Dalian: China’s garden city

The biggest free trade port in Northern China, Dalian is a modernised international shipping metropolis serving as a gateway to Beijing and Tianjin.

Company culture matters

In order to become innovative, businesses need strong leaders who are capable of developing a continuously evolving company culture.

EU-China trade and investment

Europe is China’s largest trading partner, and China is now the EU’s second largest; trade between the two regions has doubled over the last decade to more than EUR 1 billion a day. President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Brussels was a game-changing event. It…

Banking on change

The China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone was officially launched on 29th September, 2013.

On the move: changes in logistics legislation

Logistics legislation and regulations are changing inside the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (CSPFTZ or Zone).

Tax in the Zone

The overall purpose of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (CSPFTZ or Zone) is to implement various pilot reforms

EU-China BIT negotiations

What are the factors that could influence the outcome?

The president has left the building

President Cucino fields press questions at the launch of the Position Paper 2013/2014

Galloping towards telecoms liberalisation

International investors looking to take advantage of China’s vast telecoms market are faced with a multitude of regulatory restrictions.

Phoning it in: telecommunications in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone

The opening up of telecommunications value-added services within the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (CSPFTZ) is an important development for foreign companies.