China Economic ReviewWith 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.
We profile Guangzhou, the capital of the booming southern province of Guangdong.
China’s capital, an expanding metropolis of 11 million people, faces a fight for survival over the next few decades as the pressures of population growth and industrial development collide with a rapidly dwindling water supply.