Business
Golden Years: The Coming Investment Boom in China’s Elderly Care Industry
Today, there are more than 200 million senior citizens in China. Fifty percent of them are “empty-nesters” living alone in rural areas, and more than 30 million are disabled. Meanwhile,
Trade Fairs Before, During, After: Protect Your Intellectual Property
Trade fairs are an excellent opportunity for a business to showcase new products and scout business partners for manufacturing, promotion, and distribution. Unfortunately, in China these exhibitions are commonly a
Rising Manufacturing Costs: Challenges and Opportunities
The recent decades of China’s export-driven economic growth has come at the cost of severe pollution to the environment, which has in turn posed a threat to the health of
Chinese Logistics: Where It’s Going, How It’s Getting There
China, the world’s second largest economy and third largest country by area, is experiencing insatiable demand for transportation and logistics services. Dedicated service providers are struggling to keep up, causing
Run with the Money: Repatriating Cash from China
For foreign companies with subsidiaries in South China, repatriating cash from their China company has always been an important and challenging issue. There are several ways of repatriating cash from
Labor Disputes: Don’t Be the next Yue Yuen
A recent labor strike caused by disputes over welfare payments for employees at Yue Yuen Industrial, a shoe manufacturer in Dongguan, has again put a spotlight on labor disputes in
Dongguan Business: A Regulatory Briefing
Policies for Cultural Enterprises On April 2, the State Council released the regulations aimed at supporting the development of cultural enterprises. Preferential business tax (BT) will replace preferential value-added tax
Minimizing the Risk: Falsely Issued Invoices in China
In June of last year, news broke that China’s official import and export totals had been grossly inflated via invoice fraud, with actual estimates half those of official figures. In
Dongguan Q & A: Business Answers
Q: Why is Dongguan often referred to as the “world’s factory?” A: Beginning in the late 1970s, manufacturing enterprises from Hong Kong and Taiwan were attracted to Dongguan by its
VAT Reform in China: And Its Implications
The pilot reform of the VAT system represents tax saving opportunities for many taxpayers, but increased tax burdens for others. For service providers in China who are now registered as
