“Malaysia Has Certainly Benefited from China’s Prominence on the World Stage”——Exclusive Interview with See Chee Kong Leonard, Business Minister of Embassy of Malaysia in PRC

Relations between China and Malaysia have been developing steadily.Recently,See Chee Kong Leonard,Business Minister of Embassy of Malaysia in PRC,accepted an interview with Chinas Foreign Tradey and talked about the 45 years of economic and trade cooperation and achievements of the two countries.

Meeting report of the editorial board meeting for World Journal of Hepatology 2019

The first editorial board meeting of the World Journal of Hepatology(WJH)was held on November 8,2019 at the Side Bar Grille,Sheraton Boston Hotel,Boston,MA,United States.Ruo-Yu Ma,Director of Editorial Office,on behalf of the Baishideng Publishing Group(BPG),organized the meeting with the great help of Professor Ke-Qin Hu,Journal Editor-in-Chief.There were six editorial board members,including two Editors-in-Chief and one administrative director of the editorial office at the meeting,discussing future strategies of the journal’s development.The editorial board provided BPG a number of suggestions in regard to the business plan and quality control of the WJH.Regarding the business aspect,the editorial board suggested that BPG should advertise the WJH at the international Hepatology and Gastroenterology conferences and promote the WJH via social media.On the scientific aspect,the editorial board suggested that the assessment systems for managing the reviewers and the editorial board members are necessary,and that the BPG should make efforts to attract more high-quality manuscript submissions.An additional comment was to continue to foster a scientific culture for the journal.In conclusion,it was noted that these new ideas expressed during the meeting will bring the WJH to the next level.In the future,the BPG and the editorial board will increase communication and collaboration in order to further the development of the WJH.

Asian Trade Integration and the Decoupling Debate of Business Cycles

＂Decoupling＂ refers to the divergence of business cycles among different countries, while ＂re-coupling＂ corresponds to the convergence or the synchronization of business cycles among different countries. The decoupling debate is popular in the field of economics, especially after global financial crisis. As trade integration increased among Asian countries, business cycle synchronization among these countries was expected to increase through trade transmission. The aim of this study is to discover whether there has been decoupling or convergence of business cycles through various trade channels. However, theoretically, increased trade can lead to business cycle synchronization either rising or falling. Inter-industry trade resulting in higher specification will induce less synchronized business cycles, while intra-industry trade could lead to increased business cycle synchronization. Thus, it is important to distinguish between intra- and inter-industry trade flows. Both correlation and dynamic factor models are utilized to study the evolution of global business cycle linkages. Results indicate that the world factor has become less important in explaining macroeconomic fluctuations from sub-period 1961-1984 to sub-period 1985-2007, while regional factors do not play an important role in explaining aggregate volatility, with the expectation of consumption. Overall, the explanatory power of country factors increases. Domestic consumption and domestic investment variances are more driven by country and idiosyncratic factors than by the world factor, contrary to the output growth fluctuations. Regional factors and country factors also play a more prominent role in explaining gross import fluctuations than in explaining gross exports. Results cast doubt on the strong forms of both the decoupling and the re-coupling hypothesis.

Underground Space Landscape Design of Business Zone B of Shanghai World Expo

Business Zone B of Shanghai World Expo is the dynamic cluster area of well-known enterprise headquarters,and it has created the scheme layout of integrated design above and below ground according to regional planning characteristics and the characteristics of the times.The underground space landscape design of Business Zone B of Shanghai World Expo is a typical case of underground space development in China,and the summary of design strategy is helpful for improving underground space landscape design level in China.The existing problems in landscape design of Business Zone B of Shanghai World Expo are found through fi eld investigation,and the law of underground space landscape design in Business Zone B is summarized.Due to the fact that the development of underground space can not be reversed,the optimization design strategy of underground space landscape,such as strengthening the connectivity of underground space,enriching the sunken square and courtyard,and creating good physical environment of underground space,is put forward to improve the status quo of underground space environment.The construction level of underground space landscape in China has been constantly improving.As long as the urban planning is reasonable and pays attention to the application of integrated design of ground and underground,architectural technology and art combination in underground space environment,the construction of urban underground space landscape will become more ecological,humanized and diversifi ed.

Business Opportunities for the Food Industry in Emerging Markets

World demographics change with growing populations mainly in Asia and Africa.Along this malnutrition including stunting,wasting,low brain capacity,obesity,diabetes present huge challenges and costs for these societies.The food industry has a great opportunity to focus their growth and sustainability strategies to these geographies and at the same time develop into solution providers for these health issues—this as a business case.These companies will be attractive employers.We need to think of new ways in doing business,change management becomes key,managing complexity and having the ability for a horizontal view and possible solutions.We require discussion groups that provide innovative ideas,even competitor need to meet and define social impact investments.Partnerships are essential between the public and the private sectors.

Wide Angle:Middle Eastern Geo-politics&Its Impact on International Business—The Neo-engagement Rule

Middle Eastern Geopolitics has been evolving with its contemporary counterparts for last five to eight hundred years of world history while its substantial impacts have been practically dominant on global trade and business since World War II.The descriptive article however narrates the neo-engagement rule via which international businesses have been being dictated by the mighty geo-politician players across the globe for last seven decades or so.The study conducted exclusive research and gathered evidences about the influences of geopolitics on international business,especially the fluctuating dynamics of oil and arms tradeoff between the allies of United Kingdom(UK)and United States(US)across the international business fraternity through various disrupting periods of recent history,which ultimately transformed the patterns of world trade and the connotation of“Islamophobia”across continents.The study further emphasized the trade mindsets for selling war in the name of keeping peace across the most vulnerable corners of the Mediterranean.The result of the study unearthed the truths and realities behind the lately designed deceptive label of“world peace”,in the name of profit-generating business goals through war-games among key imperialists of the post Nazi German era.

KARL MAYER's FILESIZE is gaining ground in China in the production of printed circuit boards

Industry 4.0,e-mobility,5G-neworks,the Internet of Things– the modern world is changing all the time and needs one thing above all else– electronics.The huge demand for electronic components is generating good business for the printed circuit board industry and its supply chain.Huge amounts of money are being invested in this sector,especially in China.Most of all the Copper Clad Laminates(CCLs),which are the copper-laminated precursors of printed circuit board production,are supplied by Chinese companies.Woven glass fabrics are mainly used as the carrier material in the production of CCLs.These technical textiles are treated with resin and then coated on one or both sides with a copper layer.The metal coating is subsequently etched,depending on the design of the final printed circuit boards.Products referred to internationally as printed circuit boards(PCBs)are produced,onto which electronic components can be applied or they can be combined to produce multilayered circuit boards.Types having up to 48 layers can be used in computers.Computers,mobile phones and other electronic devices are becoming smaller all the time,so that the components used inside them are also becoming smaller.The trend towards miniaturisation and the increasing demand for flexible CCL types require finer and finer woven glass fabrics.Glass yarns having increasingly smaller counts have to be processed to meet this demand-a challenge that is making KARL MAYER’s warp preparation machines the machines of choice in China.

Business The Econometer

ECONOMY ENDS YEAR ON HIGH NOTEChina＇s consumer inflation eased slightly in November, with the Consumer Price Index （CPI） up 3 percent year on year, well below the government＇s target of 3.5 percent for the year （see Chart 1）. Food prices were once again the largest contributor to rising prices, with vegetables up 22.3 percent. Overall,

新商科的理论内涵、运行逻辑和实践路径

新商科是构建中国特色商科理论,回应时代之问,培育新时代商科人才的关键学科,是我国打造世界水平、中国特色文科人才培养体系的重大战略举措。文章阐释了新商科的理论内涵,揭示了新商科的运行逻辑,描绘了新商科的实践路径,并提出要直面新形势、新问题、新竞争、新要求和新目标,从打造中国特色新商科、构建商科教育新体系、拓展商科教育新视野、培育商科领域新人才、推动商科教育新发展五方面,加速中国特色、世界一流新商科的理论构建和新商科教育的高质量发展。

海南自贸港创国际一流便利化营商环境制度集成创新探索

海南自贸港以创国际一流便利化营商环境为目标,不仅彰显自贸港“自由”“便利”的本质属性,而且表达了海南在中国改革开放再出发过程中的政治自觉、时代担当和高质量价值追求。文章以制度集成创新为抓手,既能使海南自贸港营商环境优化产生巨大的“集成”“协同”治理效应,又有利于快速破解海南自贸港营商环境建设中的存量与增量问题。近年来,从中央到海南先后都出台了系列制度性文本,并推出了诸多制度集成创新案例,探索成效十分显著。尽管如此,未来仍需进一步提高认知探索的多重意义、始终保持创新的接力状态、聚焦重点领域的建设清单、加强营商环境的数字赋能。

海南自贸港开放度提升与营商环境优化的动力与路径

海南自贸港开放度提升与营商环境优化所面临的现实困境主要是外部经济形势复杂、内部经济基础薄弱、高端人才匮乏、国际化交通运输设施不完善等。海南自贸港扩大对外开放水平的动力主要有党中央和国务院的政策支持、人民群众对美好生活的向往与追求、RCEP签署与实施、国家重大发展战略的叠加效应等。海南自贸港持续优化营商环境可从市场环境、人力资源、创新环境、金融服务、政务环境和法治环境等6个方面入手。海南应抓住RCEP签署实施的历史机遇,加强与粤港澳大湾区的联动发展,积极对接国际经贸规则,优化产业结构与空间布局,集聚高端创新人力资源,搭建“科技创新+金融开放”服务平台,提升海南自贸港的外联内通水平。

我国提升营商环境的破产法应对

健全完善的破产法律制度是法治化营商环境的重要组成部分。近年来,我国对照世界银行营商环境评估指标所推行的破产法律改革取得良好成效,强化了我国破产法律制度的完整性和充实性。2023年,世界银行发布商业成熟度评估项目(B-READY)替代了原营商环境评价项目,新指标将从规范框架、公共服务和整体效率三个维度评估企业办理破产的营商环境,且在评估目标、指标设置和评估方法等方面均有重大变化。为积极应对评估工作,有效提升办理破产营商环境,我国应当根据新指标变化情况,全面研判并补足潜在失分项,既要客观看待评估体系的变与不变,保持法律的可预期性和相对稳定性,又要提前布局、统筹做好破产领域的营商环境优化工作。

世界银行“商事破产”新指标与我国的法治应对

世界银行开展的新营商环境评估项目B-READY中的“商事破产”指标相较于旧评估项目DB中的“办理破产”指标,其价值目标和指标内容更为全面,评估方法更为完善。通过分析“商事破产”问卷可以预判,我国在新指标体系下有多项失分,应当采取相应完善措施弥补失分项。在“商事破产”新指标体系的指引下,我国应当明确规定公司濒临破产期间董事、高级管理人员的义务,完善有关程序自动中止及其例外的规定,建立健全小微企业破产程序,完善跨境破产制度,推进破产领域跨区域、跨系统、跨部门信息系统的互联互通以及破产程序相关信息的公开,进一步提高破产程序的效率。为切实优化营商环境,推动破产法的市场化、法治化实施,我国不应满足于获得该指标体系下的分数,而应持续推进更为全面和深入的破产法治改革。

Conscious Business——the Future of Doing Business Responsibly in a Globalized World

Conscious capitalism consists of four interconnectedand mutually reinforcing key pillars.These are higher purpose, stakeholder integration,conscious leadership, and conscious culture.In the future, it will be much harderfor businesses to hire and keep employees ifwork doesn’t have anything to offer that creates not onlythe product or the service but a higher purpose.

营商环境评价实践的多维效应分析

随着营商环境对推动经济发展的作用日益明显,营商环境评价实践逐渐突破对营商环境自身的展示、引领、督促功能,在政治、经济、法律甚至外交领域形成巨大影响力。当前,对于如何深刻地了解评价活动本身的内在逻辑及产生的效应,还缺乏有效的理论支撑。通过对具有代表性和社会影响力的营商环境评价活动进行深度检视后发现,营商环境评价能在政府、市场、区域、开放四个维度产生多元正向效应,但同时也可能引发诸如影响决策者政策偏好、增加改革试验成本、强化区域“马太效应”等方面的“负产出”。因此,将来应从价值取向选择、突出项目特色、方法论研究、平衡技术性操作与制度性改革等方面着力,对各类营商环境评价实践进行优化。

文商旅体融合发展助力“贵阳贵安”世界级旅游城市建设研究

2023年贵州提出重大发展战略,全力打造“世界级旅游目的地”。此背景下,基于AHP层次分析法、田野调查法、专家访谈法,分别对文化、商贸、旅游、体育四产业融合发展助力“贵阳贵安”世界级旅游城市建设的机理进行系统性分析,构建四产业融合评价指标体系。研究发现:文化产业、商贸产业、旅游产业、体育产业在“贵阳贵安”文商旅体融合发展能力评价指标中,分别占比26.7%、25.7%、32.2%、15.4%,认为:文化产业是四产业融合发展的基础、商贸产业是保障、旅游产业丰富发展环境、体育产业提高发展韧性。提出:加快完善四产业融合发展顶层设计、以旅游产业为品牌打造融合发展路径、以文化夯实四产业的融合发展内在基础、以旅游项目丰满四产业融合发展资源、以科技引领四产业高质量发展,加快“贵阳贵安”世界级旅游城市建设进程。

How Should the Business World Approach Reformed Criminals?

Four men were recently charged in a court in Hubei Province for their roles in creating and spreading the worst cyber worm virus in China’s Internet history. Li Jun,the 25-year-old principal offender, allegedly developed the Xiongmao Shaoxiang (panda burning joss stick) cyber bug,officially called worm.whboy,and spread it on the Internet by infecting Websites.He said he wrote the panda worm for fun,but according to the police,Li earlier confessed to selling it to 12 clients and earning more than 100,000

WIPO Publishes Guide to Trademarks for Business

Entrepreneurs and managers of small andmedium-sized enterprises(SMEs)can nowconsult a World Intellectual PropertyOrganization(WIPO)publication thatexplains the basics of trademarks from abusiness perspective.The guide,entitled"Making a Mark:An Introduction toTrademarks for Small and Medium-sizedEnterprises",is intended to enhance thereader's understanding of the strategic valueof trademarks in business planning.It is

世界银行新旧营商环境评估规则及方法比较——兼论优化营商环境的道与术

世界银行推出了新的营商环境评估BR体系,从监管框架完备性、公共服务可及性、企业办事便利性三个维度进行评估,贯穿着环境可持续、推广数字技术运用及性别平等的理念。与原DB体系相比,BR删除了“环节”评估,在项目名称、指标内容、评估范围、评估维度、数据采集、注重规则的实施等方面,存在较大变化。世界银行将营商环境定义为企业无法控制的一系列条件,这些条件对企业整个生命周期中的行为有着重大影响。优化营商环境的要义在于,正确处理公共部门与市场主体之间的关系,以降低制度性交易成本为依归。根据党的二十大报告的要求,汲取中华优秀传统文化“不折腾”的智慧,本着道在日常、道法自然、道术合一的理念,确立优化营商环境的规则价值体系,为企业营造厚重宁静、公平透明、可预期的法律政策环境。