Beyond Kung Fu China’s Film Industry Enhances Ties with the International Market

SINCE the beginning of the Chinese policy of reform and opening-up, and especially since the 1990s, China’s film industry has seen increasingly close exchanges with the wider filmmaking world. These days more screens are showing a greater variety of films from around the world than ever before. Many Chinese filmmakers enjoy creative, collaborative relationships     

Brief History of China’s Aviation Industry

Before 1949 when the People’s Republic of China was founded, China had a very weak aviation foundation. Between 1910, when the government of the Qing Dynasty set up a plane factory, and 1949, there were just dozens of poor-equipped facilities that assembled and repaired a small number of airplanes. All of their raw materials, finished products and equipment were from foreign countries.     

Industry 4.0: China’s New Opportunities

Industry 4.0,also known as the“fourth industrial revolution,”is a concept put forward by Germany which promotes automation of the manufacturing industry.It is based on computer-controlled physical production systems that connect resources,information and people.The goal is the smart factory,which is characterized by adaptability,resource efficiency and ergonomics as well as the integration of customers and business partners in business and value processes.     

The U.S.Debt Crisisand China’s Countermeasures

ON August 5, 2011, the international credit-rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) downgraded its U.S. long-term debt assessment from AAA to AA+ with a negative outlook. For the first time in its history the U.S. lost its prized AAA status, sending shock waves through the global financial markets. To a large extent, the credit crisis has emerged from the U.S. government’s     

Sino-U.S.MOU on Tourism

Director of China's National Tourism Administration Shao Qiwei and U.S.Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez signed the Sino-U.S.memorandum of under- standing(MOU)on tourism in Beijing on December 11, marking a new area of cooperation between the two countries. According to the MOU,Chinese tourists will be able to travel to the United States in groups on tourist visas. Currently,the United States issues only business visas to Chinese citizens.The United States also has a rigid     

OVM: Propping Up China’s Bridge Industry

<正>On December 28,2014,Yinghua Bridge,located in Nanning,capital of southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,was completed and opened up to traffic.The construction of the bridge is of great significance to carrying out the area’s general urban infrastructure plan and expanding urban space.Moreover,the successful application of the S-shaped steel wire wrapping machine marks a further step forward in the exploration of new equipment and technologies for bridge     

Grim Challenges Afoot for China’s Photovoltaic Industry

THE European Commission launched on September 6 an anti-dumping investigation into imports of solar panels and their key components (solar cells and solar wafers) originating in China involv- ing a total sum of around US $20 billion.     

Sino-U.S. Economic and Trade Relations

China has a quarter of the world's population—a vast pool of poten tial consumers for U.S. products and services—and market-oriented reforms have recently helped generate very rapid economic growth. The World Bank has has estimated that China's economic output will reach $10 trillion by the middle of the new century.China-U.S. economic and trade relations have witnessed rapid progress since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1979. In the same year, the two governments signed the bilateral Agreement on Trade Relations, in which most-favorednation trade status was extended to each other on a mutually beneficial basis. In early 1980s, a series of industrial cooperation     

Fact Sheet on Sino-U.S. Trade

July 1979 China and the United States signed a three-year trade agreement in Beijing, which grants each other the status of most favored nation. September 1980 The two countries signed their first textile trade agreement September 1983 Frictions over textile trade were resolved by a second textile trade agreement.     

First Sino-U.S. Sister Cities Conference

The First Sino-U.S. SisterCities Conference, jointlysponsored by the Chinese Peo-ple's Association for Friendshipwith Foreign Countries(CPAFFC), the China Interna-tional Friendship Cities Associa-tion (CIFCA) and Sister CitiesInternational (SCI) of the U.S.,was held in Beijing from Novem-ber 6 to 7, 1995. Over 60 repre-     

Make Way Hollywood？ China＇s Film Industry on the Up and Up

THE New Year period is a good time for filmmakers in China. Scores of movies premiere during the festive season, which lasts from December to Februarycompetition is fierce and box office receipts pile up.     

Sino-U.S. Cooperation： A Family Affai

MY mom was born in 1943, and I in 1975, but we began our English lessons at almost the same time. We didn＇t have much choice. During the 1980s our whole family shared a compact room with an area of only nine square meters. Every evening my mom would listen to English radio broadcasts,     

Stop Toying Around With Sino-U.S. Relations

Since early March this year,the outcry concerning the quality of Chinese export commodities, from cosmetics to foodstuffs to toys, has been deafening,particularly from certain congressmen, presidential candidates and themedia in the United States. Tom Plate,a professor at UCLA, and Mei Xinyu,a research fellow with the Research Academy under the Chinese Ministry of Commerce,however,point out that an ineffective U.S.quality inspection system must shoulder some of the responsibility for the current safety scare.     

China＇s Burgeoning Mobile Phone Industry

WHEN the cell phone first appeared on the Chinese market in the late 1980s it cost 10,000-20,000 yuan,and was the size of a brick.Regarded as the ultimate status symbol,it was called the da ge da,meaning very influential person.At that time,sales of mobile phones were under state control,and stocks were limited.Purchasers were required to place an order and make an 80 percent down payment.How things have changed!Mobiles are now available in multiple choices of size,color and function,on request.     

Solar Industry’s Critical Juncture

Confronted with massive anti-dumping measures, China’s photovoltaic industry will undergo healthier and more sustainable development     

Dr.David Iancu’s Family China Visit

I think I’ve always been fasci-nated by this faraway coun-try——China.When my father was opening hisChina items box,items that he brought back at theend of World War II,I was en-tering a world of wonder.Hewould take out the medals re-ceived from the commander ofhis unit,where he had been thechief medic;he would take outthe ivory chopsticks and showus how to hold and how to usethem;he would take out his lionshapedjade sealbearinghisname,and he would show us how towrite our family name,Ianc…     

Zhenbei Cashmere-Leader of China‘s Cashmere Industry

ZHENBEI cashmere was a huge hit at the 2003 China International Garments Trade Fair. According to an SIC (State Information Center) and BCICC (Beijing Commercial Information Consultation Center) market survey of Beijing department stores whose annual sales volume exceeds 100 million yuan, the Zhenbei turnover'and retail volume ranked a national first.What is the secret of Zhenbei's success?     

XCMG： Globalizing China＇s Manufacturing Industry

正SUCCESS in the manufacturing industry demands as much hard work as farmers need to grow rice–they sow the seeds one by one and reap the harvest one by one.Despite its cautionary tone,this well-known metaphor in industry circles has never shaken the resolve of the managers of Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group(XCMG),a respected pioneer of China’s manufacturing industry.Wang Min,chairman of XCMG,said that China’s equipment manufacturing industry would not be as successful as it is today without the people at its helm who stick to