823f5937210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;vgnextfmt=teaser&#38;ss=China&#38;s=News"&#62;China plans Asia-Europe rail network&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2add576e22937210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;vgnextfmt=teaser&#38;ss=Companies&#38;s=Business"&#62;Blind eye to billions in bad debts&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=22c4576e22937210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;vgnextfmt=teaser&#38;ss=Companies&#38;s=Business"&#62;Mainland set to continue coal imports for this year&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f023576e22937210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;vgnextfmt=teaser&#38;ss=Companies&#38;s=Business"&#62;Shareholder wrangling leads to six-year delay in completion of mine project despite shortage&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/td&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="top" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;a id="C1" name="C1"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;1. Amendments to IPO and refinancing measures help issuers increase predictability&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 7, Zhu Congjiu, assistant to the chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), says that CSRC will revise the two measures related to IPOs and refinancing that will help issuers increase their predictability.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Xinhuanet, 2010.03.08]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/344972EC8167E0C0482576E00014D53F?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;630&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C2" name="C2"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;2. Zhou Xiaochuan: paying attention to inflation; currency policy to be adjusted dynamically&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 6, at a press conference for the 13th Meeting of the 11th NPC, Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of People&#039;s Bank of China, says that China&#039;s currency policy will be adjusted dynamically according to feedback from economic indicators. The growth rate of the broad money supply, the M2, will be about 17% this year and new RMB loans will be increased by RMB7.5tri.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[www.chinamining.com.cn, 2010.03.08]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/6DA54F0FED584505482576E000150F4C?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;539&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C3" name="C3"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;3. Vice Governor of People&#039;s Bank of China Su Ning: Renminbi to appreciate gradually&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            Su Ning, Vice Governor of People&#039;s Bank of China, says the appreciation of the renminbi will help China obtain more benefits from international exchanges in the long-term. However, in the short-term, the appreciation of the renminbi will not help China realize international trade balance.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sohu, 2010.03.08]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/75175DCD5689A340482576E000159203?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;488&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C4" name="C4"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;4. Ministry of Commerce resolutely opposes US&#039; abuse of trade remedy measures&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            The US Department of Commerce recently issued a preliminary announcement about two pairs of countervailing cases on imports of coated paper and phosphate salts from China. March 5, Yao Jian, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, says that China resolutely opposes the US&#039; abuse of trade remedy measures. He says frequent countervailing probes by the US into Chinese products have unfairly restricted normal exports. He says that China will negotiate with the US over the unfair move to protect the interests of Chinese companies.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sina, 2010.03.06]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/9285703B9E35FAE3482576E000159EC3?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;405&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C5" name="C5"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;5. Zhou Xiaochuan: opposes politicization of exchange rate issue&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 6, at a press conference for the 13th Meeting of the 11th NPC, Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of People&#039;s Bank of China, says that exchange rate issues should not be politicized. China chooses its exchange rate mechanism according to regulations by the International Monetary Fund.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sina, 2010.03.06]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/744CF148C50DC154482576E00015ACA5?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;668&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C6" name="C6"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;6. MIIT minister strives to commence pilot program of &#38;quot;three networks in one&#38;quot; at the end of April&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            China will integrate three networks, including the telecom network, the Internet network and the TV broadcast network. March 5, the Minister of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) says the pilot program for &#38;quot;three networks in one&#38;quot; is expected to begin at the end of April.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sina, 2010.03.05]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/1DE3E70BCFE9A6B1482576E000153E6C?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;772&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C7" name="C7"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;7. US to consider RMB rate as subsidy; Chinese expert rebuts claim as distortion&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            Tim Turman, spokesman for the International Trade Administration under the US Department of Commerce, says, &#38;quot;We&#039;re considering an anti-subsidy investigation for manipulating the RMB exchange rate.&#38;quot; Mo Shijian, dean of the Law Institute under the China University of Political Science and Law, says that, according to IMF regulations, IMF members can choose a floating or fixed exchange rate. It is a distortion to include RMB exchange rate issues in discussions of fair trade.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sina, 2010.03.05]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/87EB81E4393CE71E482576E000156355?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;1,545&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C8" name="C8"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;8. MIIT is not investigating Google cyber attacks&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            The Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said yesterday (March 7) that Google had never filed a report with the MIIT over the cyber attacks nor did it seek negotiations. He said, &#38;quot;If Google has evidence that the attacks came from China, the Chinese government will welcome them to provide the information and will severely punish the offenders according to the law. We never support hacking attacks because China also falls victim to hacking attacks.&#38;quot;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[People, 2010.03.08]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/EF2DB74AFAF47DC6482576E00014ED1E?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;426&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C9" name="C9"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;9. International Finance News: trade friction forces appreciation of RMB&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 4, the US Department of Commerce decides to levy 132.74% and 349% anti-dumping taxes on imported magnesia carbon bricks from China. An analyst points out that the US hopes to force the renminbi to appreciate significantly through the use of trade friction.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[People, 2010.03.08]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/8642EED1240E8D2C482576E00014FED1?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;1,316&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C10" name="C10"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;10. Central bank: adjustment of renminbi exchange rate will not depend on &#38;quot;foreign pressure&#38;quot;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            People&#039;s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan says that both the large appreciation or depreciation of the renminbi will influence the development of the Chinese economy. The renminbi should be appreciated gradually and slowly. Su Ning, Vice Governor of Peoples&#039; Bank of China, says the appreciation of the renminbi will help China obtain more benefits from international exchanges over the long-term. However, in the short-term, the appreciation of the renminbi will not help China realize international trade balance.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[JRJ, 2010.03.08]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/092F76CD63D39B06482576E0001529FF?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;1,838&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;td bgcolor="#eeeeee" height="30" valign="middle" width="50%"&#62;&#60;span class="subtitle"&#62;05 MARCH 2010&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/td&#62;
            &#60;td bgcolor="#eeeeee" height="30" valign="middle" width="50%" align="right"&#62;A service of &#60;a class="smalllink" target="_blank" href="http://www.amchamchina.org"&#62;AmCham-China&#60;/a&#62; and &#60;a class="smalllink" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net"&#62;&#60;img border="0" alt="SinoFile" valign="absmiddle" src="http://www.sinofile.net/com/amc/smlsinofile.gif" /&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;/td&#62;
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            &#60;td&#62;&#60;span class="subtitle"&#62;SELECTED CHINA MEDIA REPORTS&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/td&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="top" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C1"&#62;1. Vice Minister of Health Huang Jiefu: Human Organ Transplantation Regulations to be revised this year&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C2"&#62;2. Member of CPPCC says impact of outflow of hot money on China should not be underestimated&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C3"&#62;3. Jia Kang: property tax won&#039;t be imposed forever on the first apartment of home buyers&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C4"&#62;4. Report says China surpassed the US to become the world&#039;s largest real estate investment market last year&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C5"&#62;5. Ye Tan: China can not allow renminbi to appreciate rapidly&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C6"&#62;6. Supervision and Management Methods of Local Governments&#039; Financial Platforms to be issued in March this year at the earliest&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C7"&#62;7. EIBC to issue bonds worth RMB190 billion&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C8"&#62;8. Zhu Jianfang: renminbi may begin to appreciate in second or third quarter of the year&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C9"&#62;9. It is irrational to guess that China will sell US Treasury bonds&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C10"&#62;10. US may take China to WTO over Google saga&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="middle" width="100%" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;span class="subtitle"&#62;SELECTED FOREIGN REPORTS: 05 MARCH 2010&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/td&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="top" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703427704575052303975503216.html"&#62;China Gives Glimpse of U.S. Holdings&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(AWSJ - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703502804575101501404384916-search.html?KEYWORDS=China&#38;COLLECTION=wsjie/6month"&#62;Toyota Plans Sales Push in China&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(AWSJ - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/03/05/news/news-us-china.html?scp=3&#38;sq=china&#38;st=nyt"&#62;China Tightens Belt But Keeps Eye on Social Rifts&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(NYT - reg. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/03/05/technology/tech-us-microsoft-china.html?scp=10&#38;sq=china&#38;st=nyt"&#62;Microsoft to Stay Its China Course Despite Google Spat&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(NYT - reg. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=cf99e94e7bc27210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;s=News&#38;ss=China"&#62;Wen boosts social spending, targets minorities&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=954296d381c27210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;s=Business&#38;ss=Companies"&#62;Beijing vows steady course, expects 8pc growth this year&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2cf4e94e7bc27210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;s=Business&#38;ss=Companies"&#62;Lending now stable, says mainland regulator&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/05/business/global/05yuan.html"&#62;Market Defies Fear of Real Estate Bubble in China&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(IHT)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/05/world/asia/05china.html"&#62;China Says It Is Slowing Down Military Spending&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(IHT)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/td&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="top" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;a id="C1" name="C1"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;1. Vice Minister of Health Huang Jiefu: Human Organ Transplantation Regulations to be revised this year&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 4, Huang Jiefu, CPPCC member and Vice Minister of Health, says the &#38;quot;Human Organ Transplantation Regulations&#38;quot; will be revised this year. The Red Cross Society of China will be in charge of the donation of organs.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Tencent, 2010.03.05]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/0D1FD9E2429E0D93482576DD000C97CC?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;730&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a id="C2" name="C2"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;2. Member of CPPCC says impact of outflow of hot money on China should not be underestimated&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 4, Li Jiajie, Vice Director of the Economy Committee of the CPPCC, says the outflow of hot money over a short period of time will impact China&#039;s capital market. Statistics show that the inflow of hot money into China has reached $800b. China&#039;s economy is facing pressure from the appreciation of the renminbi, a decrease in exports and a bubble in the real estate market.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sohu, 2010.03.05]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/03ECDBB2C03567DC482576DD000DD4C6?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;684&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C3" name="C3"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;3. Jia Kang: property tax won&#039;t be imposed forever on the first apartment of home buyers&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            Jia Kang, a CPPCC member and Director of the Institute of Fiscal Science under the Ministry of Finance, says that levying a property tax will bring stable tax revenue to local governments and also curb speculation in the real estate market. At least, a price surge in the current real estate market won&#039;t take place. However, he does not suggest that China levy a property tax on the first apartment of home buyers forever.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sohu, 2010.03.05]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/F59948DCD5F7839E482576DD000E2B7E?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;1,794&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C4" name="C4"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;4. Report says China surpassed the US to become the world&#039;s largest real estate investment market last year&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 3, according to a research report issued by Cushman &#38; Wakefield, China surpassed the US to become the world&#039;s largest real estate investment market in 2009. Worldwide investment in real estate was $365b in 2009. The figure was $156.2b in China, up 100% from 2008 and accounting for about 40% of global investment. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Net Ease, 2010.03.05]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/2D0EDDD577514DB2482576DD000DA60D?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;999&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C5" name="C5"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;5. Ye Tan: China can not allow renminbi to appreciate rapidly&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            This article is written by Ye Tan, a famous financial and economic commentator. She says that China can not allow the renminbi to appreciate rapidly. If the renminbi appreciates by 20% in the short-term then domestic exporters can not survive, even though they are given an export tax rebate. Meanwhile, the price of capital will fall sharply. At present, the best way is to keep the renminbi exchange rate unchanged, increase welfare of local residents, set up a basic social security system and reduce taxes of SMEs. Capital re-distribution and inner adjustment can transfer the pressure of renminbi appreciation. This means China should accelerate the transformation of its economic development mode.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[JRJ, 2010.03.05]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/502ECDC84336CD46482576DD000D7FD3?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;1,744&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C6" name="C6"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;6. Supervision and Management Methods of Local Governments&#039; Financial Platforms to be issued in March this year at the earliest&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 4, Yan Qingmin, CPPCC member and Director of the Shanghai Municipal Banking Regulatory Commission, says the &#38;quot;Supervision and Management Methods of Local Governments&#039; Financial Platforms&#38;quot; will be issued by the Ministry of Finance in March this year at the earliest.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[JRJ, 2010.03.05]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/EFE9F4F5138C8F7F482576DD000DC105?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;907&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C7" name="C7"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;7. EIBC to issue bonds worth RMB190 billion&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 4, the China Export-Import Bank of China (EIBC) announces that EIBC will issue policy finance bonds worth RMB190b for 2010, including medium-term and long-term bonds worth RMB160b and short-term bonds worth RMB30b.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[JRJ, 2010.03.04]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/AFAA577126D5F3DA482576DD000C7F00?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;353&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C8" name="C8"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;8. Zhu Jianfang: renminbi may begin to appreciate in second or third quarter of the year&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 4, Zhu Jianfang, chief economist at CITIC Securities, says that after the CPPCC and NPC meetings China may raise the interest rate, either at the end of the first quarter or in the early second quarter of the year. The renminbi may begin to appreciate in the second or third quarter of the year. The renminbi against the US dollar may appreciate by 3%-5% in 2010 on the whole.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[ifeng.com, 2010.03.05]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/EFF2497FA12B399D482576DD000D8FA5?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;2,069&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C9" name="C9"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;9. It is irrational to guess that China will sell US Treasury bonds&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is worried that China may sell large amounts of US Treasury bonds. The article thinks it is unnecessary to worry about it. The possibility that China will sell large amount of US Treasury bonds on the international financial market is close to zero. Selling US Treasury bonds will make China suffer direct economic losses. Meanwhile, it will incur big political and economic pressure from the US and its allies.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Hexun, 2010.03.05]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/D0FBEE43FE711D01482576DD000DE3BE?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;1,147&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C10" name="C10"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;10. US may take China to WTO over Google saga&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            The US government is pondering a suggestion from Google to take &#38;quot;China&#039;s Internet censorship to the World Trade Organization (WTO) as an unfair barrier to trade,&#38;quot; Bloomberg reported Tuesday. &#38;quot;The US Trade Representative&#039;s office (USTR) is consulting with industry groups about China&#039;s Internet policies,&#38;quot; the report quoted Carol Guthrie, USTR spokeswoman, as saying, adding that two groups with links to Google &#8211; the Computer &#38; Communications Industry Association and the First Amendment Coalition &#8211; have told the USTR that &#38;quot;China&#039;s restrictions on Web access and content discriminate against US Internet companies and online commerce.&#38;quot; The report came one day after Nicole Wong, Google&#039;s deputy general counsel, attended a congressional hearing in Washington on Monday, where she said that going to the WTO is &#38;quot;well worth consideration.&#38;quot;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[CCID, 2010.03.04]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/5A936DF6EA4B4A0D482576DD000D246C?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;529&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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<title>Cham-China Wire: March 4, 2010</title>
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            &#60;td bgcolor="#eeeeee" height="30" valign="middle" width="50%"&#62;&#60;span class="subtitle"&#62;04 MARCH 2010&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/td&#62;
            &#60;td bgcolor="#eeeeee" height="30" valign="middle" width="50%" align="right"&#62;A service of &#60;a class="smalllink" target="_blank" href="http://www.amchamchina.org"&#62;AmCham-China&#60;/a&#62; and &#60;a class="smalllink" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net"&#62;&#60;img border="0" alt="SinoFile" valign="absmiddle" src="http://www.sinofile.net/com/amc/smlsinofile.gif" /&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;/td&#62;
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            &#60;td&#62;&#60;span class="subtitle"&#62;SELECTED CHINA MEDIA REPORTS&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/td&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="top" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C1"&#62;1. Mutual respect is key for stable development of China-US relations&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C2"&#62;2. CBRC sends a warning&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C3"&#62;3. US probes China&#039;s holding of $90b of US Treasury bonds&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C4"&#62;4. China overtakes US as top property market&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C5"&#62;5. Luo Fuhe: improving policies and measures; keeping stable and rapid economic development&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C6"&#62;6. China&#039;s high-speed railways to top the world; China will invest RMB900b in the next three years&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C7"&#62;7. Yi Gang, deputy governor of central bank: cross-border carry trade may push up expectations of renminbi appreciation&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C8"&#62;8. US&#039; &#38;quot;seven weapons&#38;quot; will block China&#039;s foreign investment&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C9"&#62;9. US considering imposing anti-subsidy tax on RMB exchange rate&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold" href="#C10"&#62;10. US imposes anti-subsidy duties on coated paper imported from China&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="middle" width="100%" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;span class="subtitle"&#62;SELECTED FOREIGN REPORTS: 04 MARCH 2010&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/td&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="top" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704541304575100003251066776.html"&#62;Ch&#193;vez, Shunning IMF, Gushes About China Oil-for-Credit Deal&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(AWSJ - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/03/04/ready-set-go-chinas-npc-frenzy/?mod=rss_WSJBlog&#38;mod=chinablog"&#62;Ready, Set, Go: China&#8217;s NPC Frenzy&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(AWSJ - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/03/03/china-vs-us-commentators-square-off/?mod=rss_WSJBlog&#38;mod=chinablog"&#62;China vs. U.S.: Commentators Square Off&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(AWSJ - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/03/04/world/AP-AS-China-Politics.html?scp=3&#38;sq=china&#38;st=nyt"&#62;China Announces 7.5 Pct Jump in Defense Spending&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(NYT - reg. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/03/04/business/business-uk-china-ironore.html?scp=4&#38;sq=china&#38;st=nyt"&#62;China Iron Ore Price Hike Report Seen as &#38;quot;Posturing&#38;quot;&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(NYT - reg. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/business/global/04emerge.html?scp=5&#38;sq=china&#38;st=nyt"&#62;Developing Nations Setting Torrid Pace for Mergers&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(NYT - reg. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=6bc18c8d3b427210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;s=News&#38;ss=China"&#62;Delegate suggests closing internet cafes - then has website hacked&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=669eaa6417727210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;s=Business&#38;ss=Companies"&#62;Sina profit falls short of expectations&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=0f8c473e5f627210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&#38;s=Business&#38;ss=Companies"&#62;Beijing drafts rules to rein in local government borrowing&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(SCMP - subs. req.)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/world/asia/04beijing.html"&#62;Politicians, Lobbyists and Complainers Descend on Beijing&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(IHT)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="titlelink" target="_blank" href="http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=2&#38;art_id=95316&#38;sid=27277716&#38;con_type=1&#38;d_str=20100304&#38;fc=7"&#62;Expo hopes ease Clear Media blow&#60;/a&#62;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="text-decoration: none"&#62;(Standard)&#60;span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/td&#62;
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            &#60;td valign="top" colspan="2"&#62;&#60;a id="C1" name="C1"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;1. Mutual respect is key for stable development of China-US relations&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 2, Zhao Qizheng, spokesman for the second session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People&#039;s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), uses an automotive analogy to describe China-US relations and the message is the hope for a smoother ride. He says, &#38;quot;It has two drivers. Americans should know this. China also has control over the steering wheel, the accelerator, and the brake. The two drivers must consult with each other to drive the car. Otherwise it will only spin around.&#38;quot;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sina, 2010.03.04]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/DE47D6F41380FE1D482576DC0013411C?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;1,145&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C2" name="C2"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;2. CBRC sends a warning&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) recently issued a circular about risk indication of housing mortgage loans. According to the circular, commercial banks are required to tighten approval and examination for applicants of housing mortgage loans. They are also required to strictly carry out the guarantee admittance system. CBRC asks commercial banks to carry out dynamic and follow-up monitoring for such guarantees.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sina, 2010.03.04]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/C26E51CC6774FF92482576DC001480C3?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;262&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C3" name="C3"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;3. US probes China&#039;s holding of $90b of US Treasury bonds&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            This was the first time the US and China held a hearing over China&#039;s holding of US Treasury bonds since the US Department of Finance published revised data for China&#039;s holding of US Treasury bonds. According to the latest data, as of the end of Dec. 2009, China held $894.8b worth of US Treasury bonds and was still the world&#039;s biggest holder of US Treasury bonds. Michael Wessel, Chairman of US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, said the US&#039; purchase of Chinese commodities and China&#039;s purchase of US Treasury bonds has formed mutual relations.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sina, 2010.03.03]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/AD2F8E472D96932E482576DC0013D421?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;945&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C4" name="C4"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;4. China overtakes US as top property market&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 3, Cushman &#38; Wakefield LLP says in a research report that China overtook the US as the world&#039;s biggest property investment market last year and will probably keep the lead in 2010 through economic growth and a lower reliance on debt. Real estate investment in China more than doubled to $156.2b last year, while the total for the US slumped 64% to $38.3b. Excluding residential investments, the US came third after China and the UK.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sina, 2010.03.03]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/35CAE9885707BC04482576DC001417B0?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;882&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C5" name="C5"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;5. Luo Fuhe: improving policies and measures; keeping stable and rapid economic development&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            Luo Fuhe, vice chairman of 11th CPPCC National Committee, says on March 3 that the 11th CPPCC National Committee last year put forward more than 1,800 proposals about the financial crisis, expanding domestic demand, structural adjustment, self-innovation, energy-saving and emission reduction, ecological environmental protection, low-carbon economy, work for farmers, rural areas and agricultural, coordinated development between urban and rural areas. Many proposals have been adopted and carried out by the party and the central government.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Sina, 2010.03.03]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/BB08344174E5DE9D482576DC0024CBEC?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;974&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C6" name="C6"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;6. China&#039;s high-speed railways to top the world; China will invest RMB900b in the next three years&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            The length of China&#039;s high-speed railway will reach 13,000 km by the end of 2012, forming the world&#039;s largest high-speed railway network, according to the latest plan from the Ministry of Railways. In the next three years, China will see 26,000 km of railways put into use, among them 9,200 km for high-speed trains, Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun said during the 2010 National Railway Working Conference. The cost of building 1 km of lines for high-speed railways is about RMB100m; investment in the network for the next three years will amount to more than RMB900b.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Net Ease, 2010.03.04]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/8A5C02E96A4DA3ED482576DC0013857E?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;2,449&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C7" name="C7"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;7. Yi Gang, deputy governor of central bank: cross-border carry trade may push up expectations of renminbi appreciation&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            Yi Gang, deputy governor of the central bank, says that since China&#039;s interest rate is at quite a high level, cross-boarder carry trade may push up expectations of renminbi appreciation. He points out that China&#039;s net inflow of foreign exchange may rise in 2010. As the global economy gradually recovers, China&#039;s foreign trade may start to improve. China&#039;s FDI may also rise at a stable pace, but cross-border capital inflow pressure will also increase.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Lgmi, 2010.03.04]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/BA5CE3EDB707A6C9482576DC00146EFE?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;946&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C8" name="C8"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;8. US&#039; &#38;quot;seven weapons&#38;quot; will block China&#039;s foreign investment&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            Leo Hindery Jr., a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, said on Feb. 26 that he is unsatisfied with China&#039;s efforts to lead the global economic recovery after a two-week visit to China. He put forward seven proposals, which seem very much like trade protectionism, to the US government and congress in order to restrain China. For example, the US should impose a retaliatory duty on goods imported from China in order to recover 150%-200% of the IPR value stolen by China, the US government should carry out the principle of &#38;quot;buy American,&#38;quot; the US should strictly check on China&#039;s investment in the US and the US should study China&#039;s holding of US Treasury bonds. He suggests the US enhance its monitoring of China&#039;s investment activities.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[JRJ, 2010.03.04]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/1E95935DA4F10A3C482576DC00144BCC?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;2,302&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C9" name="C9"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;9. US considering imposing anti-subsidy tax on RMB exchange rate&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            Tim Turman, spokesman for the International Trade Administration under the US Department of Commerce, says, &#38;quot;We&#039;re considering an anti-subsidy investigation for manipulating the RMB exchange rate.&#38;quot;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[ifeng.com, 2010.03.04]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/60A18AB753B2000B482576DC00118A33?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;1,830&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;a id="C10" name="C10"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;span class="titlelink" style="font-weight: bold"&#62;10. US imposes anti-subsidy duties on coated paper imported from China&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            March 2, the US Department of Commerce says the US has imposed a preliminary anti-subsidy duty of 12.83% on coated paper from China&#039;s Gold East Paper and 3.92% on coated paper from China&#039;s Shandong Sun Paper Industry. Other Chinese enterprises involved in the anti-subsidy probe will face anti-subsidy duties of 8.83% on their coated paper.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#60;span class="titlelink"&#62;[Hexun, 2010.03.04]&#60;/span&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;a class="smalllink" title="click on the PReSEARCH link for SinoFile&#039;s cache of an article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sinofile.net/clients/amcweb.nsf/amcA/7FD4688774ADC784482576DC00119CB7?opendocument"&#62;&#60;span class="smalllink"&#62;563&#160;words&#60;/span&#62;&#160;-&#160;PReSEARCH it now&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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<title>AmCham-China Bulletin: March 04, 2010</title>
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            &#60;p&#62;In May, US Commerce Secretary &#60;strong&#62;Gary Locke &#60;/strong&#62;will lead the Administration&#8217;s first cabinet-level trade mission to China and Indonesia. The clean energy business development missions will promote exports of leading US technologies related to clean energy, energy efficiency, and electric energy storage, transmission, and distribution. The missions will take place May 15-25 and make stops in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, and in Jakarta, Indonesia.&#60;/p&#62;
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            &#60;p&#62;In China, the mission will take place on May 15-21 and company participation is not dependent on attending the Indonesia portion. Companies can contact Bryan Larson in the Commercial Section at the US Embassy in Beijing for more information at &#60;a href="mailto:Bryan.Larson@mail.doc.gov"&#62;Bryan.Larson@mail.doc.gov&#60;/a&#62; or (86-10) 8531-3129.&#60;/p&#62;
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            &#60;p&#62;The special guest speaker at the event was the US Ambassador to China &#60;strong&#62;Jon Huntsman Jr&#60;/strong&#62;., who was also visiting Wuhan for the first time as Ambassador. Both the Ambassador and the new Consul discussed the US government&#8217;s activities in Wuhan and gave their views about important issues relating to US businesses in central China. They also discussed the chamber&#8217;s membership and importance of working together.&#60;/p&#62;
            &#60;p&#62;AmCham-China works in conjunction with the Consulate to hold briefings for members on the latest policies affecting American businesses. These briefings provide valuable insight into China&#8217;s macroeconomic situation and US-China bilateral relations.&#60;/p&#62;
            &#60;p&#62;In addition, US Consulate General Wuhan Diane Sovereign talked to AmCham-China Brief Insight recently about her new position, the challenges that face the US business community in Central China and cooperation with the AmCham-China, Central China Chapter. Click &#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/article/index/5564"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;here&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/a&#62; to listen to her podcast. Ambassador Huntsman also recently spoke to China Brief Insight on the future of US-China relations. Listen &#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/article/index/5579"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;here&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;p&#62;The event concluded with a farewell to Timothy Stratford, who is leaving the USTR for private practice. Former leaders of AmCham-China took the stage to share stories and memories, and presented Mr. Stratford with a parting gift.&#60;/p&#62;
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            &#60;p&#62;Members of AmCham-China and the EU Chamber of Commerce in China filled the Kerry Centre&#039;s Kowloon Room on February 3 to see high-ranking Chinese officials and industry experts speak about implementing regulations for China&#8217;s new Patent Law. AmCham-China President &#60;strong&#62;Michael Barbalas&#60;/strong&#62; gave opening remarks and congratulated China&#8217;s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) on 30 years of operations.&#60;br /&#62;
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            Following the opening remarks, SIPO Commissioner &#60;strong&#62;Tian Lipu&#60;/strong&#62; explained his office&#039;s new role in intellectual property (IP) protection and discussed new measures to improve patent quality and disseminate information. Later, Judge &#60;strong&#62;Kong Xiangjun&#60;/strong&#62;, president of China&#8217;s Intellectual Property Tribunal, presented the newly issued judicial interpretation on patent infringement and discussed the scope of patent rights protection in China. &#60;br /&#62;
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            After the conclusion of the remarks by &#60;strong&#62;Mr. Tian&#60;/strong&#62; and &#60;strong&#62;Judge Kong&#60;/strong&#62;, the audience heard from a panel of patent experts. Patent counsel for ABB &#60;strong&#62;Ryan Huang&#60;/strong&#62;, IBM senior counsel for IP law &#60;strong&#62;Zhang Yan&#60;/strong&#62;, senior patent counsel for GlaxoSmithKline &#60;strong&#62;James Kellerman&#60;/strong&#62; and Microsoft attorney &#60;strong&#62;Haitao Wu&#60;/strong&#62; participated on the industry panel. The experts gave their opinions on the implementing regulations and what they mean for foreign businesses. The discussion was moderated by Of Counsel at Jones Day &#60;strong&#62;Mark Cohen&#60;/strong&#62;, who serves as a co-chair for AmCham-China&#039;s IPR Forum. &#60;br /&#62;
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            The event closed with remarks from President of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China &#60;strong&#62;Joerg Wuttke&#60;/strong&#62; about the future of foreign-invested enterprises in China under the country&#039;s Indigenous Innovation Policy. AmCham-China would like to thank all of the event&#039;s participants, including SIPO Director General &#60;strong&#62;Lu Guoliang&#60;/strong&#62; for his continued support.&#60;/p&#62;
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            &#60;p&#62;AmCham-China, BritCham, China-Britain Business Council and the EU Chamber of Commerce in China came together in the Kerry Centre Hotel on February 1 to hear the forecasts of two leading economic experts. &#60;strong&#62;William Adams&#60;/strong&#62;, resident economist at the Conference Board China Center for Economics and Business, shared his predictions about inflation, GDP growth and consumer spending in 2010. Meanwhile, &#60;strong&#62;Arthur Kroeber&#60;/strong&#62;, managing director of research at advisory firm Dragonomics, presented his theories on China&#8217;s economic future beyond 2010. He addressed labor force demands and the consumer-price index. &#60;strong&#62;Richard Margolis&#60;/strong&#62; of Rolls Royce North-East Asia moderated the lively presentation.&#60;br /&#62;
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            The discussion was followed by an extended question-and-answer session during which members probed the experts on their economic projections. Afterwards, a cocktail reception gave members from all four organizations a chance to meet, network and discuss China&#8217;s economic prospects for the coming years.&#60;/p&#62;
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            &#60;p&#62;On February 3, AmCham-China hosted an informative seminar on how expatriates living in China can prepare and save on their income tax contributions. About 50 members came to the chamber&#039;s Conference Center to hear advice from &#60;strong&#62;Russell T. Fisher&#60;/strong&#62;, CPA, an AmCham-China member and US income tax guru. &#60;br /&#62;
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            After an introduction by &#60;strong&#62;Judith Karp&#60;/strong&#62;, AmCham-China&#039;s vice president of membership, services and operations, Mr. Fisher presented a comprehensive overview of the current tax laws. He particularly focused on those areas relating to foreign tax credits and foreign income exclusion, while giving advice on investment strategies and savings plans. Being aware of the many small tax deductions available to expats will make a big difference in the long run, Mr. Fisher told the audience. &#60;br /&#62;
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            Mr. Fisher recommended managing taxes yourself as much as possible, but using a low cost tax service provider and getting expert advice whenever uncertainty arises. And of course, plan for tax savings year round and don&#039;t wait until it&#039;s too late.&#60;/p&#62;
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            &#60;h3 style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; display: block; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;"&#62;&#60;b&#62;&#60;a name="action_4"&#62;January New Member Cocktail&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/h3&#62;
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            &#60;div&#62;&#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/" target="_blank"&#62;&#60;img height="392" width="523" style="border: 0pt none ; max-width: 513px; display: block;" src="http://web.resource.amchamchina.org/article/2010/02/04/7145b5dd8f9174d7128c25de0fee198f.jpg" alt="" /&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/div&#62;
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            &#60;p&#62;On January 28, the Renaissance Beijing Hotel hosted and sponsored AmCham-China&#8217;s January New Member Cocktail reception.  &#60;br /&#62;
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            A lavish array of &#60;em&#62;hors d&#039;oeuvres&#60;/em&#62;, dinner entrees and desserts were prepared by the Renaissance Wan Li Restaurant staff and earned high marks from the 90-plus members and guests in attendance. The evening was punctuated by lively conversation and members took advantage of the elegant setting to meet their newest peers in the Beijing business community.&#60;br /&#62;
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            A number of members had their names pulled for one of the outstanding lucky draw prizes donated by sponsors. &#60;br /&#62;
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            The Nederlander Entertainment Group donated three pairs of tickets to the Broadway production of Fame (at the Chinese Theatre, Feb. 7-9. Tickets can be purchased on piao.com.cn). &#60;strong&#62;Zhu Gang&#60;/strong&#62; (Genpact China), &#60;strong&#62;Chen Feihu&#60;/strong&#62; (UPS) and &#60;strong&#62;Maya Chen&#60;/strong&#62; (HBO EMTB) were the lucky winners. &#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;strong&#62;Hu Rui &#60;/strong&#62;(Microsoft), &#60;strong&#62;Ryan White&#60;/strong&#62; (Santa Fe) and &#60;strong&#62;Damien Calves&#60;/strong&#62; (Recycle &#38; Save) each won copies of the book My Thirty Years in China, courtesy of ACA Publishing Ltd.  &#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;h2 style="padding-left: 10px; font-family: arial; background: rgb(153,0,0); height: 20px; color: rgb(255,255,255); font-size: 15px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial"&#62;&#60;em&#62;&#60;b&#62;Classifieds&#60;/b&#62;&#60;em&#62;&#60;a target="_blank" name="classifieds"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/h2&#62;
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            &#60;p&#62;The 3rd edition of the Expat Show Beijing will take place on 26-28th March 2010 at the China World Trade Center. More than 150 exhibitors will present their services and products during the event.&#60;/p&#62;
            &#60;p&#62;Since 2008, the Expat Show Beijing has helped foreigners to find all kinds of services and products they might need in Beijing. This year&#8217;s edition also features several new exiting additions such as: food festival, travel in Asia booths, live performances and children&#8217;s entertainment.&#60;/p&#62;
            &#60;p&#62;To register for this free event and for the chance to win a week-long holiday to Thailand, please visit: &#160;&#60;a href="http://www.expatshowbeijing.com"&#62;www.expatshowbeijing.com&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/p&#62;
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            &#60;div style="margin: 0px"&#62;
            &#60;p&#62;AmCham-China is happy to announce member-only discount rates on ticket purchases for the following two stage productions:&#60;/p&#62;
            &#60;p&#62;&#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/event/513"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Scrooge&#8217;s New Year (adapted from A Christmas Carol)&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            January 26 - February 7 - Theater 46, Beijing&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;p&#62;&#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/event/510"&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Fame &#8211; The Broadway Musical&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            February 7 - 9 - China Grand Theater, Beijing&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;h3 style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; color: #900; font-size: 16px; padding-top: 0px"&#62;&#60;b&#62;China Greentech Initiative - Seeking Exceptional Candidates&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/h3&#62;
            &#60;div style="margin: 0px"&#62;
            &#60;p&#62;Based in part on the tremendous support of the partner organizations, The China Greentech Initiative is growing. As a result of this success, China Greentech Initiative is now seeking outstanding candidates for strategic research, partner relations and operations leadership and staff roles. This is a rare opportunity to be at the leading edge of the world&#039;s biggest greentech industry, helping to develop an organization focused on providing value to the world&#039;s leading greentech senior executives and policy advisors. Open positions, are primarily based in Beijing, with some in Shanghai. They include:&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;p&#62;Director, Strategic Research and Program Delivery &#60;br /&#62;
            Director, Partner Relations and Business Development &#60;br /&#62;
            Strategic Research Managers, Senior Analysts and Analysts &#60;br /&#62;
            Partner Relations and Business Development Principals &#60;br /&#62;
            Manager, Operations &#60;br /&#62;
            Manager, Project and Events Management &#60;br /&#62;
            Manager, Government, Market and Media Outreach &#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;p&#62;If you or any of your acquaintances might be interested in these opportunities, please visit: &#60;a href="http://www.china-greentech.com/team"&#62;www.china-greentech.com/team&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
            &#60;p&#62;For additional information and instructions on how to apply, contact &#60;a href="mailto:recruiting@china-greentech.com"&#62;recruiting@china-greentech.com&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;br /&#62;
            &#160;&#60;/p&#62;
            &#60;/div&#62;
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            &#60;h2 style="padding-left: 10px; font-family: arial; background: rgb(153,0,0); height: 20px; color: rgb(255,255,255); font-size: 15px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial"&#62;&#60;em&#62;&#60;b&#62;AmCham China in Action&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/em&#62;&#60;a target="_blank" name="amchamchinainaction"&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/h2&#62;
            &#60;div style="color: rgb(102,102,102)"&#62;
            &#60;h3 style="padding-bottom: 3px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; color: #900; font-size: 16px; padding-top: 3px"&#62;&#60;b&#62;&#60;a href="#action_1"&#62;Branded Entertainment in China&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
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            &#60;/b&#62;&#60;/h3&#62;
            &#60;h3 style="padding-bottom: 3px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; color: #900; font-size: 16px; padding-top: 3px"&#62;&#60;b&#62;&#60;a href="#action_2"&#62;Tianjin Eco City&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;/b&#62;&#60;/h3&#62;
            &#60;h3 style="padding-bottom: 3px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; color: #900; font-size: 16px; padding-top: 3px"&#62;&#60;b&#62;&#60;a href="#action_3"&#62;The Age of Cloud Computing&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;/b&#62;&#60;/h3&#62;
            &#60;/div&#62;
            &#60;div style="border-bottom: rgb(153,153,153) 2px solid; padding-bottom: 15px; margin: 15px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top: rgb(153,153,153) 2px solid; padding-top: 15px"&#62;&#60;a target="_blank" href="http://www.nederlanderworld.com/fame_amcham.aspx"&#62;&#60;img alt="" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" src="http://web.resource.amchamchina.org/article/2010/01/28/23e87112574a7e8004068041710ef0de.jpg" /&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/div&#62;
            &#60;div style="color: rgb(102,102,102)"&#62;
            &#60;h3 style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; color: #900; font-size: 16px; padding-top: 0px"&#62;&#60;b&#62;&#60;a name="action_1"&#62;Branded Entertainment in China&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/h3&#62;
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            &#60;p&#62;AmCham-China hosted an informative event with &#60;strong&#62;Larry Namer&#60;/strong&#62;, co-founder of E! Entertainment and METAN Development Group, titled &#8220;The Age of Branded Entertainment in China.&#8221; Held at the Kerry Center Hotel, the event drew more than 50 AmCham-China members and was moderated by AmCham-China&#8217;s Vice President of Communications, &#60;strong&#62;Matt Wisla&#60;/strong&#62;.&#60;/p&#62;
            &#60;p&#62;Mr. Namer began his presentation describing the history of branded entertainment in the west. With the introduction of TiVo, the Internet, and media piracy, incorporating advertisements within the actual content has become more important than ever. In fact, when brands and content providers work close together, subtly integrating products into the narrative, the result can be extraordinarily effective and efficient. Mr. Namer explained that although branded entertainment is a relatively a new concept in China, the potential for future growth is enormous. As the industry evolves, new media platforms, such as music, mobile phones, comics, and the Internet, will allow advertisers to tap into a vast audience. Mr. Namer concluded by showing how his own company has utilized branded entertainment in shows like &#8220;Hello, Hollywood&#8221;.&#60;/p&#62;
            &#60;p&#62;The presentation was followed by a Q&#38;A session. Participants then stayed on for drinks and networking.&#60;/p&#62;
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            &#60;h3 style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; color: #900; font-size: 16px; padding-top: 0px"&#62;&#60;b&#62;&#60;a name="action_2"&#62;Tianjin Eco City&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/h3&#62;
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            &#60;div&#62;&#60;a target="_blank" href="http://www.amchamchina.org/"&#62;&#60;img alt="" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; max-width: 513px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" src="http://web.resource.amchamchina.org/article/2010/01/28/503ad9b307a5e92fd41c11cb15001e22.gif" /&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/div&#62;
            &#60;div style="border-bottom: #999 2px solid; margin: 0px 0px 25px"&#62;
            &#60;p&#62;More than 40 AmCham-China members attended a presentation at the China World Hotel&#160;on the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City. The event kicked off with a presentation by Mr. &#60;strong&#62;Lim Meng Hui&#60;/strong&#62;, general manager for Economic Promotion, followed by Ms. &#60;strong&#62;Peng Cheng Yao&#60;/strong&#62;, senior manager for Eco-technology, who briefed attendees on the idea behind the &#8220;Eco-City&#8221; and the timeline for the project. Mr. &#60;strong&#62;Zhang Heng&#60;/strong&#62;, a senior manager for Economic Promotion with the local Tianjin government, explained the Chinese government&#8217;s role in the project, which is a 50/50 joint venture between a Chinese consortium led by Tianjin TEDA Investment Holding Co. and a Singaporean consortium led by the Keppel Group.&#60;/p&#62;
            &#60;p&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
            Mr. Lim presented drawings of the future city, which will be primarily residential &#8211; 80 percent of land will be devoted to housing the 350,000 new residents. The remaining land will be split between manufacturing space and a state-of-the-art facility for research in alternative energy technology and energy-saving devices. Ms. Peng elaborated on the technical specifications, explaining that each building will be required to meet a certain level of environmental sustainability. Other &#8220;eco-cities,&#8221; Ms. Peng said, make such &#38;quot;standards&#8221; optional, which undermines the effectiveness of the sustainability effort. Mr. Zhang highlighted the Chinese government&#8217;s involvement in the effort, pointing out that Tianjin&#8217;s Binhai New Area and the eco-city, much like Shanghai and Shenzhen in recent years, has become the area of the Chinese government&#8217;s economic focus.&#60;/p&#62;
            &#60;p&#62;The speakers from the eco-city project expressed their interest in collaborating with AmCham-China member companies to bring the eco-city to fruition.&#60;/p&#62;
            &#60;/div&#62;
            &#60;h3 style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; color: #900; font-size: 16px; padding-top: 0px"&#62;&#60;b&#62;&#60;a name="action_3"&#62;The Age of Cloud Computing&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/h3&#62;
            &#60;br /&#62;
            &#60;div&#62;&#60;a target="_blank" href="http://www.amchamchina.org/"&#62;&#60;img alt="" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; max-width: 513px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" src="http://web.resource.amchamchina.org/article/2010/01/28/21b9445adff01d32282c9dd59ba8e7ba.gif" /&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/div&#62;
            &#60;div style="border-bottom: #999 2px solid; margin: 0px 0px 25px"&#62;
            &#60;p&#62;More than 35 IT specialists and AmCham-China members attended a breakfast briefing on cloud computing. The insightful presentation jointly held with the United States Information Technology Office (USITO), offered attendees a thorough overview of cloud computing technology and its potential business applications.&#60;/p&#62;
            &#60;p&#62;The program was headlined by a speech from &#60;strong&#62;Merry Beekman&#60;/strong&#62;, director for Global Field Marketing at Red Hat, who explained the background of cloud computing, current trends and challenges, as well as strategic directions and software developments.&#60;/p&#62;
            &#60;p&#62;The breakfast concluded with a discussion of the future of this technology, especially in the local context, and a promising outlook for the coming five years.&#60;br /&#62;
            &#160;&#60;/p&#62;
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            &#60;div style="border-bottom: rgb(153,153,153) 2px solid; padding-bottom: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&#62;&#60;a target="_blank" href="http://www.rutgersinasia.com/LP_Open_House.html"&#62;&#60;img alt="" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" src="http://web.resource.amchamchina.org/article/2010/01/28/1a86f23c074de2272b9c11347f4e2979.gif" /&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/div&#62;
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            &#60;div style="margin: 0px 0px 15px"&#62;
            &#60;p&#62;AmCham-China offers members two global medical benefits programs. Small and large companies, as well as individual members, can enroll in these comprehensive programs. Please see our Health Benefits webpage or contact &#60;a href="mailto:medicalbenefit@amchamchina.org"&#62;medicalbenefit@amchamchina.org&#60;/a&#62; for more information.&#60;/p&#62;
            &#60;p&#62;&#160;&#60;/p&#62;
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:00:00 +0700</pubDate>
<category>Weekly China Bulletin</category> 
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<title>China Brief: March 2010</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<category>China Brief</category> 
</item>

<item>
<title>China Brief Extra: China's Media Goes Global</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/4510</link> 
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<category>China Brief Extra</category> 
</item>
<item>
<title>China Brief Extra: Chinese &quot;New&quot; Media Booming</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/4511</link> 
<description>&#60;ul&#62;
    &#60;li&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;&#60;a href="http://www.prnasia.com/survey2009-en/"&#62;&#60;u&#62;PR Newswire&#60;/u&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62; survey results.&#60;/span&#62;&#60;/li&#62;
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>China Brief Extra: Exclusive Interview: Mickey Kantor</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/article/4512</link> 
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    &#60;li&#62;&#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Former Commerce Secretary &#60;a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/rss/podcast"&#62;&#60;u&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Mickey Kan&#60;/strong&#62;t&#60;strong&#62;or&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/u&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#160;talks about free trade and green energy.&#60;/span&#62; &#60;br /&#62;
    &#60;span style="font-size: larger"&#62;Special thanks to Fleishman Hillard for organizing this exclusive interview. &#60;/span&#62;&#60;/li&#62;
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Project Assistant, APCO WORLDWIDE INC., Beijing</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/job/1054</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Date&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;09 Mar - 31 Dec, 2010&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Company&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;APCO WORLDWIDE INC.&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;APCO Worldwide is an exciting and growing international public affairs consultancy with a strong presence in Greater China. APCO&#8217;s work in China focuses on providing government relations, investment and strategic communications advice to clients operating in the Chinese market.  
APCO is seeking to recruit a short term local Project Assistant in Beijing, this position is for six months. 
Summary: A Project Assistant is responsible for day&#8211;to&#8211;day client work under the daily supervision of a Senior Consultant or Associate Director. Project Assistants play a key role in internal communication and in coordination of account group activity. Project Assistants are not expected to manage large projects or handle primary client contact until they gain further experience.&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location Country&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;China&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location City&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Beijing&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Salary&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Education&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;University / College Degree&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Required Skills&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS &#38; ABILITIES:
&#8226;	Full time availability for 6 months, if to extend contract depends on individual performance and business needs after 6 months 
&#8226;	Basic knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties and responsibilities successfully
&#8226;	Bachelor&#039;s degree; some relevant professional or intern experience 
&#8226;	Chinese native speaker with excellent Language skills of both Chinese and English 
&#8226;	Good English and Chinese writing ability 
&#8226;	Motivated &#8220;self-starters,&#8221; who can balance multiple projects while continuously building new areas of expertise
&#8226;	Professional demeanor 
&#8226;	Ability to organize and multi&#8211;task project requests 
&#8226;	Ability to work well with others in a team environment, as well as to work independently; positive, flexible attitude that will lend itself to client service&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Job Description&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;RESPONSIBILITIES: The following are specific duties assigned to the Project Assistant level position and are performed on a daily basis.
&#8226;	Gathering information and research as requested 
&#8226;	Creating and updating lists and information involved in account activity 
&#8226;	Handling daily media liaison and media monitoring as client required
&#8226;	Documenting and tracking of account activity such as conference reports, account status reports, etc. 
&#8226;	Work can also include some direct client contact 
&#8226;	Other similar duties as assigned 
&#8226;	Look for new business opportunities, present ideas to staff 
&#8226;	Maintain 100% billability 
&#8226;	Other responsibilities as assigned&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Contact Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;We do not receive phone call or visit for enquiry.
To apply, please go to:  http://www.apcoworldwide.com/content/careers/internships_asia.aspx

Learn more about APCO China at www.apcoworldwide.com/china&#60;/p&#62;</description> 
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Forum Coordinator, AmCham-China, Beijing</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/job/1053</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Date&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;08 Mar - 23 Apr, 2010&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Company&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;AmCham-China&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location Country&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;China&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location City&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Beijing&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Salary&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Education&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;University / College Degree&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Required Skills&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;- A bachelor degree from leading University essential, major in English or Business Administration preferred
- Excellent Chinese and English proficiency a must, oral and written
- Excellent interpersonal and networking skills
- Ability to work independently and without significant oversight
- Ability to work on many different tasks with similar deadlines and requirements
- Good computer and MS software skills&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Job Description&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;- Coordinate and provide daily assistance to industry forum activities
- Collect industry-specific information from various media reports
- Conduct research on new laws/regulation development and provide policy suggestions
- Set up and maintain forum database
- Coordinate events designed by forum for its members, working with forum leadership and internal events team on logistics and planning&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Contact Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Interested candidates should send their CV to:
E-mail: hr@amchamchina.org
Please indicate the position you are applying for.&#60;/p&#62;</description> 
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Government Affairs coordinator, AmCham-China, Beijing</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/job/1052</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Date&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;08 Mar - 07 Apr, 2010&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Company&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;AmCham-China&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location Country&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;China&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location City&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Beijing&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Salary&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Education&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;University / College Degree&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Required Skills&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Requirements: 

&#8226; Chinese national, preferably  with previous experience in dealing with the Chinese Government;
&#8226; College degree, strong economic major background prefer; 
&#8226; Strong communications skills and good command of written and spoken English; 
&#8226; Good command of written Chinese;
&#8226; Good capability for teamwork; 
&#8226; Honest  character; 
&#8226; Strong interpersonal skills;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Job Description&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;- Report to the Chinese Government Affairs Manager; 

- Assist the  Chinese Government Affairs Manager in the implementation of all facets AmCham&#8217;s Government Relations program; To include: 

- Liaison with the Chinese Government to set up meetings;
 - Draft/translation the formal letter to Chinese Government according on different requirements;
- Take part work of AmCham-China annual  Appreciation Dinner;
- Involve AmCham-China provincial trip program;
- Support the translation part of AmCham-China White paper; 
- Creation &#38; implementation event with Chinese speakers of government/Chinese association/Chinese enterprise  ;  
- Organization of  other activities and programs determined Chinese Government Affairs Manager
- Maintain Chinese government officials and media data base&#8226;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Contact Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Interested candidates should send their CV to:
E-mail: hr@amchamchina.org
Please indicate the position you are applying for.&#60;/p&#62;</description> 
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Director of Strategy &#38; Business Development for CAS, Boeing (China) Co., Ltd., Beijing, China</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/job/1051</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Date&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;06 Mar - 05 Apr, 2010&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Company&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Boeing (China) Co., Ltd.&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Boeing is an equal opportunity employer supporting diversity in the workplace.&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location Country&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;China&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location City&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Beijing, China&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Salary&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Education&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;University / College Degree&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Required Skills&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Competencies 
Preference will be given to candidates with vast experience in the airline industry or those who have been principals in aviation consulting firms. Particular interest exists in those candidates with a proven track record of working with the key aviation constituent organizations in China (CAAC, NDRC, Airlines, the Central Government and Aviation industry leaders) to generate new business on behalf of a U.S.-based company. Other highly desired experience includes: demonstrated experience in the functional areas of operations, strategy development, supply chain management, technical planning and procurement, sales or business development within the following aviation business sectors: Aircraft Spares/Material Management and Logistics, Aircraft Maintenance and Conversions, Flight Operations (including navigation and flight planning), Aviation Information Technology and Software, Pilot or Mechanic Training, Business and General Aviation, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services 
General Technical: 
1.        Business Case Development/Analysis - Evaluate business opportunities (including product/service alternatives, market size, business design approach, fixed and variable costs required, net present value, capital investment decisions, opportunity prioritization, internal company investment) to substantiate pursuit of new business or growth objectives. 
2.        Customer/Product Knowledge - Develop working knowledge of customer&#039;s organization, decision making process, products/services, business plan and business model. 
3.        Detailed Customer Knowledge - Apply knowledge of customers&#039; business to understand, anticipate and be responsive to customers&#039; needs and design customer solutions 
4.        Gain Customer Confidence -Apply knowledge of customer environments, culture and subject matter to define new Services opportunities, gain customer&#039;s immediate confidence and present a knowledgeable and professional impression during initial phases of customer interface. 
5.        Perform Competitive Assessment -Evaluate and benchmark competitors&#039; products/services, strategic direction, and core competencies through utilization of industry wide resources to achieve competitive advantage. Develop, maintain, and utilize competitor intelligence, databases and competitor profiles 
6.        Value Proposition Development -Create, substantiate and secure quantified customer concurrence on value customers will receive by virtue of deploying a CAS product, service or new capability. 
7.        Perform Market Analysis -Identify market/environment trends to inform the CAS strategic direction and execution plan for acquiring new business. 
8.        Develop creative, breakthrough business models that enable CAS to profitably deliver value to its customers via its products, services and know-how. 
9.        Evaluate potential Strategic Alliances or Acquisition targets necessary to achieve strategic business objectives 


Education 
Bachelor&#039;s degree and 20 years&#039; related work experience, a master&#039;s degree and a minimum of 15 years&#039; related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 5+ years of experience in a multinational corporation environment.&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Job Description&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Job Description 
Commercial Aviation Services (CAS) is endeavoring to expand its profitable business base in China. In an effort to achieve this goal, a Director for Services Strategy and Business Development is being hired to identify, assess, quantify and design lucrative business opportunities that meet Boeing&#039;s Services growth objectives and align with the strategic objectives of key constituent organizations that are focused on aviation in China (CAAC, NDRC, Airlines, the Central Government and Aviation industry leaders). The primary measure of success for this position will be the volume of new business generated by this individual on behalf of CAS business units, based in the U.S., but operating in China. Additionally, this leader will have the following responsibilities: 1. Work collaboratively with business leaders from CAS, Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), Boeing International and key constituent organizations previously mentioned, to understand and document the most attractive Service related needs in China&#039;s transportation sector. 2. Create strategies that reflect an accurate knowledge of the business environment in the aviation services marketplace in China 3. Execute a process for developing and acquiring new business reflecting an understanding of customers&#039; strategic direction/intent, buying practices, requirements, operational needs and challenges. 4. Work closely with CAS marketing and sales teams, business unit leaders, program and functional management and customer organizations in order to design business solutions that deliver measurable value to customers, increase sales, increase earnings and gain new business for Boeing. 5. Develop creative, innovative business models and approaches that result in the capture of new business for Boeing. 6. Analyze market and competitor information and develop business plans and business cases to substantiate entering attractive markets. 7. Initiate investigative efforts with customers to thoroughly understand their business and provide them with innovative/breakthrough solutions that improve their efficiency. Other duties and responsibilities are assigned by management. 

Other Job Information 
This requisition is an international, locally hired position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is located. Boeing will not seek immigration and labor sponsorship for any applicants; this is the responsibility of the job candidate. Benefits and pay are determined at the local level and are not part of Boeing U.S.-based payroll. Relocation benefits if indicated may be limited to in-country or in-continent moves and may not be available for overseas relocation. Details are included above. 

*** Please note that depending on the specific position, you may be required to pass additional medical tests, credit checks and/or other requirements. These additional items are required for the Company to comply with various laws and regulatory rules.***&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Contact Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;How to Apply 
To view a detailed job description and apply online, please visit boeing.com/internationalcareers and click on Req # &#8220;10-1003702&#8221;.&#60;/p&#62;</description> 
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Office Administrator, Boeing (China) Co., Ltd., Beijing, China</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/job/1050</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Date&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;04 Mar - 03 Apr, 2010&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Company&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Boeing (China) Co., Ltd.&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Boeing is an equal opportunity employer supporting diversity in the workplace.&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location Country&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;China&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location City&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Beijing, China&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Salary&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Education&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;University / College Degree&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Required Skills&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Competencies
1. Knowledge of proper formats for letters, proper grammar, spelling and language usage;
ability to produce neat, accurate correspondence.
2. Good computing skills (MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
3. Possess the ability to interface with customers on a daily basis, have a good business
development attitude and the ability to handle sensitive situations in a mature and
confidential manner. Strong interpersonal skills. Must work well in a teamwork
environment.
4. Good judgment, extreme discretion and flexibility in work hours.
5. Highly proactive, self-motivated and a self-starter with a positive attitude, high ethics,
and a track record of working successfully under pressure in a time-constrained
environment. Able to work independently when required
Education
Possess at least a bachelor and five years&#8217; practical experience in an executive administrative
support role required. Strong command of spoken and written English and Chinese
Security Clearance Requirements:
No security clearance required&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Job Description&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Job Description
Perform highly responsible, professional secretarial and administrative services for director of
Communications and the team. Relieve manager of routine administrative detail. Employees at
this level are expected to operate with general supervision. Interact with senior internal and
external personnel on significant matters often requiring coordination between organizations and
companies.
Daily responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
1. Initiate, create and maintain electronic and written communications materials such as
memos, reports, presentations, flow charts and organization charts using applicable
company standards.
2. Process and screen incoming and outgoing communications and correspondence to
ensure proper dissemination and required action.
3. Work with media relations specialist to distribute daily media monitoring report, upload
monthly best clippings.
4. Work with the team to track team expenses.
5. Support and implement logistics for special events/projects using Boeing business tools
and resources.
6. Initiate expense reports primarily for executives utilizing Boeing policies and tools to
ensure timely and accurate reimbursement. Assist travelers in reconciling charges and
verifying payments to corporate credit cards
7. Prioritize and manage the schedule for executives using highly advanced expertise with
calendars and virtual resource tools to maximize efficient use of time based on
executive&#039;s business priorities. Identifies alternates for meeting attendance as needed.
8. Allocate, track and maintain designated conference room schedules and availability to
utilize resources efficiently.
9. Exercise considerable latitude and judgment in the coordination and processing of
executive domestic and international travel arrangements and monitor on-going logistics
for all
10. Other duties assigned by management.

Other Job Information
This requisition is for an international, locally hired position. CANDIDATES MUST HAVE
CURRENT LEGAL AUTHORIZATION TO WORK IN CHINA. BOEING WILL NOT
ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN IMMIGRATION AND LABOR SPONSORSHIP FOR ANY
APPLICANTS. Benefits and pay are determined at the local level and are not part of U.S.-based
payroll.

*** Please note that depending on the specific position, you may be required to pass additional
medical tests, credit checks and/or other requirements. These additional items are required for
the Company to comply with various laws and regulatory rules.***&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Contact Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;How to Apply
To view a detailed job description and apply online, please visit boeing.com/internationalcareers
and click on Req # &#8220;10-1003511&#8221;.&#60;/p&#62;</description> 
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Communications Specialist, Boeing (China) Co., Ltd., Beijing, China</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/job/1049</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Date&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;04 Mar - 03 Apr, 2010&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Company&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Boeing (China) Co., Ltd.&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Boeing is an equal opportunity employer supporting diversity in the workplace.&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location Country&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;China&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location City&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Beijing, China&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Salary&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Education&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;University / College Degree&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Required Skills&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Competencies
1. Demonstrated experience in event management with a multi-national company or public
relations agency more than 6 years.
2. Intermediate to advanced computing skills.
3. Must work well in a teamwork environment.
4. Strong organizational and management skills, excellent judgment, extreme discretion and
flexibility in work hours.
5. Candidate must be a self-starter with a positive attitude, high ethics and a track record of
working successfully under pressure in a time-constrained environment.
Education
1. Advanced level of English language skills (read, write, and speak).
2. Ability to translate and interpret English/Chinese, Chinese/English.
3. Bachelor degree is desired or comparable public relations experience.
Security Clearance Requirements:
No security clearance required&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Job Description&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Job Description
Enhance internal communications between Boeing China and BCA/Boeing Corporate. Promote
Boeing China and its business development among internal stakeholders through different
publications and tools. Through internal communication vehicles, help build awareness and
understanding among all Boeing employees of China&#039;s importance to The Boeing Company.
Daily responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
1. Identify, initiate and create content for internal communications on different platforms
2. Act as communications focal for Boeing 777 airplanes.
3. Publications:
a. Ensure editorial content of Boeing China Newsletter is compelling, interesting,
and credible and reflects the Boeing brand.
b. Responsible for the writing, editing and producing the Boeing China newsletter.
Focal to maintain and update distribution list of Boeing China newsletter
c. Act as focal for BNN and BCN development and submission.
d. Responsible for developing stories for Frontiers.
4. Print projects:
a. Primary coordinator for print publications.
b. Oversee the quality of print projects, ensures that print quality meets Boeing print
and graphic standards.
c. Responsible for the proper use and application of the Boeing logo and signature.
d. Identify qualified printers, designers and vendors for PR print and promotional
projects.
e. Work closely with other company divisions to develop Boeing literature in
Chinese.
5. Ongoing maintenance of Chinese-language website. Ensure Boeing China website
contains current, fresh information and remains a robust source of information for
external as well as internal audiences
6. Photo/Video libraries:
a. Provide photographic services as requested by management.
b. Manage the photo/video library, which includes the filing of photo prints, slides,
CD-ROMs, videotapes and image library on the Boeing website.
c. Organize and implement a photo-shoot plan for promotional events and for
requirements that meet the photo library.
d. Provide assistance to Boeing vendors, such as video crew, covering Boeing
events.
7. Inventory management of gratuities and event supplies:
a. Order and track gratuities from China and Seattle sources. Ensure that gift items
meet company quality standards and recipient expectations.
b. Maintain an on-site inventory of conference supplies, i.e. folders, notebooks,
pens, name badges, etc.
c. Supply gifts and related supplies to Boeing sponsored events.
Meet with vendors and suppliers to procure gifts for The Boeing Company.
8. Other duties assigned by management.

Other Job Information
This requisition is for an international, locally hired position. CANDIDATES MUST HAVE
CURRENT LEGAL AUTHORIZATION TO WORK IN CHINA. BOEING WILL NOT
ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN IMMIGRATION AND LABOR SPONSORSHIP FOR ANY
APPLICANTS. Benefits and pay are determined at the local level and are not part of U.S.-based
payroll.

*** Please note that depending on the specific position, you may be required to pass additional
medical tests, credit checks and/or other requirements. These additional items are required for
the Company to comply with various laws and regulatory rules.***&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Contact Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;How to Apply
To view a detailed job description and apply online, please visit boeing.com/internationalcareers
and click on Req # &#8220;10-1003510&#8221;.&#60;/p&#62;</description> 
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>Strategy &#38; Business Development Manager, Boeing (China) Co., Ltd., Beijing, China</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/job/1048</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Date&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;04 Mar - 03 Apr, 2010&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Company&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Boeing (China) Co., Ltd.&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Boeing is an equal opportunity employer supporting diversity in the workplace.&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location Country&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;China&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location City&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Beijing, China&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Salary&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Education&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;University / College Degree&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Required Skills&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Competencies
Candidate must have worked in an aviation related field or with a multinational company in China and have demonstrated experience in developing business relationships within China that led to value-creating business ventures in China. Candidate must have demonstrated successful proposal management or opportunity management experience.

Education
Candidate must have a degree in an engineering field related to aviation and must speak fluent Mandarin and English. An MBA would be considered as a plus to fulfill this assignment.

Security Clearance Requirements: 
No security clearance required&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Job Description&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Job Description
The Strategic Business Development position reports to the VP, Boeing Research &#38; Technology China (BR&#38;TC) and is responsible for extending Boeing innovations and technology opportunities in China. This position also works closely with the Director of Technology Business Strategy for BR&#38;TC to develop breakthrough business opportunities for technology developed in-country. In addition, this position supports the formulation and recommendation of specific business objectives, and implementation of business development plans in China that will have considerable impact on the Company&#039;s strategic position and financial performance. This position has direct government engagement and works within project teams made up of country executives, strategic development fellows, functional experts (tax, export control, IP management and government relationship) and business unit representatives. 
Key responsibilities include: 
&#8226;	Manage the &#38;quot;Sustainable Aviation Biofuels Commercialization&#38;quot; activity working closely with BCA Biofuels Team and in-country partners. 
&#8226;	Research customers, competitor initiatives and technical advancements, regulatory and other market information using industry sources. 
&#8226;	Respond to ad-hoc assignments requested from country executives; evaluate customer needs, business strategies and constraints. 
&#8226;	Quantify and communicate the attributes of BR&#38;TC technology capabilities to meet customer needs and enhance customer acceptance. 
&#8226;	Lead project teams to innovative and successful completion of business case opportunities, sometimes through internal investment, partnering and joint ventures. Prior experience in aviation industries, engagement with Chinese government and/or joint-venture activities with Chinese entities is desired.

Other Job Information
This requisition is for an international, locally hired position. Benefits and pay are determined at the local level and are not part of Boeing U.S.-based payroll. Relocation benefits, if indicated, may be limited to in-country or in-continent moves and may not be available for overseas relocation.

*** Please note that depending on the specific position, you may be required to pass additional medical tests, credit checks and/or other requirements. These additional items are required for the Company to comply with various laws and regulatory rules.***&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Contact Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;How to Apply
To view a detailed job description and apply online, please visit boeing.com/internationalcareers and click on Req # &#8220;10-1003506&#8221;.&#60;/p&#62;</description> 
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<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/job/1047</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Date&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;03 Mar - 02 Apr, 2010&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Company&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;AmCham-China&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location Country&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;China&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location City&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Wuhan&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Salary&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Education&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;University / College Degree&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Required Skills&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#8226; 2+ years experience in operations and/or membership services, or a combination of the two
&#8226; Bachelor&#8217;s degree
&#8226; Experience in an international office setting 
&#8226; Fluent in English, strong writing skills
&#8226; Chinese language a plus
&#8226; Demonstrated competence in various computer programs including Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, Outlook, and PowerPoint
&#8226; Basic knowledge of office procedures

Personal Qualities:
&#8226; Organized
&#8226; Service orientation
&#8226; Strong time management skills; able to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
&#8226; Ability to multi-task
&#8226; Dependable
&#8226; Quality-oriented&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Job Description&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#8226; Work with other AmCham-China staff to build membership in the chapter location
&#8226; Interact with members, customers, and visitors; 
&#8226; Assist project administrators on special projects including compilation of reports or registration for various events
&#8226; Plan, organize, and execute events for members
&#8226; Survey current and potential members
&#8226; Create and maintain membership and other internal databases
&#8226; Manage office correspondence
&#8226; Answer the phone, other inquiries and re-direct inquiries appropriately
&#8226; Maintain a basic knowledge of office services, activities, staff assignments and staff schedules including making appointments, arranging meetings, and travel arrangements
&#8226; Manage office equipment maintenance
&#8226; Assist in helping identify and find solutions of regulatory issues related to maintaining the smooth operation of the office
&#8226; Work with Executive Committee members to establish chapters goals and initiatives
&#8226; Use PC knowledge to prepare power point, word excel and other documents&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Contact Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Interested candidates should send their CV to:
E-mail: hr@amchamchina.org
Please indicate the position you are applying for.&#60;/p&#62;</description> 
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<title>Design Development Manager, FTZ Epoch International Industry &#38; Trade Company Ltd., Dalian</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/job/1046</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Date&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;03 Mar - 02 Apr, 2010&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Company&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;FTZ Epoch International Industry &#38; Trade Company Ltd.&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location Country&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;China&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location City&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Dalian&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Salary&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Education&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;University / College Degree&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Required Skills&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#8226;	The ideal candidate will have 7+ years previous experience in equipment design and fabrication, including mechanical, electrical control system, and software elements. 
&#8226;	The position requires a BSME, MET, or related Engineering Degree
&#8226;	Developing equipment for semiconductor manufacturing environment preferred
&#8226;	Knowledge of electronic control systems is a plus&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Job Description&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;With proven track record in engineering leadership, the candidate will provide guidance in design, development, build, and validation of manufacturing tooling and equipment for new products, as well as improvements or replacements for existing tooling and equipment&#8217;s. 

Overall Responsibility:
1.	Demonstrate senior level expertise and leadership qualities in managing a team of mechanical, electrical and software engineers.
2.	Develop and implement standard engineering practices. 
3.	Works with customers, application and sales team to translate process requirements into equipment requirements.
4.	Oversea and verify deliverability of all specification, design execution documents (including 3D designs) test plan and equipment manual for each new system.
5.	Insure manufacturability of each product through prototype development and verification and aid in development of work instruction for manufacturing of the tools and equipment. 
6.	Setup and coordinate on going design review meeting to optimize product and tooling design.
7.	Coordinate activity with external resources needed to design, build and document new equipment and product.
8.	Support a work environment of continuous improvement that supports, Quality System and the appropriate regulations
9.	Propose, tracks and monitors overall project and departmental cost and expenditures.&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Contact Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Shawna@epoch-int.com&#60;/p&#62;</description> 
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title>高级客户主任&#8212;文案编辑&#8212;企业传播部, Hill &#38; Knowlton (China) Public Relations Co., Ltd., Beijing</title>
<link>http://www.amchamchina.org/job/1045</link> 
<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Date&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;02 Mar - 31 Dec, 2010&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Company&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Hill &#38; Knowlton (China) Public Relations Co., Ltd.&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;www.hillandknowlton.com.cn&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location Country&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;China&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Location City&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;Beijing&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Salary&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Education&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;University / College Degree&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Required Skills&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;要求:

&#8226;大学本科或以上学历
&#8226;主修传播,新闻,英语,汽车等相关专业
&#8226;具有传媒工作经历或在公关公司的撰稿人经历
&#8226;极好的公关撰稿能力,对汽车技术功能的理解能力
&#8226;英语出色优先&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Job Description&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;工作内容描述:

&#8226;为汽车类客户提供写稿服务(新闻稿,深度文章,分析报告等)
&#8226;为客户指定传播方案并参与执行
&#8226;关注客户所处行业的市场动态,及时为客户提供咨询建议&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Contact Info&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;&#60;p&#62;career@hillandknowlton.com.cn&#60;/p&#62;</description> 
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<itunes:subtitle>Danwei.org&#8217;s Jeremy Goldkorn talks about what internet censorship means to businesses in China.</itunes:subtitle>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:10:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<itunes:subtitle>US Consul General for the Wuhan Consulate, Diane Sovereign, talks about American interests in the Central China.</itunes:subtitle>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:30:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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