Other Briefings
Financial Analysis and Cost Audits: Identifying Cost Inefficiencies
Identifying cost inefficiencies is crucial for cost reduction, with financial analysis and cost audits serving as key tools. Cost audits also play a vital role in ensuring the sustainability of these optimization measures.
Encouraged Catalogue for Western China 2025: Trends and Opportunities
China has unveiled the latest Encouraged Catalogue for Western China 2025, in a bid to lure investment into prioritized areas of its vast western region.
China-Sweden Economic Relations: Trade, Investment, and Opportunities
China and Sweden are each other’s largest trading partners in Asia and Northern Europe, with notable Swedish exports including pharmaceuticals, machinery, and transport equipment.
New Guide for Cross-Border Personal Data Transfers in the GBA: A Roadmap for Compliance and Security
The Technical Committee for Information Security Technology (TC260) has released a new guide to standardize cross-border personal data transfers between the Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). This guide introduces enhanced security standards and mutual recognition mechanisms, aiming to facilitate smoother data flows while ensuring robust protection of personal information.
US-China Relations in the Biden Era: A Timeline
Timeline tracking key developments affecting US-China bilateral trade and business engagement under the Joe Biden administration.
China Monthly Tax Brief: November 2024
In this monthly China tax brief for November 2024, we spotlight policies and measures just announced or scheduled for implementation.
China’s Workforce Dynamics and Regional Trends
Despite a declining working-age population, China’s workforce saw a 6.9 million job increase in 2023, driven by policies re-integrating older workers.
Navigating China’s Latest Export Tax Rebate Adjustments: What Are the Implications?
Starting December 1, 2024, China lowers the export tax rebate rate from 13 percent to 9 percent for 209 products such as refined oil, photovoltaic products, and batteries while eliminates the rebate policy for other 59 products.
