Four Seasons Hotel Beijing is delighted to offer two special meeting package deals this summer. Enjoy a half day package for 550RMB per person or full day package for 650RMB per person (subject to 10% service charge and applicable VAT). Four Seasons Hotel Beijing would further like to extend 20% savings on guest room rates for …
Health & Lifesciences Talking Points 16-06-2016
Report reveals significant Australian overuse of antibiotics A national report regarding the usage and resistance of antimicrobials has shown that although nearly half of all Australians received a prescription for antibiotics in 2014, a large number of these individuals did not actually require them. The unnecessary over-prescription of antimicrobials is an increasingly prevalent problem …
Education Talking Points 08-06-2016
Fall in 2016 gaokao numbers raises concerns 9.4 million Chinese students are currently sitting the gaokao, China’s yearly national college entrance exams. This number represents a drop of 20,000 students as compared to last year, with the decreased gaokao registrations primarily being noticed in Beijing, Liaoning and Jiangsu. The gaokao is the examination upon which …
Financial Services Talking Points 03-06-2016
Growth in manufacturing remains steady, signals economic stabilisation. Growth in China’s manufacturing sector remained steady for a third consecutive month, with figures for May adding to recent evidence China’s economy is stabilising. The manufacturing purchasing index stood at 50.1 in May, unchanged from April. A reading above 50 indicates expansion while below 50 indicates contraction. …
Health & Lifesciences Talking Points 19-03-16
China to increase organ transplantation hospitals as voluntary donation tops Asia China seeks to increase the number of hospitals habilitated to carry out organ transplant surgeries from 169 to 300 in the upcoming five years. The number of donation coordinators, whose role is to convince relatives of potential donors to help with the donation process …
Financial Services Talking Points 18-05-16
Incubator for China-New Zealand High-Tech Innovation Launches The cities of Guangzhou, China and Auckland, New Zealand have launched a project to encourage high-tech start-up collaboration between the two nations. This cooperative project will see InnHub innovation incubator, which is currently based in Guangzhou, invest up to NZ$20 million into Auckland, helping the city’s GridAKL support …
Energy & Resources Talking Points 17-05-2016
Growing number of Chinese firms seeking clean energy investment abroad Energy finance directors at Societe Generale have indicated that there are a growing number of Chinese companies involved in renewable energy investment overseas, with a clear acceleration in the trend observed over the last two years. The French multinational financial services group headquartered in Paris …
Member News: New United Family Jianguomen Clinic
On Thursday, April 14th United Family Healthcare will be celebrating the recent expansion, and move, to their new United Family Jianguomen Clinic, now located between Buildings 14/15 of the Jianwai Diplomatic Residence Compound. United Family Healthcare would like you to join them for a health talk or just to stop by for a tour of …
Education Talking Points 06-04-2016
Australian education and tourism exports nearly match iron ore figures With Australia’s longstanding reputation as a major commodity-exporting nation, it’s no surprise that the value of Australian education and tourism exports remains relatively under the radar. In recent years however, it’s been Australia’s natural environment, highly regarded education system and low currency that has attracted …
Energy & Resources Talking Points 30-03-2016
China stops building wind turbines because most of the energy is wasted Could this be the end of new wind turbine projects in China for the foreseeable future? China has stopped approving plans to build new turbines as huge amounts of wind power was wasted in 2015. Last year it was reported that 15 % …