Author: grahamearnshaw

As one of the foreign brokers authorised to deal in China’s B-shares, Wardley James Capel Limited, a member of the HSBC Group, offers its overview of how trading in B-shares operates.

Though the government has scaled down capital construction investments in Jiangsu to stem the rising prices and energy shortages, the province still has the country’s largest industrial output, with 12 per cent of the national total. We take a closer look at Jiangsu, famous for its waterways, its silk and its machinery production.

With Italy’s trading relations dating back to the thirteenth century, the country has established a solid foothold in China. Now China’s second largest European trading partner, an increasingly wide range of industries from Italy are now looking for investment prospects or joint venture partners. We look at the latest trade figures and some of the most recent contracts signed.

China is by no means a new market for ABB. Henk van der Tak talked to China Economic Review recently about the company’s extensive experience of doing business with power-hungry China.

The Novotel Beijing lies in the heart of the city, has 310 guestrooms and suites, and is managed by Accor of France. China Economic Review put the questions to Edgar Pauly, the hotel’s general manager.