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China’s airline industry is taking off. At a time when many of the world’s airlines are struggling to stay in business, China’s have notched up an average 22 per cent growth over the last 12 years. But records of poor safety and service still haunt China’s airlines. We look at the structure of the China Aviation Administration of China and its attempts to modernise and upgrade its operations.

We profile Guangzhou, the capital of the booming southern province of Guangdong.

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.

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.

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.