CHINA NEWS

China is world's biggest car manufacturer

2010-01-14T05:36:00.000-08:00

Official figures Monday confirmed China had overtaken the United States to become the world's top auto maker and market in 2009 boosted by government stimulus measures.

The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) announced annual sales rose 46.15 percent year on year to 13.64 million units. Output increased 48.3 percent to 13.79 million units.

Passenger car sales were up 52.93 percent to 10.33 million units, and production was 10.38 million units, up 54.11 percent year on year.

The brisk sales in China is in contrast with the United States where 10.43 million units were sold last year, 2.8 million units less than in 2008, as the global financial crisis kept U.S. consumers out of the showroom.

The three top-selling brands last year were Shanghai Volkswagen, FAW Volkswagen and Shanghai General Motors -- all joint venture brands between Chinese auto makers and the German or U.S. counterparts.

"China's market still enjoyed abundant potential, as living standards improved and the average auto ownership remained low," Dong Yang, CAAM deputy chairman told Xinhua.

The industry would continue to see rapid growth in the next decade as it had become a pillar of the national economy, he said.

To boost the sluggish auto market in 2008 and spur the use of clean and fuel-efficient cars, the government announced in January last year that it would halve the purchase tax to 5 percent on vehicles with a displacement of less than 1.6 liters.

Rural consumers got up to 5,000 yuan (735 U.S. dollars) in government subsidies for vehicles with a displacement under 1.3 liters.

The annual revenue from auto purchase tax was expected to surpass 110 billion yuan, a rise of 10 billion yuan year on year, as more units were sold, analyst said.

Besides policy incentives, the underlying reason behind the sales boom was that the consumption structure was improved while housing and traveling costs increased, said Yao Jingyuan, chief economist with the National Bureau of Statistics.

"It would profoundly impact the Chinese auto market," he said.

Brisk sales in China also allowed the world's leading auto makers report double-digit growth in China last year despite bleak pictures in other parts of the world.

Against the backdrop of 15-percent slump worldwide, Ford reported a 44-percent sales rise to 440,619 units in China in 2009.

General Motors (GM)'s sales rose 66.9 percent to a record high of 1.82 million units in China. The German auto maker Volkswagen AG sold 1.4 million units in China, up 36.7 percent from a year earlier.

Since the sales in 2009 would overdraw demands for this year and next, and with the less aggressive tax incentives for 2010, sales expansion was expected to slow remarkably this year, said Huang Yonghe, analyst with the China Automotive Technology and Research Center.

Dong Yang estimated the auto sales growth would retreat to 10 percent to reach 15 million units in 2010.

"Despite China's top position in sales, there are still distance to go before it becomes a real auto giant, as it does not own the state-of-the-art technologies nor world-famous brands," said Dong Yang.

As part of its "going global" strategy, Geely, China's largest privately-owned car maker, is close to finalizing a deal to buy Volvo to acquire the new energy technology and access the world auto market.

The Beijing Automotive Industry Holding purchased some assets of GM's Saab in December. The Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial also has agreed to take over Hummer brand.

Acquiring foreign brands could help accelerate China's pace of technological innovation, but it could not be a shortcut to the global stage, said Han Lei, deputy director of the Society of Automotive Engineering of China.

"We can not simply copy foreign brand's technology and management expertise, but use them as a basis to develop our own model," he said.

The unprecedented boom also boosted producer's morale for further expansion.

"The Chinese auto makers added the capacity by 30 percent to 20million units in 2009, leaving their bitter memories of job cuts and shuttered business far behind," said Wei Wenqing, vice manager of the Dongfeng Citroen Motor Corporation.

Fuel-efficient cars have already shown some signs of overheating, as the demand for auto with displacement less than 1.6 liters was about 3 million units before 2011, less than half of the capacity of 7 million units, said Jia Xinguang, auto industry analyst.

"Since this market is largely affected by government policies, uncertainty and risks remain," he said.

Source: http://cin-ceo.blogspot.com/

China Launched World's Fastest Train

2010-01-09T21:22:00.000-08:00

The Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway with the world's fastest train journey with a 350-km-per-hour average speed, started operation Saturday.

Two passenger trains rolled out the Wuhan Railway Station and Guangzhou North Railway Station at about 9 a.m. and reached the terminals within three hours, compared with the previous 10 and a half hours.

The service between Wuhan, a metropolis in central China, and Guangzhou City, a business hub in the southern Guangdong Province, was put into trial operation on Dec. 9, reaching a maximum speed of 394.2 km per hour.

A 600-member delegation from Xianning City boarded the train at 10 a.m. at Xianning North Station to promote tourism and attract investment in Guangzhou. Nearly two hours later, they had to take off winter coats on arrival of Guangzhou where the temperature was about 20 degrees Celsius at noon.

"We have long been waiting for the service to start," said Zheng Zengjin, manager of Yaochi Hotel of Xianning and a delegation member. "Previously, we had to suffer the tired and crowded journey as the train ride took more than 10 hours."

"It is really good news for us to have so comfortable and fast ride," he said. "As the travel becomes more frequent, we expect closer cooperation between the Pearl River delta and less developed regions such as Xianning."

In 2004, China hailed the completion of the rail line from Guangzhou to Shenzhen, both in Guangdong Province, with a speed of 160 km per hour. Now the speed more than doubled within five years, said Xu Fangliang, general engineer in charge of designing the Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed line.

The average speed of the high-speed railways is 243 km per hour in Japan, 232 km per hour in Germany and 277 km per hour in France, he said.

Source: http://cin-ceo.blogspot.com/

China builds world's longest bridge

2010-01-09T07:17:00.000-08:00

China on Tuesday began construction of the world's longest cross-sea bridge linking its southern economic hub of Guangdong province to Hong Kong and Macao, a move widely expected to bring economic ties closer.

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang attended the inauguration ceremony in Zhuhai, Guangdong, and launched the project.

"The construction of the bridge is a milestone event," he said at the ceremony, five days ahead of the 10th anniversary of Macao's return to Chinese rule.

"It is a move for Hong Kong, Macao and the Pear River Delta region to cope with global economic downturn, boost investment and inspire people," he said.

"Meanwhile, it can also further increase the links and promote economic cooperation between Hong Kong and Macao, and between the mainland and Hong Kong and Macao," he said.

"It is of great significance to maintain the long-term prosperity and stability in Hong Kong and Macao, and enhance overall competitiveness in the region," he said.

Li also urged construction authorities to work with a strong sense of responsibility and sense of mission, and build a landmark in the region and a model of cooperation between the mainland and Hong Kong and Macao in the field of infrastructure construction.

Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, chief executive of the Hong Kong special administrative region (SAR), Edmund Ho Hau Wah, chief executive of the Macao SAR, and Chui Sai On, the incoming Macao SAR chief executive, also attended the inauguration ceremony.

During a meeting with the three officials, Li said he hoped the two SARs could further enhance cooperation with Guangdong to seek mutual benefit and common development by drawing on one another's advantages.

Li vowed all-out efforts of the central government to continue to support the Hong Kong and Macao SAR chief executives and governments to govern by law.

He urged the SAR governments to closely watch changes in the global economic and financial situation, consolidate the stabilizing trend in the regions' economies, and promote the long-term prosperity and economic development of Hong Kong and Macao.

The Y-shaped Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge will have a total length of almost 50 km, of which about 35 km will be built over the sea, making it the longest cross-sea bridge in the world, said Zhu Yongling, an official in charge of the project construction.

It will be built according to the six-lane expressway standard with a vehicle speed limit of 100 km per hour.

"It is designed with a service life of 120 years. It can withstand the impact of a strong wind with a speed of 51 meters per second, or equal to a maximum Beaufort scale 16 (184 to 201 km per hour)," Zhu said.

"It can also resist the impact of 8-magnitude earthquake and a 300,000-ton vessel," he said.

The entire project was estimated to cost almost 73 billion yuan ($10.7 billion), which would be shared by authorities on the mainland, and in Hong Kong and Macao, he said.

During construction, they would take into consideration the protection of the ocean environment and marine life, such as white dolphins, he said.

"We will control the construction noise and turbidity of seawater, and prevent oil pollution," he said.

The construction would take about six years, he said. On completion, it would take about half an hour to travel from Zhuhai or Macao on the west bank of the Pearl River to Hong Kong on the east bank, compared with the current three hours, he said.

Source: http://cin-ceo.blogspot.com/2009/12/china-began-to-build-world-longest.html

Chinese non woven face masks

2010-01-09T07:08:00.000-08:00

Today i would like to give some information about, single-use face masks. As it is winter-time, which means flue-time, the demand of face-masks is very high. And of course, not to forget is the swine-flu !

Here some information about the products, which we can supply, directly from a Chinese manufacturer:

Ear-loop, Latex Free; 2-ply; 20g+25g;
Green,Blue,White color;
Size of face mask: 17.5x9.5cm ± 0.5cm
Price: USD 0.79/box(50pcs) FOB Shanghai by sea
Packing: 50pcs/box, 40boxes/ctn(41.5*37.5*32cm)
Quantity in one 20'fcl: 22500 boxes(50pcs/box)

Ear-loop, Latex Free; 3-ply, 20g+20g+28g; Green,Blue,White color;
Price: USD 1.05/box(50pcs) FOB Shanghai by sea
Packing: 50pcs/box, 40boxes/ctn(52x38x30cm)
Quantity in one 20'fcl: 18880 boxes(50pcs/box)

For more information you may contact us: info@chinaimportbroker.com

Source: http://cin-ceo.blogspot.com/2009/12/nonwoven-face-masks.html

Ganoderma (Ling Zhi), the miracle mushroom from China

2009-08-04T09:32:00.000-07:00

This month i would like to introduce a herbal medicine, which is has miracle effects against tumors. I gave it to 2 cancer patients, which are my relatives. New tumor-building stopped! They feel better and have appetite again:)

Here the excact information from the manufacturer:

999 Ganoderma Lucidum Spore oil soft capsule

I. About the Product

999 Ganoderma Lucidum spore oil soft capsule was jointly researched and developed by 999 Enterprise Group and Nan Jing University of Chinese Medicine, which is a new generation of immunization proactivator with the curative effect of improving the immunity, anti-tumor genesis, tranquility, heart-effective, adjustment of blood fat, reduction of blood sugar, suppression of asthma, protection of the liver, anti-anoxia, and anti-senility. By fully utilizing the magic curative effect of Ganoderma Lucidum which is highly regarded by the Chinese traditional medicine, this product can be used not only as a subsidiary treatment of cancers and tumors, but used as an every-day drug for longer life and fitness as well.

As is proved by modern research, the main healing ingredient of Ganoderma Lucidum is its triterpenes. But triterpenes is found concentrating in the spores of Ganoderma Lucidum and not easily digestible (spores of Ganoderma Lucidum are actually germinal cells). This accounts for the fact that ordinary Ganoderma Lucidum products are under performing in terms of the curative effect. 999 Enterprise Group, hand in hand with Nan Jin University of Chinese Medicine, successfully turned out this soft capsule of Ganoderma Lucidum spore oil by means of advanced processing and abstracting facilities, such as low-temperature abstraction, ultracentrifuge abstraction, and overcritical carbon dioxide abstraction. By using high-quality spore cell-cracked powder of red Ganoderma Lucidum (≥98% of cell cracking rate), the content of triterpenic acid is raised to as high as 43mg/g，thus raised the biological utilization of the healing ingredients of Ganoderma Lucidum.

II. Quality Merits

1. Scenic Habitat: 999 Ganoderma Lucidum spore oil soft capsule is made of high-quality Ganoderma Lucidum grown in the GAP planting base in the primary forest in the Da Xing An Ling Mountains of Hei Long Jiang Province. This area is marked by high oxygen content, pure water and soil, primitivism of ecosphere and non-farm pesticide use.

2. High-quality Culture: 999 Ganoderma Lucidum spore oil soft capsule is made of Korean Red Ganoderma Lucidum grown on logs —which is credited with the title Ganoderma Lucidum No 1. This type of Ganoderma Lucidum is characterized by long growth periodicity, density of constitution, sugar richness, high accumulation of triterpenes. The Ganoderma Lucidum cultures have undergone the state-level appraisement conducted by the Microorganism Research Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

3. Purity: Ganoderma Lucidum used for this capsule are exclusively grown on logs under a simulated wild condition without any other accessories (such as cotton seed hulls, fertilizers, hormones and additives). The content of heavy metal is extremely low – 5 to 9 times lower than the state standard.

4. Advanced Technology: By the technology of clinker aggregate of short logs, 999 Enterprise Group collected Ganoderma Lucidum spore powder with strict control over the temperature, humidity, oxygen, density of carbon dioxide, light, and nutrition. Ganoderma Lucidum cultivated in this way are large, rich in healing ingredients and with good biological utility.

5. Easy Absorbency: 999 Ganoderma Lucidum spore oil soft capsule is more easily absorbed than powder products; even the soft capsule itself is made of natural animal bone glue. This is to be purer, easily absorbed and more effective for patients with weak constitution status or malfunction of the stomach.

III. Analysis of the Curative effect

1. Ultrahigh Anti-tumor Effect“999 Ganoderma Lucidum spore oil soft capsule” can activate the immunity cells in the human body, thus increase the curative effect of actinotherapy and chemotherapy; reduce the side effects caused hereby. Curative effect of this capsule is 20 times higher than that of cell-wall-cracked spore powder and 40 times higher than conventional spore powder and 1000 times higher than red Ganoderma Lucidum!

A. “activate” immunity cells for anti-tumor Effect
As proved by modern medical research: cancer patients’ (particularly intermediate and late cancer patients) immunocompetence has a dramatic decline as a result of secretion of inhibiting factors, surgeries, actinotherapy and chemotherapy. Immunological cells become weaker in terms of the clean-up of cancer cells (such as macrophage, death T cells, NK cells, inactivation of immune response, reduction of immunity cell synthesis and secretion). “999 Ganoderma Lucidum spore oil soft capsule” can elevate the immunity by enhancing the power of macrophage and Nk cells and T cells as well. It can also promote the increase of lymphocyte cells and resist factors that are suppressive to immunity cell increment (such as stress, radiation, drug). Conventional Ganoderma Lucidum products are not capable of the anti-tumor task for their low contents of healing ingredients.

B. Enhancement of Actinotherapy and Chemotherapy Effect
Triterpenes, a High-density chemical compound, and other healing ingredients as polysaccharides in “999 Ganoderma Lucidum spore oil soft capsule” can enhance the effect of actinotherapy and chemotherapy.
* In the course of actinotherapy, the use of this capsule can prevent cancer cells from DNA prophase synthesis to DNA synthesis phase; increase the sensibility of cancer cells to radioactive rays; increase the complete remission (CR) rate of actinotherapy.
* By comparison between actinotherapy and actinotherapy plus this product, it is obvious that the latter can increase the kill rate of cancer cells by 86.16%, and the suppression rate of cancer cells by 88.3%.

C. Sharp Reduction of the Side-effects of Actinotherapy and Chemotherapy
* Chemotherapy drugs and radioactive rays have their effect on the wandering nerves which exist in the human brain and entrails. This is to produce a stimulating signal which will go to the vomiting center and cause the patient have a sense of nausea. Besides, actinotherapy and chemotherapy can cause malfunctioning of the stomach marked by adominal pain, satiety and loss of appetite. This product has a tranquilizing effect on the nerves system and can relieve the disgust of adominal pain, satiety, and loss of appetite.
* Obvious effect on the activation of hematopoietic and growth factors (HGFS). Rapid increase of gametocytes (particularly leukocyte) and blood platelets.
* Has an effect of relieving the myocardial ischemia: by the betterment of metabolism of heart cells, as well as by the increase of the nutritious blood flow in the heart. This is key to the protection of the heart against myocardial ischemia and will reduce the side-effects on the heart cause by the treatment.
* Triterpenes compounds in this product can relieve medicamentous liver lesion or immunological liver lesion; lower transaminase; repair liver cell tissues, and give a liver protection.
* Rapid erasure of the free radicals and active oxygen massively accumulated as a result of actinotherapy and actinotherapy. Repair the harmed tissue cells.
* By raising the threshold of pain, the latent phase of pain reaction can be extended and thereby increase the body’s tolerance of the pain. In this way, pain caused by the treatment can be drastically reduced.
* This product gives good protection to metabolism of hair sacs and skin cells. It can relieve the side-effects caused by the treatment to the skin, such as rashes, chromatosis, alopecia and Raynaud’s disease.
* It gives strong anti-histamine of cells so as to relieve the anaphylactic reaction (such as rash and itch, and angioedema). By this, the clinical effect of anti-allergic reaction is achieved.

2. Symptom Relief of Chronic Diseases

Healing ingredients such as triterpenes compounds and Ganoderma Lucidum polysaccharides in “999 Ganoderma Lucidum spore oil soft capsule” can increase the immunity; relieve symptoms of hypertension, hyperglycemia, hyperglycemia and hepatic dysfunction. Every-day use for fitness, this capsule can bring about obvious increase of physical strength and quality sleep within five days. Long-term use of this capsule can give the skin brightness and blush. Physically weak people can be energetic and youthful again!

A. Increase of Immunity

* Healing ingredients in this product can activate immunity cells, increase the secretion of immunity cells, and thereby, strengthen the immunity of the body.
* The amount of B lymphocyte and its antibody IgM can be increased; increase the irritability of B lymphocyte, so as to strengthen immunity of the body fluid.
*Resist the suppression effect on the immunity of T lymphocyte caused by stress. By increasing energy metabolism of the cells, the synthesis of nucleic acid and protein and be strengthened, and can obviously increase the fissiparity of the lymphocytes. Thereby the immunity of the cells is strengthened.
* Increase the amount of immunological cell IL-2 and interferon. Obviously increase the amount of immunological cell IL-2, IL-6 and necrosis’s mRNA expression.

B. Liver Protection and Anti-Fimbriation

* Liver Protection: reduce the harm done to the liver by chemical (or toxicants); strengthen the liver metabolism of drug (or toxicant).
* Decrease the amount of serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT), so that the activity of dismutase and the amount of reduced glutathione will be drastically increased, which are liver-protective heyperoxides. At the meantime, the increased fatty peroxide (MDA) will be brought down.
* Relieve the cellular infiltration of inflammatory cells in the hepatic lobules so as to promote liver cell regeneration.
* Reduce the amount of body fat to prevent fatty liver: obviously reduce the amount of triglyceride lipase, which is increased because of the harm done to the liver.
* Anti-fimbriation of the liver: tested on the mouse who was cut off the bile ducts, this product can reduce the amount of collagen in the liver and relieve morphological changes of the liver fimbriation.
* Suppress the hepatitis virus from duplicating: lab tests with this product for its suppressive and reductive effects on hepatitis B virus (HBV) and polymerase (HBV-DNAP) find out that: the in vitro suppressive effect on HBV-DNAP is 60%, and the reduction of the duplication of HBV-DNAP is 40.6%. Fed to ducks infected with HBV, this product can reduce the duplication of virus in 10 successive days of use. When used for viral hepatitis, the overall effectiveness of this product is 73.1% to 97.0%and the clinical cure rate is 44.0% to 76.5%. Major curative effects include: normalization or relief of symptoms of hypodynamia, loss of appetite, feeling of repletion and heptagon; by liver function test, it can be seen that the degree of serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) is decreased, and the tumescent liver and spleen are either recovered to the normal or decreased in size.

C. Effect on Blood Pressure Adjustment

To reduce blood pressure by optimizing the microcirculation, this product suppresses the central sympathetic never and the angiotension converting enzyme, which is a angiotension. By oral medication, this product can cause obvious changes in the patient’s microcirculation, with the density of capillary loops, the diameter and the circulation speed of red blood corpuscle increased. Increase of microcirculation and reduction of both the contraction pressure and the diastolic pressure of the heart will not affecting the heart rate. By the treatment criterion set up at the conference of the “Three Diseases” (hypertension, coronary heart disease, and diabetes), this product has the best curative effect on the 1st stage hypertension, with the overall rate as high as 83.3%, and 46.6% of effectual rate (in a 15-day course of treatment). For the treatment of 2nd stage primary hypertension, this product should be used jointly with hypertension relieving pills to relieve subjective symptoms, and to stabilize the blood pressure. The effect of this method is obviously better than that of the control group (in a 1-month course of treatment).

D. Effect on Coronary Disease and Hyperlipemia

This product can expand the arteria coronaria and increase the blood flow by 62%. It can obviously reduce the coronary resistance and oxygen difference between the arteria and the vein as well as reduce the consumption of oxygen by the heart muscle—which is a key point to protect the heart from myocardial ischemia. It can optimize the electrocardiogram changes of the heart suffering from myocardial ischemia: the elevated ST range will decrease to normal and the depth of the reversed T waves will be reduced. Triterpene compounds of Ganoderma Lucidum are similar to the intermediates of lanosterine which is found in the biological synthesis of cholesterol. Triterpene compounds of this kind can prevent the stomach and the intestinal canal from taking in cholesterol; it can also suppress the rate-limiting enzyme (knows as HMG-CoA) in the process of cholesterol synthesis, and thus control the synthesis of cholesterol.

The curative effects of this product on coronary disease and angina pectoris are related with its effects on such aspects as strengthening of the heart function, elevation of resistance of the heart muscle to ischemia, the increase of blood flow in the coronary, reduction of the blood thickness, suppression of the aggregation of blood platelets and the prevention of thrombus. The effectual rate of this product against coronary disease and heart-stroke is 24.1%, with the overall rate at 79.1%; the rate of electrocardiogram changes of the heart suffering from myocardial ischemia is 18.6%, with an overall rate at 59.2%. Blood-fat decrease is >20mg/100ml, which accounts for 73.7%. It varies between ±20mg/100ml, which accounts for 23.3%. With this product, senile patients get better appetite, sleep and physical strength in addition to the relief of the original symptoms. Long-term use of this product can reduce the amount of blood fat, serum cholesterol, triglyceride lipase and β-lipoprotein.

E. Relief of the Symptoms of Cough, Sputum and Asthmoid Respiration in the Respiratory System

* This product is equality effective on cough, sputum and asthmatic respiration cause by chronic bronchitis, and is particularly effective on asthmatic respiration. The overall effectiveness is as high as 87.5% and 48% of the clinical symptoms are gone.
* This product has a good effect on asthma, with an overall effectiveness at 80%, and the rate of obvious effect and recovery at 46.7%. It is equally effective on patients who are described by the Chinese medicine as a type cold of insufficiency. The overall curative effect is 97.6%.

F. Reduction of Blood Sugar

This product can obviously improve the activity of liver glycosidase, phosphofructokinase, glucose-6-phosphate and glycogen synthesis. It can reduce the activity of the liver glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenises (G6PD), and thus reduce the amount of liver sugar, to speed up the metabolism of glucose, and to help the periphery tissues and the liver make better use of the glucose.

F. Relief of Nervosas

This product has an obvious effect on nervosas and insomnia, with an overall effectiveness at 87.4% to 96.0%, and an obvious effectiveness at 46.0% to 90.0%. Usually, obvious effect comes 2 to 3 days after taking this product, and the sings of this are better sleep, relief of disappearance of headaches and dizziness, renewed vigor, enhanced memories and strengthened physical power. The best effect comes from the patients who are of the insufficiency of blood and energy.

The curative effect of this product on patients of nervosas and insomnia is related with its tranquilizing effect, and this is also in keeping with the description of Ganoderma Lucidum in the Chinese medicine, which says ”tranquility”, “increase of intelligence” and “good memory”. In light of the characteristics in the treatment of nervosas, it is more like the effect of what is called “restoration and strengthening of the body”, which means the recovery of the disturbed metabolism of the neuroendocrine, and the better sleep comes as a result of the removal of the vicious cycle caused by nervosas and insomnia.

F. Anti-senility

One of the causes of senility is the reduction of the amount of oxidation inhibitor (such as the he peroxide substance known as dismutase) which comes from the defensive endogenous free radicals. Polysaccharides contained in this Ganoderma Lucidum product has an obvious SOD activity and can clean up the free radicals in the body, and thereby prevent them from doing harm. And senility is thus postponed.

Article source: http://cin-ceo.blogspot.com/2009/08/ling-zhi-miracle-mushroom-from-china.html

Exporting to China - 10 Steps to find the Chinese buyers (ezine article series)

2009-06-26T08:20:00.000-07:00

Many business women/men are dreaming about selling their products or services to China. Is it really possible, even for small business owner to succeed in the Chinese market? YES it is!

If you start on your own, you need to work very hard for 3-4 years, to achieve success in China export business. But according my experience, if you follow these easy 10 steps, you may shorten this time to 1 year.

1- You must have a website with informative content about your product and company. My advice: add a Chinese language option. Most business owners in China don't speak English.

2- Advertise on Chinese business directories. Much more powerful, if the ad is in Chinese.

3- Find possible buyers from search engines and contact them via e-mail. Introduce yourself, your business and your company. If possible in Chinese language additional.

4- After you found some possible buyers, you should build relations with the owners, general or import managers of these companies.

5- Exchange samples to understand the buyers real needs.

6- If you participate on any international trade fair, you should inform and invite your possible Chinese buyers. Even you think they will not visit your booth, but they will see that you are in international business and this will make them more confident about your products or services.

7- You should participate at least at 1 big international Chinese trade fair, which is popular for products or services, like yours.

8- You should visit each possible buyer. Calculate at least 1 day for each company. In China, usually the business decisions made during dinner.

9- If you don't speak Chinese, you should arrange a tutor with good translation skills for these meetings.

10-Promise them, that you will seriously consider, having a representative office in China and they don't need to worry about the after sales service.

The above 10steps are to ease your way, to successful business with China. Of course it needs some investments and efforts to achieve success in China. But what is for free today? If you need more free information, you might visit my blog or our company website. Don't hesitate to contact me for professional assistance in China.

Article Source: http://cin-ceo.blogspot.com/2009/06/exporting-to-china-10-steps-to-find.html

China Business Launch Within 10 Days (ezine article series)

2009-06-21T20:03:00.000-07:00

China Canton fair is a great opportunity for small to mid-size business owners, aiming to start their import business from China. But how and where to start? Here is a checklist and some advices, things to do before arriving in China, for visiting Canton fair.

identify the right phase from the organizer's fair-schedule, to be able to locate the right suppliers for your item at the fair. Canton fair has 3 phases, each phase is 5 days.
Book your flight ticket to Guangzhou or Hong Kong. Flights to Hong Kong are more common.
Book your hotel in Guangzhou, Dongguan or Shenzhen. Guangzhou is very expensive.We prefer to stay in Shenzhen.
Apply your visa for China.
Identify and locate your possible suppliers. Make a list with their booth numbers.
Prepare at least 200 business cards and some other PR material of your company.
Prepare a passport picture. You will need it for the Canton fair badge.
Prepare some samples, you would like to show your possible suppliers.
Search for a tutor. It is necessary for the communication with the Chinesesuppliers. Only few can speak and understand English properly. You might testhis/her english level first. Don't be to stingy, choose the best.

If you want to start your China import business as soon as possible, i would recommend you to cooperate with an import consultant like us. They can organize your whole China business trips or your fair visits, like Canton fair. It is the most secure way to launch your China Business. For more details, you are welcome to visit our website or blog.

Article Source:http://cin-ceo.blogspot.com/2009/06/launch-your-china-business-within-10.html

China Import - How SBO's Achieve Success

2009-06-19T03:51:00.000-07:00

China is still the biggest manufacturer and exporter. Even in economic crisis times, China is still an important business partner to hundred thousands of small business owners, all over the world.

Many of them made some imports, using b2b websites or other online directories. Some have never been to China, but found the right supplier and could set up a successful relationship. But many couldn't achieve their big Chinese dreams. Even some have lost money, in huge amounts. Because of the high failure rate, the majority of midsize and small business owners, even didn't attempt to import from China.

Yes, it is really risky to import from China. Especially, if you don't have your own team in China. As this may causes too high of expenses for a small business owner, there is another cost effective solution:

To cooperate with an import consultant. It is vital, to have an experienced professional, as a partner in China. Understanding the local business mentality and in first line your needs, is the most important key -to success. Advise: Choose a consultant with western origin, who can show some international references.

This kind of professionals, can prevent any misunderstandings between you and the supplier. Solve any possible problems, that can be caused by manufacturer side. They can be your eyes on the whole procedure, till your goods are shipped. And not forgotten, it is possible that you want visit China and your suppliers, which is important for long term cooperation. In this case your consultant will organize all your trip and assist you, visiting present and new Chinese suppliers.

Article Source: http://cin-ceo.blogspot.com/2009/06/china-import-business-how-to-achieve.html

China Safe Business - Trading with Letter of Credit

2009-06-17T00:35:00.000-07:00

Interesting information from cin-ceo.blogspot.com.

Here is a brief introduction of L/c:

A Letter of Credit should be China importers most used international trade payment term. By opening a Letter of Credit it promises payment, provided the seller complies with the terms and conditions inside the Letter of Credit. The Irrevocable letter of credit can't be canceled or varied without the approval of both parties. This type of L/c, is the most common and preferred one, in China.

A bank issues a letter of credit (L/c) on the behalf of buyer or importer under the following conditions:
a) When an importer is importing items to its own country.
b) Any purchasing, where products from the country is sold to another commercially.
c) When an exporter from China is executing a contract outside his own country, importing items from a third country to sell to the second party.

These 3, are the basic, to obtain a letter of credit in present day of trading.
There are certain charges and payments, related with this sort of trading terms. The issuing bank charges the applicant costs, for opening a letter of credit.

The fee depends on the credit of the applicant, and primarily consists of:

A) Opening Charges: This comprises of promise and procedure charges for the time of the letter of credit.

B) Retirement Charges: This is to be remunerated when the time of letter of credit ends. The bank offering the letter, analyzes the bill according to UCPDC (Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits), and tax charges based on cost of goods.

There are some risks also, that are connected opening this kind of account:

• Basic risks : Financial position of the Importer, the products involved the exporter, national and foreign exchange risk.

• Quotation can be another important risk factor, related with all forms of international trade. All banks evaluate their risks on the above mentioned criterias, before issuing a letter of credit.

Source: China Import Solutions

5 Big Mistakes Made - China Importing (ezine article series)

2009-06-08T08:20:00.000-07:00

Mistake 1: Never take sourcing too easy.

Finding suppliers from b2b websites is getting more difficult. Take advantage of professional sourcing companies. You may read my article "china manufacturer sourcing", if you want go your own way.

Mistake 2: Don't communicate on line.

Be sure that your supplier understood 100% what you want. Communicating through e-mails is more effective and reliable, than chatting with some programs like "trade manager" or "messenger". Most of the sales representatives in Chinese companies are using translation programs. And anyway Chinese people are used to say "okay" and "no problem" in most cases. Let them confirm your order by e-mail.

Mistake 3: Don't fear some costs for the cargo of samples.

Secure your order by confirming with samples. If you want to order o e m, you should send a prototype or formula with exact specifications. The manufacturer will ask you for possible mold and material costs. Negotiate a pay-back after reaching a certain amount of order. Re-confirm by receiving samples, they have produced according your wishes.

Mistake 4: Never ask for CIF prices at first.

Request quotes on FOB basis. Its easier calculation for the supplier and you have the control of shipping your goods with your own forwarder. Cheap solutions from manufacturer side, can cause delays and damages of your goods.

Mistake 5: Never decide for the supplier, before you have visited their factory.

China may be far away, from your country, but it is a must for a smooth and long term relationship with a Chinese manufacturer. As you will make the far way to China, you should consider to visit at least 4-5 suppliers, before you decide. You may need assistance from consulting companies, who are western origin with local experience. They can organize all the meetings in China and assist you with translation, during factory visits.

Source: http://cin-ceo.blogspot.com/2009/06/5-big-mistakes-made-importing-from.html

Chinese Supplier and Manufacturer Sourcing (ezine article series)

2009-06-06T04:08:00.000-07:00

How to source for a reliable Chinese supplier? There are many ways to do it. Like, b2b websites offering suppliers, some with labels like "gold supplier". These are only paid members, which can be done by any company. There is absolutely no guarantee that they are reliable.

Another way would be, to visit trade fairs in China and meet the suppliers directly. According my 6 years China experience, I know that 70% of the exhibitors are trading companies. Only if you have a well organized schedule, you will be able to find the right suppliers, out of thousands exhibitors. Now, I will tell you some secrets, how professionals do sourcing. The best way to source on line, is to search through search engines. Put in your product and search. Usually, you will find the b2b websites in the top results. No problem, go on and search there. Make a list of 4-5 factories, which you can find common, on most b2b websites.

Check their own websites. A serious supplier should have a website in English language. Compare the contact information. If they are same like on the b2b websites, go on to search the "who is" info. Are the websites registered with the same company name, go on in searching again in Google, but this time, only with full company/factory name. Check at least 20-30 results. After all this, you now know, that you have found some serious suppliers. Its time to contact the suppliers. Write a detailed, common inquiry with easy English. Send it to all as one mail. Let them see that you contacted their competitors, too. It will be like an open bid, enjoy it!

Article Source:
http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Remo_Ardali
http://cin-ceo.blogspot.com/

Sourcing in China

2009-03-11T23:48:00.000-07:00

How to source successful in China? Sure, there are many ways; like b2b websites or search engines or Chinese traders and buying agents. Another effective way is to visit tradefairs in China, which can be very expensive and success is not sure.

In all cases you will need a professional, who should assist and protect you, against fraud and scammers. These kind of professionals we call China Import Consultants. You might find one, who is western origin and having a registered company in China.

Sourcing a reliable manufacturer for your product, negotiating the quotations, developing samples, factory audit, order mangement and shippment; can be all organised by these companies.

A well known consulting company is HENGYI Consulting, located in Shanghai. They are a muti-lingual company with western management. More info you can find on their website :

http://www.chinaimportbroker.com/