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HANOI - The Japanese government is supporting a group of Japanese companies in expanding production in ASEAN, according to Takeo Nakajima, Chief Representative of JETRO in Hanoi, Vietnam. Some 15 out of 30 Japanese companies short-listed and supported by METI of Japan will expand investments in Vietnam. SAIGON – MobiFone has made debut 5G networks and services for customers in Ho Chí Minh City, Da Nang and Hai Phong. NAYPYIDAW – The Myanmar investment board approved 154 foreign investment projects during the period of October 2019 to 3 April 2020, bringing 121 manufacturing investments, 12 services and six power supplying projects to Myanmar. SEOUL – Foreigners owned 2.49 million square kilometers of land in Korea as of the end of 2019, 3% more than the year before. Americans owned about 52%, followed by the Chinese, the Japanese and the Europeans. In terms of value, foreigners owned KRW30.78 trillion worth of land, an increase of 2.9%. |
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Daihu Eco Park in Jinyunshan, Chongqing restored by China Railway to its natural beauty.
Photo courtesy of China Railway Construction 22 Bureau Fifth Company. 4 Jun 2020
Summer Lotus - staying clear and white out of mud. Photograph taken by Chen Yingwei of CNPC Baoshishun Company, Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
Photo courtesy of CNPC Baoshishun Company. 23 July 2020
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4 Aug 2020 - A brand new office and data centre of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is scheduled to be opened in Tianjin Economic – Technological Development Area (TEDA) in October.
30 Jul 2020 - The Chinese government has scheduled to open the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee in Beijing this October, setting directions and formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development (2021-2025). 10 Jul 2020 - Lawson TEDA MSD opened its first convenience store at Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), welcomed by nearly RMB80,000 of sales on the first day. |
Allianz Research: The insolvency time bomb - prepare for a record-high increase in global insolvencies
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A matter of fact -
China's 17 pilot free trade zones (FTZs): - Shanghai (approved in 2013) - Tianjin (2014) - Guangdong province (2014) - Fujian province (2014) - Liaoning province (cities of Dalian, Shenyang, Yingkou) - Henan province (Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang) - Zhejiang province (Zhoushan) - Hubei province (Wuhan, Xiangyang, Yichang) - Chongqing (Liangjiang, Xiyung, Guoyuan) - Sichuan province (Chengdu) - Shaanxi province (Xi'an) - Shandong province (2019) - Jiangsu province (2019) - Guangxi Autonomous Region (2019) - Hebei province (2019) - Yunnan province (2019) - Heilongjiang province (2019) |
Up-dating China economics
Time: Jan-Jun 2020 China's use of foreign direct investment (FDI) ex-financials: - US$67.93 billion (-4% year-on-year) High-tech services use of FDI: +19.2% of which: - IT services +20.9% - inspection and testing services +8.7% - research and design services +35.7% Source of FDI - Singapore +7.8% - US +6% - ASEAN +5.9% - Hong Kong +4.2% - Belt and Road +2.9% Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China |