China Cuts Import Duties on Consumer Goods
China is cutting import tariffs on nearly 200 types of consumer goods in a bid to encourage domestic consumption. The new tariff rates will take effect from December 1, 2017, according to an announcement by the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council.After the reductions, the average import tariff for these products...
Sea-Freight Container of Chilled Beef And Lamb to China
Silver Fern Farms has launched a large-scale China chilled meat pilot with the first sea-freight container shipment of chilled beef as well as multiple air-freight orders of beef and lamb set for customers across China. The pilot is part of a six-month trial negotiated by the government to test chilled red meat access into...
China FTA upgrade worth thousands of jobs
Trade Minister Todd McClay says the Government has agreed a negotiating mandate to upgrade the China Free Trade Agreement that will deliver thousands of jobs and be worth billions to our economy. “China is a significant trading partner. Our FTA with China has helped New Zealand companies stay in business during the GFC...
New Zealand Ambassador talks about growing bilateral ties
Talking about New Zealand, the first thing that comes to mind for Chinese is milk powder and the ethnic group Maori. However, there is more to it than that. The current New Zealand Ambassador to China John McKinnon is a direct witness of the growing bilateral ties. The Global Times (GT) interviewed him, and he shared his...
First shipments of chilled meat to China underway
The first export consignments of chilled meat have left New Zealand shores bound for China as part of a six month trial, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy announced on 30 June. “The air-freighted consignments from Alliance Group and Greenlea Premier Meats mark a significant step towards enabling permanent...
"Chengdu Can Du ?" Innovation and start-up ...
As with other tier 1 and 1.5 cities, Chengdu is investing heavily into innovation and entrepreneurship. The rapidly expanding start-up environment, as a central pillar of innovation, has received a significant boost through new infrastructure, subsidies and policy incentives.For New Zealand start-ups looking to tap into the...
Understanding the Chinese Millennial Consumer
Goldman Sachs refers to Chinese millennials as “the single most important demographic on the planet today”. Making up one-third of China’s total consumers (415 million people), this group of young Chinese are a force to be reckoned with. They are the first Chinese people in living memory to have the chance...
The top Chinese social media apps for SMEs
The 846 million active users on WeChat are hard to ignore, but the costs required to stand out are making the platform less attractive, particularly to smaller brands. While large multinational brands, such as Coca-Cola or Adidas, can afford to invest significant budget on Chinese social media strategies, the same cannot be...
Arrangement to boost China – NZ trade
An agreement to boost New Zealand-China trade was signed on 27 March by Customs Minister Nicky Wagner and China’s Ambassador, His Excellency Mr Wang Lutong. The Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) ensures border agencies in New Zealand and China recognise one another’s trusted exporter programmes.“New...
2019 to be China-New Zealand Year of Tourism
A new international agreement will focus on attracting high-value Chinese visitors who stay longer, spend more and travel independently says Tourism Minister Paula Bennett. The 2019 China-New Zealand Year of Tourism initiative was announced in March by Prime Minister Bill English during an official visit from Chinese Premier...
New Zealand's Ambassador optimistic about bilateral ties ...
New Zealand and China had a wide variety of exchanges in almost every conceivable area in 2016, said New Zealand’s Ambassador to China John McKinnon. In a recent interview with Xinhuanet, the ambassador said he expects the trend of extensive bilateral cooperation to continue this year and beyond.He told Xinhuanet he was...
China and New Zealand discuss climate change
Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett says China and New Zealand have experience and expertise to share about responding to climate change. On 17 February, Mrs Bennett met with China’s top official for climate change Mr Zhang Yong, Vice Chairman of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, at Premier...