The Rise of China＇s Global Companies

THE rise of individual Chinese companies to leadership positions in global competition is already well known. Lenovo is the world＇s largest PC producer. Haier is the world＇s largest household goods manufacturer. Huawei is the second largest producer of telecommunications equipment. Forbes magazine ranked ICBC as the world＇s overall number one company in 2013 by combined revenue, assets, profits and market capitalization.     

CRC Huaxia Performing Arts Co.

China Record Corp., also known as the CRC, is China's largest and oldest national-level producer of audio/visual products. The sound relationship between the CRC and artists at home and abroad and rich experiences in the industry allow CRC Huaxia Performing Arts Co. a unique competitive edge in the market.     

Kunming——Blooming and Booming

KUNMING in central Yunnan Province is he largest city in Chi-na's extended south-vestern frontier. Two housand years ago, it was a hub on the Southern Silk Road that connected inland China with Southeast Asia and a converging point on the Sichuan-Yunnan-Vietnam passageway. Today, as the capital city of Yunnan, it is home to 26 ethnic groups and a popular destination for tourists and business travelers from around the world.     

Governor of St. Petersburg Matvienko’s Visit to Qingdao

St. Petersburg, the second largest city in Russia, is located at the Neva River Delta at the eastern end of the Gulf of Finland. It is Russia's gateway to Europe. The city which had been the capital of Russia for two centuries during the rule of Tsars is still a political, economic and cultural centre of the country only next to Moscow, and the central city of the Russian northwestern region. St. Petersburg, with its     

Nanjing Software： The New Brilliance of an Ancient City

TOGETHER with Dalian and ＇Chengdu, the city of Nanjing is a major producer of computer software in China.People may wonder what in the world has made Nanjing, a city known for its cultural and historical heritage, a leader in China＇s software industry. And how did this seem to happen overnight？ In spite of its relatively low profile, Nanjing has a few tricks up its sleeve the other cities don＇t.     

Popular With the Young

Located along the West 'Third Ring Road of Beijing,the piano school of the Jiang Jie Culture and Arts School,one of the most popular music schools for children in the city,has never been short of students.With more than 100 small piano teaching rooms in six storeys,it is one of the largest piano training schools in the city.     

The G20 Expectation

正Hangzhou Summit will provide an opportunity for transforming and reforming the dialogueExpectations are high for the Group of20(G20)Summit that will be held in September in Hangzhou,a garden city in east China’s Zhejiang Province.It is the first time that China will host and chair the sum-mit.The world’s second largest economy is     

Syria in the Eye Of the Storm

If the situation in Syria were a storm,the country is now approaching the eye of the hurricane after 18 months of conflict.Intense fighting between government forces and rebels broke out in the country's second largest city Aleppo,and insurgent forces claimed the city will see a decisive battle to end the Bashar al-Assad administration. Chinese political observers noted that the Syria issue has become more complicated with the involvement of Western countries and neighboring countries in the region.They believe the Syrian Government is capable of resisting the rebels longer than Western countries expect,and insist that Syria's peace should be made by Syrian people through communication and negotiation.     

Cloud-Based Solution

<正>A small desert city in west China is transforming itself into a hi-tech powerhouseIn the desert of the American West lies the sixth largest city in the United States—Phoenix, Arizona. In the past 20 years, it has miraculously transformed from a quiet suburban city into a new Silicon Valleylike economic powerhouse.Home to 83cloud data centers and the headquarters of dozens of other hi-tech companies.     

More in the Pipeline

With the government's decision to peak carbon emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060,the race is on in China to switch to clean fuel.Some of the biggest energy companies in the country have increased investment in the exploration of natural gas.China National Offshore Oil Corp.(CNOOC),the largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas in the country,for example,has announced that gas will account for 30 percent of its production by 2025,growing to 50 percent in 2035.     

Guangzhou:A Window on Modern China

GUANGZHOU is the capital of GuangdongProvince. Over the past 20 years, this city hasled China 's reform and opening drive andmade huge advances in economic development.Its comprehensive economic strength has brought about a jump in its position within the scale of China,s 10 largest cities from seventh in 1978 to its present third, following Beijing and Shanghai. Visitors to Guangzhou today are aware not only of the heritage of this ancient city but also of the tempo and ambience of an i…     

Ma‘anshan——Regional Economic Powerhouse

MA'ANSHAN, in eastern Anhui Province, is an iron and steel industry based city that has developed since the founding of new China. Ma'anshan is not one of Anhui's largest cities, as regards territory, population, and aggregate economy, yet its per capita major economic indexes have ranked first in the province for successive years. China's huge population dilutes per capita resources, so integrated and coordinated development of the regional economy is vital. Nanjing, capital city of neighboring Jiangsu Province, is just a 30-minute drive away, which has prompted Ma'anshan to take the initiative of merging into the Nanjing Megalopolis* and the Yangtze River Delta Economic Belt* (*see the reference box at the end of the article).     

A city of commerce

As the largest private investment project in Panama, PIMM is about to become the largest commercial structure on the continent. The wholesale concept of PIMM is combined with a prestigious real estate development in an entire commercial city comprising all necessary facilities to conduct business comfortably,with plenty of accommodation available for visi- tors,showroom owners and staff.Once completed,PIMM will provide no less than 6,800 showrooms,four hotels,one con- vention center,one block of office buildings,and one block of     

FOR A BETTER REUNION

The city of Yiwu in Zhejiang Province,east China,boasts the largest wholesale market of small commodities and a large population of migrant workers.Wang Guocheng,Director of the Yiwu Human Resources and Social Security Bureau,is tasked with finding out the travel plans of the workers during the Spring Festival holiday.     

Tian jin: A Hot Investment Destination For German Businesses

<正>Tianjin,where five branches of the Haihe River meet,is to the west of the Bohai Sea and to the south of Yanshan Mountain.In ancient times,Tianjin was prosperous due to grain transport by water,and now it is the largest coastal city in north China.Historically Tianjin was one of China’s earliest trading ports open to foreign countries,with many world-famous entrepreneurs and financiers once making money here;today the city is establishing itself as a national base for advanced manufacturing industries,     

牛街民族团结小区

In the Liao, Song and Yuan dynasties many Muslims from Central Asia settled in northern China, and the Niujie section is the largest Hui community in China＇s capital city. Dating back with a history of more than a thousand years, the term Niujie, oxen street, today is commonly used to refer to an area of some 60 winding alleyways, or hutongs, with a central ＂Niujie＂ in its midst.     

Suzhou Silk Museum

SILK production in China has a history of 6,000 years. As early as the fifth century B.C., silk was exported to Asia, Europe and Africa along the Old Silk Road, making an outstanding contribution to world civilization. Suzhou has been a silk producer for centuries, and China's first silk museum was built in this ancient city.Suzhou Silk Museum is multi-functional, and combines exhibits with demonstrations of silk weaving. Exhibits on display in its various exhibition halls reflect the or…     

Feast or Famine

China is the largest potato producer in the world, but still saddled with acute shortages for downstream products of potato processing     

Customizing Chinese Patients

U.S. medical device producer Medtronic raises its stake in China amid the country’s intensified efforts to reform healthcare A s China becomes one of the world’s fastest growing healthcare markets, investors and foreign companies are flocking to the promising sector. Medtronic, one of the world’s largest medical device makers, is no exception.     

War on Drugs

正New report reveals state of illegal narcotics in China and effectiveness of anti-drug effortsIn October 2019, Peng Hongqing set a new record in Liupanshui, a prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province in southwest China. The record was for the largest ever seizure of illegal methamphetamines(meth). Peng, 42, is the head of the anti-drug