“The Value of Shanghai FTZ is inestimable”[2013-09-17]

" During the Summer Davos, Cao Yuanzheng was interviewed by 21 Century Business Herald on the topic of Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ). Cao thought the value of Shanghai FTZ is inestimable that he said “people may not foresee it from now, but people could not image today’s Shenzhen in 1980s either.”...more>>

“Is China’s massive infrastructure spending ...”[2013-09-01]

" (Created by Youyou Zhou for CNPolitics；Translated by Tea Leaf Nation’s David Wertime)The Chinese government has put a great deal of resources into infrastructure investment. Major investments were made in rail, highway, and other infrastructure projects during the 2008 global financial crisis. How...more>>

“Drive to close obsolete capacity will intens...”[2013-08-25]

" China will step up efforts to shutter obsolete industrial capacity as it strives to increase energy efficiency and accelerate its economic transition, said Minister of Industry and Information Technology Miao Wei on Aug. 13.A revised list of closures will be released soon, Miao said. MIIT will urge ...more>>

“Does the Information on the Civil Aviation D...”[2013-09-02]

" 【Background】Because the Ministry of Finance refused to disclose the relevant documents of the civil aviation development fund, someone filed an administrative proceeding against the department to the court. But recently on the court, an agent of the Ministry of Finance insisted that the required i...more>>

“Fiscal Risks Exist in the Investment on Infr...”[2013-06-30]

" On June 29, the Research Result Press Conference on Urbanization and Local Government Debt Risks was held in Shanghai. The subject of Infrastructure Investments: Fund Sources, Investment Efficiency and Local Government Fiscal Risks that was taken charge of by Huang Shaoqing was released. The study i...more>>

“Regional AMC should develop into the local d...”[2013-07-05]

" The quiet launch of Jiangsu Asset Management Co. marks the start of the first local government-backed asset management company (AMC) to dispose of local banks' non-performing loans. Headquartered in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu AMC has registered capital of 5 billion yuan. Its controlling shareho...more>>

“Nongovernmental Voices on Public Issues”[2014-09-25]

" > The above is the 2012 annual conference of SIFLOn February 27, 2013, the 31th conference of the eleventh session of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress came to a close. The Amendment of the Budget Law that was once thought to be passed at the session of meeting finally failed...more>>

“Ratings on the Way for Micro-lenders”[2013-04-05]

" China will soon introduce its first credit rating system for micro-lenders, a move which will ultimately facilitate further lending to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Zhang Rui, the secretary general of the China Microfinance Institution Association (CMIA), said at an industry conference...more>>

“Excess Production Capacity?”[2013-04-01]

" According to the report of Caixin.com, on the China Development Forum on March 24th, Zhang Weiying, a professor of Peking University, asked Zhu Zhixin, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, and the two persons argued on the rationality of industrial policies.Zhang Weiyin...more>>

“State Media's Attacks on Apple Rotten to...”[2013-04-20]

" Apple Inc. has been heavily criticized by several state media outlets since mid-March, a campaign that a leading scholar says is a misallocation of media resources and something that can sour perceptions of the investment environment in China.On March 15, CCTV aired a popular annual consumer protect...more>>