| Organization |
Scope |
Contacts |
Website and other resources |
Survey |
Profile |
Report |
| China Ministry of Foreign Trade & Economic
Cooperation |
National |
|
www.moftec.gov.cn |
No |
No |
No |
|
Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeastern China |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Hong Kong Government Secretariat |
S.A.R. |
|
www.info.gov.hk |
No |
No |
No |
| Hong Kong Trade Development Council |
S.A.R. |
|
www.tdctrade.com |
No |
No |
No |
| Invest Hong Kong |
S.A.R. |
|
www.InvestHK.gov.hk |
No |
No |
No |
| Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office |
S.A.R. |
|
www.hongkong.org |
No |
No |
No |
| Hong Kong
Science Park |
Development |
|
|
|
|
|
| Guangdong
Investment |
Region |
|
www.invest.gd.gov.cn |
No |
No |
No |
| Shenzhen
Municipal Foreign Investment Bureau |
Municipal |
|
www.szinvest.com |
No |
No |
No |
| Dongguan
Foreign Investment Promotion Center |
Region |
|
www.dgfipc.gov.cn |
No |
No |
No |
| Macau Trade &
Investment Promotion Institute |
S.A.R.
Macao |
+85 3710300 |
www.ipim.gov.mo
|
No |
No |
No |
| Fujian Foreign
Investment Information Network |
Region |
|
|
No |
No |
No |
| Guangxi Office
of Foreign Investment Promotion & Cooperation |
Region |
|
www.gxofipc.gov.cn |
No |
No |
No |
| Changsha
Foreign Economic Cooperation Bureau |
Municipal |
|
|
No |
No |
No |
|
Shanghai and Central Eastern China |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Shanghai
Foreign Investment Service Center |
Metro |
|
www.sfisc.com |
No |
No |
No |
| Shanghai
Minhang Economic & Technological Development Zone |
Development |
|
www.smudc.com |
No |
No |
No |
| Jinton
International Industrial Park, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province |
Private office
and industrial development |
|
www.jinton.com
www.jinpex.com |
No |
No |
No |
|
Beijing and Northeastern China |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Beijing
Municipality Development Planning Committee |
Municipal |
|
|
No |
No |
No |
| Zhongguancun Science Park,
Beijing |
Development |
|
www.sciencepark.com.cn |
No |
No |
No |
| Tianjin Binhai New Area |
Special economic
development zone |
Tianjin article in fDi magazine Aug 2006 |
www.bh.gov.cn |
No |
No |
No |
| Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area
(TEDA) |
Metro |
|
www.teda.gov.cn |
No |
No |
No |
| Hebei Fengrun
Investment Promotion and Cooperation Bureau |
Region |
|
|
No |
No |
No |
| Tangshan
Municipal International Investment & Cooperation Bureau |
Municipal |
|
www.investchina.net |
No |
No |
No |
| Shanxi
International Investment & Trade Service Center |
Region |
|
|
No |
No |
No |
|
Central and Western China
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
not identified yet |
|
|
|
|
Taiwan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Invest in
Taiwan |
Region |
|
http://investintaiwan.nat.gov.tw |
No |
No |
No |
| Taiwan Investment & Trade Office TECRO |
Region |
|
www.taipei.org |
No |
No |
No |
| Taiwan Industrial Development & Investment
Center |
Region |
|
www.idc.gov.tw/more-eng.html
|
No |
No |
No |
| Taiwan
Business Council for Sustainable Development |
Region |
|
www.bcsd.org.tw/eng/eng2.htm |
No |
No |
No |
| Taiwan Trade -
China External Trade Development Council (CETRA) |
Region |
|
www.taiwantrade.com.tw |
No |
No |
No |
| Hsinchu
Science Park Administration |
Development -
tech park |
Dr. Kung
Wang, CEO |
www.sipa.gov.tw |
No |
No |
No |
| Taipei World
Trade Center - Permanent Trade Mart - exhibition center operated by
CETRA |
Region |
|
www.twtcmart.com.tw
www.TaipeiTradeShows.com.tw |
No |
No |
No |
| Mongolia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mongolian Development Research
Center |
|
|
www.mdrc.mn |
No |
No |
No |
|
Other sources of information
|
The
following additional sources of information are included here for ease of
reference. Have you found other good sources, or local
contacts for economic development and investment support? Please let us
know so that we may share them with others. |
| Many
biotechnology, life sciences, pharmaceutical and other companies from China,
as well as Asian investment promotion agencies looking to attract biotech
companies to their research, science and technology parks were among
the BIO exhibitors or attendees recent
years. BIO 2008 will be in San Diego in
June 2007, and BIO also has events in Asia. |
| Source |
Website |
| CIFIT - China
International Fair for Investment and Trade, Sept 8-11, 2005; International
Investment Forum, Xiamen China |
http://www.chinafair.org.cn |
| China Internet
Information Center, China.org.cn - questions about investment in China |
http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/investment/36684.htm |
|
China-U.S. Center for Sustainable Development |
www.chinauscenter.org
|
|
Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC)
and BizAPEC online business support |
http://www.apecsec.org.sg/
http://www.bizapec.com/main.htm |
| Geoexpat.com -
resources for Hong Kong expatriates |
http://www.geoexpat.com/ |
| Made-in-China.com
directory of products, factories, exporters |
www.made-in-china.com |
| Visit our
Bookshelf
suggestions. We welcome your suggestions, too. |
 |
| News media,
business news about China |
|
| Far Eastern Economic Review
(a Dow Jones publication) |
www.feer.com |
| Financial
Times - Asia Pacific news |
http://news.ft.com/business/asiapacific |
| Asia Observer
- general news site for countries throughout Asia |
http://www.asiaobserver.com |
| Asia Times
Online - online publisher of news / views about the region |
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/about.html |
| China Economic
News Service - United Daily News Group, Taipei |
www.cens.com
|
| The China
Business Review |
www.chinabusinessreview.com |
| Asia Business
- weekly and monthly, Taiwan, also has specialty publications for industrial
Machinery and Transportation Equipment |
www.asia-business.com.tw |
| Time Magazine
Asia online edition, business section |
http://www.time.com/time/asia/biz/ |
| Chambers of
Commerce and Associations |
|
|
Asia Society, their Asia
Business Today events,
and their Asia Source service for country
comparisons |
www.asiasociety.org
www.asiabusinesstoday.org
www.asiasource.org |
| CCPIT - China
Council for the Promotion of International Trade (Beijing), China Chamber of
International Commerce (CCOIC) |
www.ccpit.org
|
| Canada China
Business Council (CCBC) - since 1978 |
www.ccbc.com |
| The US-China
Business Council (since 1973) |
www.uschina.org |
| The USA-China
Chamber of Commerce (since 1993) |
www.usccc.org
|
| American
Chamber of Commerce - Beijing |
www.amcham-china.org.cn |
| American
Chamber of Commerce - Shanghai |
www.amcham-shanghai.org |
| American
Chamber of Commerce - Guangdong |
www.amcham-Guangdong.org |
| American
Chamber of Commerce - Taipei |
http://amcham.com.tw |
| US-Taiwan
Business Council |
http://www.us-taiwan.org/ |
|
Foundations, non-profits, and academic resources about China |
|
| The Woodrow
Wilson Center - has a large program of Asian studies |
www.wwics.si.edu |
| The Nixon
Center's China program - foreign relations focus |
www.nixoncenter.org/chinaprogramindex.htm |
| Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace - China program |
www.ceip.org/files/programs/china-home.asp |
| Center for
Strategic and International Studies - China program |
www.csis.org/china/index.htm |
| The National
Committee on US-China Relations (since 1966) |
www.ncuscr.org |
| US
Government information resources about doing business in China |
|
| US Library of Congress -
China, A Country Study |
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cntoc.html |
| US Department of
State country information for the East Asia and Pacific region |
http://www.state.gov/p/eap/ci/ |
| US Department of
State - The United States and China |
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/ea/uschina |
| American Embassy, US &
Foreign Commercial Service office, which prepares the
Country Commercial Guide - link for international contact lists in US
Government. Here's some recent background which you
can find through
www.export.gov by looking for "key officers Foreign Service" or
"China gateway" :
U.S. Commercial Center, Shanghai, China
The Commercial Center in Shanghai, the financial hub of China, positions
U.S. companies to compete in the entire Chinese economic area. The Center
houses state economic development offices for Illinois, Michigan,
Washington, and the city and county of Denver, Colorado; the Association for
Manufacturing Technology; and the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers’
Institute. |
http://www.export.gov/intlconlist.html
http://www.mac.doc.gov/China/BusinessguideNEW.html
http://www.mac.doc.gov/China/Docs/BusinessGuides/Contact_China.pdf
Contact: Director, U.S. Commercial Center, Portman
Shanghai Center, Suite 631, 1369 Nanjing Road West, Shanghai 200040, China,
+86 (21) 6279-7630; fax +86 (21) 6279-7639; Web sites:
www.buyusa.gov/china/en or
www.usembassy-china.org.cn/english/commercial/index.html.
|
| US Commercial
Service in Taiwan - export promotion |
http://www.buyusa.gov/taiwan/en/ |
| American
Institute in Taiwan - represents US interests through offices in Taipei and
Washington DC in the absence of formal diplomatic relations |
http://ait.org.tw/en/ |
|
Multilateral organization information resources about doing business in
China |
|
| MIGA (The
World Bank) published (Dec 2003) a FDI benchmarking study of six countries
in Asia (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam)
in two industries, electronics manufacturing and shared services. The
resulting report, titled Benchmarking FDI Competitiveness in Asia, provides
a critical view of each country's business environment from the perspective
of potential investors, including comparable information on key factors that
multinational enterprises consider either when choosing a new site, or when
expanding within a region. Although the purpose of the report is to
help governments understand their relative strengths and weaknesses as
competing locations for FDI, it may also be helpful background for potential
investors in the region. |
http://www.miga.org
http://www.ipanet.net/snapshotasia |
|
Translation and Localization Services |
| Transco -
software translation and localization, Chinese translation services |
www.transco.com.cn |
|
Corporate Real Estate Firms |
|
This section will be used
for convenience to highlight major corporate real estate firms with
operations in the region.
See also the
global CRE
list, which can be used to find local offices of firms which may not be
highlighted below.
We may also provide selective
major property listings for the region, with links to the real estate
firms and agents involved. |
| Colliers
International - Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei |
www.colliers.com
www.cj-group.com
|
| Savills
Hong Kong Limited |
www.savills.com.hk
|
| Insignia
Brooke - Hong Kong |
www.insignia-brooke.com |
| Chesterton
Petty - Hong Kong |
www.chesterton.com.hk |
| Zeppelin Real
Estate Analysis, Ltd. - in Hong Kong with offices in Shanghai and Beijing -
maintains a website for sharing real estate market knowledge including
technical articles and analyses; provides real estate consulting services |
www.real-estate-tech.com
quarterly
newsletter :
www.real-estate-tech.com/zeppelin_real_estate_tech.htm |
| Regus -
furnished, staffed, and equipped offices on short-term leases, plus meeting
rooms, videoconferencing, and temporary (daily) space which may be useful to
project teams needing a place to operate in an area during planning or
startup work |
www.regus.com
for list of offices in over 300 locations worldwide
including Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai |
|
Business
Location Consultants, Project Management, Architecture, Engineering,
Interior Design, and Construction |
|
This section will be used to
highlight major firms within the region, as well as global firms with
significant experience in the region.
See also the selective global
lists of location
consultants and
project management
services. We welcome suggestions. |
|
Tractus - offices in Shanghai and Bangkok, specialized in Asian location
consulting |
http://www.tractus-asia.com/ |
|
The Austin Company - see Profile
(link) of services; offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Singapore, and
Shanghai |
www.theaustin.com
www.austin.au.com
www.austinausino.com |
| PacTac Advisors
- Dennis Smith, location consultant in NY, formerly with Austrade |
www.pactac.com
|
| |
|
|
Tax and Legal
Consultants |
|
This section will be used to
highlight major firms within the region, as well as global firms with
significant experience in the region.
See also the selective global
lists of tax
advisors and
international legal advisors. We welcome suggestions. |
| McKee Nelson LLP (has an alliance with
Ernst & Young LLP) |
www.mneylaw.com |
| WSGR - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (note Silicon Valley practice, and cooperation with companies
in Japan, China, and Taiwan, including the Deloitte & Touche Japanese
practice in San Jose CA). |
www.wsgr.com |
| Squire, Sanders & Dempsey
- legal
(formation of business entities, including foreign direct
investment projects in China, as well as their corporate
real estate practice) |
www.ssd.com |
| Lehman Brown - taxes in
China |
www.lehmanbrown.com |
|
Gilbert & Tobin
(Australia and Asia Pacific, IT telecoms and media focus)
with Arculli and Associates (Hong Kong) |
www.gtlaw.com.au
www.arcullilaw.com
|
| Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw (note Global Trade Practice, and MBP Consulting in China) |
www.mayerbrown.com
|
| Pacific Rim Advisory Council (regional assn. of law firms) |
www.prac.org |
| Grant Thornton
LLP - China Resource Center |
http://www.grantthornton.com/content/112797.asp |
|
Banks
This list identifies major banks in the region for convenience. See
also the selective
global list in the corporate development and finance section. |
| HSBC (The Hong
Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd.) |
www.hsbc.com |
| International
Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) |
www.icbc.com.cn |
| Bank of China |
|
| Standard
Chartered Bank, Hong Kong |
|
| SinoPac,
Taiwan |
|
| China Trust
Commercial Bank, Taiwan |
www.chinatrust.com.tw
|
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