Foreigner Participation in China’s Social Insurance System
China’s Social Insurance Law provides that foreigners working in the country are required to participate in the national social insurance scheme. In September 2011, the MHRSS further promulgated the Interim Measures for Participation in the Social Insurance System by Foreigners Working within the Territory of China...
Mandarin Speech Group Launched in Wellington
This year has been a landmark year in our joint economic history, with China overtaking Australia as New Zealand’s major trading partner. In 2013, China-New Zealand trade has reached $16 billion and now accounts for one in every five dollars of our overseas trade. The key to unlocking more of those billions of...
New Zealand and the Asia experience – the Prime ...
Rt Hon John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand Good morning. It’s a pleasure to be here in London and here at Asia House. This a good opportunity to reflect on the changes in New Zealand’s economy and society over recent decades and how that has increasingly involved Asia. Of course, New...
Great New Zealand-China link at a glance — NZ CNY ...
The “Business Innovation Award” winner of “New Zealand Chinese Business Elite Awards 2012” - Sophia Zhang, is a talented graphic designer and promoter of cross-cultural communications between New Zealand and China. As a former major designer of Bananaworks Communications creative team, she has...
New Zealand Chinese Language Week - 新西兰中文周
By Raymond Huo, Labour List MP I am writing to you to report on the progress of the establishment of a Chinese Language Week in New Zealand. We floated the idea in 2010, and after wide consultation and positive feedback, I believe the time is right to move forward with this proposal. I have so far...
Innovation in China
By David Thomas, Think Global Consulting Traditionally, China’s reputation for copying has overshadowed any of its talents in innovation. After a low-key decade of progressing innovation through commercialisation (trial and error enhancements of Western innovations) Chinese companies have become innovators in their...
KPMG Special Report on China's State-Owned Entities
Some of the largest and most influential businesses in China – and now the world – are controlled by China’s central government, yet this is a model that remains a mystery to the business world outside of China. Most of these State-owned enterprises (SOEs) were originally set up along Soviet lines in the...
China’s Provincial GDP Figures
By Yao Lu, Dezan Shira & Associates According to preliminary data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, the country’s economy expanded 7.8 percent in 2012 amid the sluggish global economy, reaching RMB51.9 trillion (US$8.45 trillion). The growth rate, although the slowest since 1999, still...
NZCTA Southern Update
A wide demographic of NZCTA Southern attendees met in Christchurch for another monthly meeting in which the guest speaker was Dr Chu Yanli, Vice Consul-General for the Consulate–General of the People’s Republic of China in Christchurch. Dr Chu shared the importance of the establishment of a Consulate in...
NZCTA recognises real value in new economic cooperation ...
NZCTA recognises the real value of the recently signed economic cooperation agreement between New Zealand and Taiwan. The New Zealand China Trade Association believes the announcement that New Zealand and Taiwan have signed an economic cooperation agreement has real long term value for trade between the two economies....
Nathan Guy leads delegation to China
Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy led an agribusiness trade mission to China recently. The trip was hosted by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture. The 13 member delegation visited Beijing, Shanghai and the provinces of Inner Mongolia and Anhui. “This is a valuable opportunity to match New Zealand...