By Antonio Douglas In September 2016, China’s State Administration of Foreign Expert Affairs (SAFEA) announced new policies intended to streamline the work permit application process for foreigners. These new rules combine the…
By Aaron Kruse and Joseph Good During times of substantial economic innovation, new skills become the basis of growth and opportunity. According to a 2016 report from Brookings, traditional models of education…
By Antonio Douglas On June 15, AmCham China – Tianjin Chapter held its monthly Executive Breakfast Briefing at the Renaissance Tianjin Lakeview Hotel. Presenter Mark Wheeler, President of Conoco Phillips China, talked…
By Maddalena Di Tommaso On Saturday, June 3, AmCham China – Northeast Chapter held its annual Summer Music Festival. This tremendous event attracted a diverse crowd with over 1,000 attendees, including Dalian…
By Antonio Douglas On Friday, June 9, AmCham China and the German Chamber of Commerce – Tianjin Chapter, kicked off the summer with a joint chamber mixer in Qing Wang Fu. Unlike…
By Aaron Kruse and Henry Prinz For any company entering a foreign market, the task of localizing a good or service is often an endeavor critical for success. While some firms face…
By Tom Rafferty Supply-side structural reform (SSSR) dominates the economic policymaking landscape in China. In place since late 2015, the policy shapes everything from the government’s efforts to reduce excess industrial capacity…
By Christopher Hannegan, Partner, Employee Engagement, Brunswick Group RSS feeds. Real-time news alerts. Social media. These are just a few of the ways in which employees – nearly all of whom now…
By Paul D. McKenzie June 1, 2017 marks an important milestone, with the coming into effect of China’s new Cyber Security Law (网络安全法; the “CSL”). Promulgated on November 7, 2016, the CSL…
By Stephen Shih [Editor's note: Stephen Shih will be discussing these research results in greater detail at the 2017 AmCham China HR Conference – see his bio and the full list of…