Ready to roll out reforms, authorities say foreigners not specifically targeted by agency China’s top antitrust authority will continue treating foreign and domestic companies equally, as it is on the way to completing a sweeping institutional reform, senior officials said on Nov 16. Wu Zhenguo, director of the anti-monopoly bureau of the State Administration for…
The good old branding method of banking only on certain proven celebrities is being challenged in digital marketing and with no guarantee of success, market experts say. “Depending on only a few top stars also means it has become difficult for marketers to uniquely build resonance with their brand,” says Maneesh Choudhary, deputy managing director…
Chinese electric carmaker BYD Co Ltd. is being hailed as perhaps one of the best success stories from the nation’s reform and opening-up in the last 40 years. The Shenzhen-based company has been the global leader in new energy vehicle sales for the past three years and has maintained that record during the first six…
China will become an ever more important trade and investment partner for the United Kingdom as the latter prepares to leave the European Union, and the UK is looking forward to the Chinese market continuing to open up, especially in the service sector, said Barbara Woodward, the British ambassador to China. “I think it will…
Company CEO believes being independent is crucial to respond to rapid industry changes Among hardcore gamers, Ubisoft is associated with AAA games, a mark of quality that requires the highest development and marketing promotion budgets, as highly popular video games such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and The Crew provide players with an immersive experience.…
Second group of central SOEs selected to optimize capital use via diversified forms of operation China will select 10 centrally administered State-owned enterprises as the second group of pilot State-owned capital investment and operating companies to optimize capital use via diversified forms of operation, the country’s top regulator for State assets said on Nov 19.…
Advertising sees tectonic shift toward online channels to reach consumers For advertisers and marketers, China’s still-evolving digital landscape has suddenly become the holy grail. It was not so just five years ago. During the period, avenues like online searches and microblogs have assumed such immense potential in terms of access to the consumer mind that…
Trains ‘connecting companies, countries and people’, says president of pan-Eurasian enterprise Russia and its partners want to widen their Eurasian bridge with a “pipeline for trains”, according to Alexey Grom, president of pan-Eurasian railway company United Transport and Logistics Co Eurasian Railway Alliance. UTLC ERA is a state-owned, joint-stock company registered in Moscow and co-owned…
China will continue to share climate data and take further measures to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas levels China has met its goal of reducing its carbon intensity – emissions per unit of GDP – three years before schedule. But more global effort is required to reduce the world’s emissions of greenhouse gases and tackle…
Analysts anticipate China, US leaders’ talks on summit sidelines Trade tensions loom large over what could be one of the most important G20 meetings in recent years. The focus of the G20 Leaders’ Summit to be held on Nov 30 and Dec 1 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, will be the much anticipated meeting on the…