AustCham Beijing Member Leffler Simes Architects’ Director, Stephen Evans was featured on Austrade’s TV Campaign “Australia Open for Business”. Click here to watch the Campaign (VPN required)
Post Event Update: AustCham Beijing & the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Present the 2015 E-Commerce Forum
On the 5th of November AustCham Beijing and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) held an E-Commerce Forum, focusing on the best practices of E-Commerce in China. Speakers included Bryan Carr the Managing Director of SmartTrans, Allen Qu the CEO & Founder of Netconcepts and Pablo Gracia managing director of Eibens. The event was …
Education Talking Points 05-11-2015
Date: Thursday, 5th November 2015 No crisis, no need for higher fees, says UNSW vice-chancellor Ian Jacobs (English) Source: Brisbane Times, 05 Nov 2015 Australia’s higher education system is not in crisis and there is no compelling case for students to pay more for a degree, the vice-chancellor of one of the nation’s most …
Australia-China healthcare opportunities
The report is proudly brought to you by NAB. Please click here to get a Full analysis. Abstract : One of China’s two millennial goals, which mark the hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the Communist Party, is to complete a transition to what it calls a ‘middle income’ country by 2020-21. A key challenge will …
Energy & Resources Talking Points 04-11-2015
Date: Wednesday, 4th November 2015 Chinese Gas Use Climbs 2.5% in First Nine Months (English) Source: News Base, 29 Oct 2015 Chinese gas consumption edged up in the first nine months of 2015, according to data from the NDRC. The country consumed a total of 132.2 billion cubic metres of gas in the period, …
Food & Agribusiness Talking Points 03-11-2015
Date: Tuesday, 3rd November 2015 Agricultural reform becomes one of the 13th 5YP focuses (Chinese) Source: Ocn.com.cn, 30 Oct 2015 Analysts believe the agricultural modernization will be accelerated during the next few years due to an oversupply of crops, unreasonable structure and food security issues. With domestic demand showing the most potential, the authorities …
Selling, Sourcing and E-Commerce in China 2016
The latest publication from China Briefing, entitled Selling, Sourcing and E-Commerce in China 2016, is out now and available for purchase through the Asia Briefing Bookstore. Over the past few decades, China has developed into a manufacturing and trading powerhouse. Now known as the Factory of the World, China’s economic model has been built …
The Westin Tianjin Affairs November and December 2015
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Deputy Chair AustCham Beijing and Global Chair, Global Practice KPMG, Vaughn Barber Interviewed on CCTV News re. Dalian World Economic Forum
On Thursday the 10th September, AustCham Beijing Deputy Chair, Vaughn Barber was interviewed on CCTV News regarding the recent World Economic Forum held in Dalian, North East China. Vaughn outlined various key take-away points from a speech by Chinese Premier Li, including growth sectors and opportunities. Importantly, Vaughn highlighted that China is truly open for business, …
AustCham Beijing Secretariat and partner at Norton Rose Fullbright, interviewed on CCTV
On Thursday the 13th August, Tom Luckock, AusCham Beijing’s Secretariat and a partner at Norton Rose Fullbright, was interviewed on CCTV regarding a recent economic dialogue held in Canberra. Tom highlighted the difficulties present around implementing the Australia and China FTA, but emphasized the importance of the dialogue in addressing potential problems within the agreement …