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Xinjiang to Become More Accessible for Foreign Investors
Xinjiang, the massive autonomous region in northwestern China offering many lucrative investment opportunities, is relaxing the approval procedures for foreign investors. Under the new policy, local authorities will gain more decision power and investors will find it easier to start up projects in the region.
Complimentary Reports Available from China Briefing
Dec. 24 – Over the past year we’ve released a number of complimentary reports. As its the festive season and we know our readers have been very good this year, we provide a one stop shop to each of them, complete with complimentary downloads just in case you missed them the first time around. They […]
Investments into Russia and Kazakhstan from China
New issue of Russia Briefing available for download Nov. 9 – Dezan Shira & Associates hosted their second Russia forum in Beijing yesterday with the assistance of the firms Beiten Burkhardt of Moscow and Kazakhstan Consulting of Almaty. Presentations on the legal structures for establishing operations in both Russia and Kazakhstan were given by Anna […]
China’s Fastest Growing Provinces: The Demographics
Nov. 8 – At the recent Economist China Summit, Michael Koenig and Christophe Bezu, of Bayer and Adidas respectively, emphasized that Central China would experience renewed growth and development as per capita GDP and household disposable income increased at the same time that the coastal areas experienced a slowdown. Last week, we featured the top […]
West China: Why FDI Should Consider the Region
Op-Ed Commentary: Chris Devonshire-Ellis Sept. 2 – Following the conclusion of our series of articles about investing in China’s western regions, I believe that foreign investors would do well to look at these emerging markets in China. As sales markets in the United States and Europe remain stagnant following the global recession and growth remains […]
New Special Economic Zone in Yili, Near Kazakhstan Border
Sept. 1 – China has ratified a new special economic zone in Yili, in northwestern Xinjiang near the border with Kazakhstan. The area is already China’s only Kazakh autonomous prefecture, populated mainly by ethnic Kazakhs. The prefecture has a total population of four million with about 500,000 living in the city of Yining, also known […]
Investing in Yunnan: ASEAN, Adventure Tourism, Myanmar and India’s Elephant in the Backyard
By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Aug. 31 – Yunnan has always been an enigmatic province; encompassing four major Chinese minorities influenced by Vietnam, India, Burma and Tibet, and home to the very eastern end of the Himalayan ranges, it is never a simple region to categorize. However, due to booming trade with the Association of Southeast Asian […]
Ningxia to Host China-Arab States Trade Forum
Aug. 30 – Yinchuan, the capital city of Ningxia, will host the first China-Arab Trade Forum in a bid to further align itself with Arabic investment in hopes of securing petro-dollar investments. Yinchuan is an ancient Silk Road city with a strong population of Muslims, many of them Arabic and Persian descendants of early Silk […]
