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Hartmut Buettner @ October 9, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The EU Commission-funded programme METP (Managers Exchange and Training Programme) has published a „Business in China Factbook“.
This 20-pages publication offers relevant facts about Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Dalian and Wuhan and the surrounding regions. It presents key figures of trade and industry statistics on the relations between the EU and China. Other articles inform briefly about [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ September 6, 2008 # No Comment Yet
According to a study by the German Foreign Chamber of Commerce in China among their member companies, 90 percent of them like to extend their activities in China during the coming years and more than 40 percent want to set up new subsidiaries during the next few years.
The German investment increased by almost [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ September 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The EU Commission-funded programme METP (Managers Exchange and Training Programme) offers especially small and medium-sized enterprises from the EU Member States the possibility to train their managers for the Chinese market. The ten months programs, include a language training and an internship in a Chinese company.
The EU Commission will organize the stay in China and [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ September 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Especially for many small and medium-sized European enterprises (SME), the still inadequate IPR protection in China and their lack of practical know-how are significant risks to their business activities there.
With the China SME IPR Helpdesk, the EU has implemented a body, that provides small and medium-sized European enterprises (SMEs) with free business knowledge and resources [...]