Category Archives: China

China Liaoning is Global Top Growth Province

Global Province-Level Regional Comparison of GDP Growth In a global comparison of regions below the country level, economists found that Liaoning in Northeast China had the highest economic growth rate both in 2008 and 2009. The analysis compared the eight GDP strongest provinces of the eight GDP strongest countries. With a growth of 13.1 percent, [...]

Symposium on Professional Education in Anhui

The Role of Chambers in Vocational Training China’s Anhui General Chamber of Commerce organized a Sino-German Symposium on Vocational Training on December 12 and 13, 2007 in cooperation with the Sino-German SME Project and the Hefei College of Finance and Economics. More than 50 owners and managers of private training institutions and other educational experts [...]

Chamber Management Workshop

Anhui Chamber Administrators Discuss Management Strategies About 40 general secretaries and chiefs of administration of the prefecture and county chambers in Anhui Province met on December 10 and 11, 2007 in Hefei for a workshop on management and services of chambers of commerce. President Li Weihua welcomed all participants and the German experts Dr. Ralf [...]

Workshop for New Chamber Vice Presidents

Anhui Leadership Training The Anhui General Chamber of Commerce (AHGCC) organized the first training workshop for entrepreneurs who were recently elected vice-presidents of all prefectural chambers in the province. The workshop took place on November 23 and 24, 2007 in Hefei, the provincial capital, with 70 participants. Anhui Chamber President Li Weihua and Vice Presidents [...]

Workshop on CCI Legal Services

China’s New Labor Law and the Law on Arbitration Anhui General Chamber of Commerce (AHGCC) organized a workshop with private entrepreneurs to exchange information and opinions on the new Labor Contract Law and the Arbitration Law of China. Nearly 100 entrepreneurs attended the workshop in Hefei on October 29 and 30, 2007. The German development [...]

CCI Organizational Structure

First Workshop with New Chamber Leaders The entire newly elected leadership of Anhui General Chamber of Commerce (AHGCC) actively participated in a workshop on the organizational structure of chambers of commerce which was carried out in the city of Ningguo from October 25 to 27, 2007 with 68 participants from all over the province. GTZ [...]

Chamber Best-Practice Mission to Europe

New CCI Leadership Joins Entrepreneurs’ Delegation The newly elected leaders of chambers of commerce and industry (CCI) in the Chinese province of Anhui had the opportunity to better understand the daily work of their colleagues in Germany, Austria, Belgium, and France during a fact-finding mission from September 16 to 26, 2007. SEQUA gGmbH organized the [...]

Statistics: A Key Task of Chambers

Provincial Meeting on Chambers’ Statistics Work Anhui General Chamber of Commerce organized a workshop with regional chamber statistics specialists on August 15 and 16, 2007 in the provincial capital of Hefei. Chamber president Wang Heling, who is also Vice-Chairman of the Anhui People’s Political Consultative Conference, opened the event on Wednesday, stressing the importance of [...]

IT Workshop in Anhui

Chambers’ Web Services for SMEs IT and website development specialists of the prefecture and county chambers in the Chinese province of Anhui met for a two-day workshop on strategies to improve online services for small and medium-sized enterprises and on the organization of chambers’ IT work in general. The workshop on August 13 and 14, [...]

First SME Cluster Symposium in Anhui

China Develops Industry Clusters In cooperation with the German development agency GTZ, the Anhui Provincial Economic Commission carried out the First International Symposium on Industry Clusters from August 8 through 10, 2007. The event was opened by Vice-Governor Huang Haisong and GTZ Program Executive Dr. Juergen Steiger. Around 240 Chinese cluster specialists discussed cluster theories, [...]

SME Rating Mission

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International Symposium on SME 2007

China’s Approach to SME Promotion through Public-Private Dialogue The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the Anhui Provincial Government and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) have jointly organized an International Symposium on SME Promotion: “China’s Approach to SME Promotion through Public-Private Dialogue on Policy, Strategies and Developing Models”. The symposium was held on June 29th [...]

China Business Times Interview

Draft Law on Sector Associations China’s Draft Law on Sector Associations and Chambers has been discussed during the March plenary sessions of the National People’s Congress and the People’s Political Consultative Conference, but the legislative bodies failed to reach an early consensus. On April 5, 2007, the nation-wide newspaper “China Business Times” published the second [...]

Hefei City Experts Hearing

Hefei City to Expand Community Based Service System The municipal government of eastern China’s city of 4 million, Hefei, capital of Anhui province, wants to improve the service system for small and medium-sized enterprises. On March 26, 2007, German GTZ organized a half-day expert hearing for leaders of the city’s economic commission and the municipal [...]

SME Human Resources Workshop

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German Top Expert on Corporate Identity in Anhui

Frank Merkel Met Chinese Private Entrepreneurs One of Germany’s well-known experts on corporate identity has accepted an invitation by SEQUA to introduce international best-practice models on branding and establishing a corporate image to small and medium-sized entrepreneurs (SME) during a symposium in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui. Frank Merkel, founder and CEO of wob [...]

Chamber Workshop on Foreign Trade

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Interview with German BMO Expert

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German-Chinese Symposium on Enterpreneurship Development

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SME Symposium in Beijing

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Delegationsreise Anhui Verband der Kabel- und Drahtindustrie

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Nationaler Workshop bi-provinzieller Handelskammern

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Kick-off: Public-Private KMU-Jour-Fixe

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Bi-Provincial CCI Workshop

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NDRC-Delegation in Europa

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