Chinese Enterprises’ Investment in Southeast Asia Continues Unabated

As we all know,Southeast Asia has become a hot destination for Chinese enterprises to invest in.The latest report shows that Southeast Asia continues to attract China’s capital,within which the medical industry has become an important area for Chinese enterprises to invest in,and the investment activity has gradually warmed up despite fluctuations.

Bringing Opportunities Job fair connects Chinese-invested enterprises in South Africa with local job seekers

Simphiwe Zondi in Johannesburg,South Africa,was especially happy on 16 April.At the 2024 Job Fair of the Chinese-Invested Enterprises in South Africa held in the Gallagher Convention Centre on that day,he presented his CV and immediately secured a job as a technical director at the South Africa subsidiary of PowerChina,which ranked 105th on the Fortune Global 500 list in 2023.He was one of the few applicants who signed employment contracts at the job fair.

Renewing Chinese Investment in Indonesia’s Energy Sector

On April 1,the China RE Invest Indonesia 2024,a symposium cohosted by the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in China,the Southeast Strategics(a business and investment research and advisory institute),and the Center for Strategic and International Studies(CSIS)Indonesia,took place in Beijing.Representatives from renewable energy investment companies,equipment manufacturers,financial institutions,government departments,renewable energy-related enterprises.

Which Cities are More Attractive for Business Investment?

A good business environment is the soft power and core competitiveness for urban economic development,and is a key element to attract business investment.Recently,the“Top 50 Cities with Business Investment Attraction”(hereinafter referred to as the Survey)released by the Big Data Research Institute of Qi Chacha shows that the siphonic effect of the first-tier cities is significant,and in the past five years,enterprises in Shanghai,Beijing and Shenzhen have been invested in the most frequently.

CCPIT Holds Dialog with Foreign Business Associations and Foreign-Invested Enterprises

On August 24,Ren Hongbin,Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade(CCPIT),presided over the Dialog with Foreign Business Associations and Foreign-invested Enterprises and listened carefully to the business operations,problems and demands,as well as opinions and suggestions of foreign business associations and foreign-invested enterprises.The participants included 11 representatives from foreign business associations,such as the American Chamber of Commerce in the People’s Republic of China(AmCham China),the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China(EUCCC),the British Chamber of Commerce in China(BCCC),and the China-Italy Chamber of Commerce(CICC),and 16 representatives of foreign-invested enterprises,such as Bayer,Boehringer Ingelheim,Nestle,Starbucks,Cargill,Corning,Intel,Qualcomm,Pfizer,Air Liquide,P&G,MUFG,and SK China.Vice Chairman Zhang Shenfeng of the CCPIT also attended the Dialog.

Investment Challenges in Africa： Case Studies of Chinese Enterprises

When Africa's growth faces headwinds and when China's Belt and Road Initiative finds synergy with Africa's development agenda, it is imperative for Chinese enterprises to adjust their strategies and traditional practices in order to deal with all kinds of risks. It is also urgent for the Chinese government to be fully prepared to help safeguard the legitimate interests of its nationals and enterprises in Africa when it is needed.

Thoughts on Promoting the Investment and Financing Development of Enterprises'Intellectual Property Rights from the Perspective of Intellectual Property Strategy

With the in-depth implementation of China's intellectual property strategy,the situation of intellectual property protection in China has been further improved,the enthusiasm of the public for entrepreneurship and innovation has been further stimulated,people's awareness of intellectual property rights has been further enhanced,and the value of intellectual property rights has been further recognized by people.As a new economic form,"intellectual property economy"plays an increasingly important role in our socialist market economy.At the same time,China's intellectual property still faces some prominent problems,especially in the field of intellectual property investment and financing,such as difficult valuation,management and liquidation.From the perspective of the implementation of intellectual property strategy and starting from the investment and financing of intellectual property rights of small and medium-sized enterprises,this paper introduces the basic concepts of intellectual property investment and financing,the development status and existing problems of intellectual property investment and financing of small and medium-sized enterprises,and puts forward some suggestions for improving the investment and financing policy of intellectual property rights.

THE STATE COUNCIL DECIDES TO EXTEND THEIMPORT-DUTY EXEMPTION PERIOD FOR IMPORTS OF EQUIPMENT AND RAW MATERIALS BY ENTERPRISES WITH FOREIGN INVESTMENT

Recently the State Council decided to extend the period ofduty exemption for imports of equipment and raw materials by foreign-invested enterprises below US$30 million.In order to administrate import and export activities in light ofinternational practice and apply a unified, fair and standardizedpolicy toward import duties, the State Council, on December28,1995, decided to reform and adjust the policies of import duties by fairly significant reduction of the overall import tariff leveland elimination of preferences of import-duty exemption for mostimport items, which was also applicable to imports of equipmentand raw materials by foreign-invested enterprises set up since April1st, 1996. At the same time, with a view to maintaining the policycontinuity and relative stability, those enterprises established before March 31, 1996 were allowed an extended duty-exemptionperiod of one to two years for importation of equipment and rawmaterials(referring to construction materials, etc.) if such importswere below the value of their total investments, and for

Japanese Enterprises Wish to Expand Investments in China,Despite Declining in 2015

Japan’s investment in China in2015 was$3.2 billion,which was a drop of 25.9%compared with the year before;as for trade,however,Japan was the second destination country for China’s exports,with a volume of$135.7 billion;as for imports,Japan ranked third with a volume of$143 billion.Japanese companies

98.7%foreign enterprises expressed that they would expand investment in China

From January to November 2022,the profits of major industrial enterprises in China decreased by 3.6%year-on-year.According to the data from the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS),the total profit of industrial enterprises with an annual operating income of 20 million yuan or more in these eleven months is about 7.72 trillion yuan.Although the profit decreased by about 4%compared with last year's,faced with challenges and pressure,Zhu Hong.

REGULATIONS ON THE ALTERATION OF STOCK EQUITY HELD BY INVESTORS OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT ENTERPRISES

Article 1With a view to promoting the healthy development of foreign invest-ment enterprises, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of investorsof the parties concerned and safeguarding the social and economic order,this set of regulations has been formulated in accordance with the Com-pany Law of the People’s Republic of China,Law of the People’s Republicof China on Chinese-Foreign Equity Joint Ventures,Law of the People’sRepublic of China of Foreign on Chinese-Foreign contractual Joint Ven-tures,Law of the people’s of China of Foreign Capital Enterprises,andother relevant laws and regulations.Article 2The alteration of investors’stock equity in foreign investment enter-prises as used hereof refers to the alteration of investors or theirshares(hereinafter referred to as the stock equity) of financialcontribution(inchiding the cooperative conditions offered) in Chinese-for-eign equity joint ventures,Chinese-foreign contractual joint ventures andforeign investment enterprises(hereinafter referred to as the enterprises).

The State Council Notified to Rectify and Reorganize Non-Experimental Commercial Enterprises with Foreign Investment

The State Council Office has recently issued"Notification of relevant issues on rectifying andreorganizing non-experimental commercial enter-prises with foreign investment", making it clearthat non-experimental commercial enterprises withforeign investment would be rectified.The notification emphasizes that all the non-experimental commerical enterprises with foreigninvestment which have been presumptuously ap-proved for establishment by localities or depart-ments prior to the issuance by the State CouncilOffice of the Urgent notification of prompt stop oflocal presumptuous approval of establishment ofcommercial enterprises with foreign

Research on the Relationship between the Profitability and R&D Investment of Enterprises of Different Scales in China’s Pharmaceutical Industry

Objective To analyze the relationship between the profitability of pharmaceutical enterprises of different scales and their R&D investment.Methods The data of China’s pharmaceutical manufacturing industry from 1995 to 2016 were selected to establish a vector auto-regression mode,and then an impulse response function and variance decomposition were used to analyze the data.Results and Conclusion For large-scale pharmaceutical enterprises,1%increase in R&D input will lead to 0.792%increase of their main business profit.For medium-sized enterprises,if their main business profit increases by 1%,their R&D input will increase by 0.965%.Therefore,if their R&D input increases by 1%,their main business profit will increase by 1.036%.The improvement of the profitability of large-scale pharmaceutical enterprises cannot promote the increase of R&D capital investment.But the increase of profitability from medium-sized enterprises can promote the increase of R&D capital investment.As a result,the increase of R&D capital investment of large and medium-sized enterprises can improve corporate profitability.

A case study of Korea-invested enterprises in Shandong Peninsula

This paper is a case study of the development of Koreaninvested Enterprises (KIEs) in Shandong Peninsular based on a field interview survey together with questionnaire survey undertaken in 1996 and 1997. An analysis to the motivate factors for Korean investment entering China and a general evaluation on the business environment of Shandong Peninsular in terms of Korean investment is given firstly. Then the present characteristics of KIEs is described from micro point of view, with focus on the linkage pattern of enterprises, aiming at elaborating the emerging pattern of the international division of labor between China and the R. Korea, and the role of KIEs to the local social and economic development of Shandong Peninsular.

Impact of China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment on Enterprise Performance

The present study seeks to address two fundamental questions.(1)Does outward foreign direct investment(OFDI)enhance enterprise performance ultimately?(2)How does this effect come about?A new dataset from the years 2011 to 2016 based on the micro-data of 88 Chinese multinational-listed enterprises was used to test research hypotheses with the mediating effect modeling approach.The study results reveal that:(1)the investment intensity has a positive influence,while investment span has a negative influence on enterprise performance;(2)the enhanced innovation capability can considerably increase the enterprise performance,while investment intensity and span both hinder the upgrading of innovation capability;and(3)the innovation capability of an enterprise plays a partial intermediary role among investment span and enterprise performance.However,there is no mediating effect between investment intensity,innovation ability,and enterprise performance.