Chinese tourists and their wet underwear in Thailand

Photos of a Chinese tourist unsightly lowering his wet underwear on the seats from the lounge of the international airport Chiang Mai attracted much criticism on social media. The photos, which were believed to have taken about two weeks ago, showed a woman using her phone as her black bra and pink panties lying next to her.

 A public relations officer at the airport confirmed the incident, revealing that the staff approached the woman to inform her not to dry her clothes in public. No further action was taken because it did not violate safety rules, Bangkok Post reported Feb. 2. Questionable behavior of Chinese tourists abroad - to pour hot water on a hostess to deploy an aircraft emergency slide - have hit the headlines in recent months, which earned him the reputation of being poor travelers . The president of the Association of Canadian Chiang Mai Tourism, Pornchai Jitnavasathien, Bangkok Post said that the association will ask Thai travel agents and guides to explain to Chinese tourists that inappropriate behavior will affect their overall image

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New Changes to China’s Foreign Investment Laws.

On January 19, 2015, China's Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) released the first draft of its new Foreign Investment Law (中华人民共和国外国投资法). The proposed Foreign Investment Law (“FIL”) is intended to replace three existing laws which currently govern foreign investment in China: (i) the Sino-Foreign Equity Joint Venture Law (“EJV Law”), (ii) the Sino- Foreign Cooperative Joint Venture Law (“CJV Law”) and (iii) the Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprises Law (“WFOE Law”). The new FIL will significantly change the existing regulatory landscape controlling all foreign investment in China, below please find a concise summary of the major components of the new FIL.

Overview

An analysis of the Draft Foreign Investment Law reveals that it has been modeled, in part, on the regulatory frameworks from several Western countries, including the Investment Canada Act and the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975 (Australia). Specifically, the definition of “foreign investor” appears to have been adopted directly from the Australian Act, which identifies foreign investors based upon an actual “control” test, i.e. enterprises (whether based onshore or offshore) under the control of foreign investors will be treated as foreign investors. It is worth noting that a foreign investment regulatory regime based on the concept of control will likely cause the Foreign Investment Law to have extraterritorial effect. Article 15 of the Draft FIL specifies that, if an offshore transaction causes the transfer of actual control over an onshore enterprise to a foreign investor, such foreign investor will be deemed as investing onshore. In addition, a number of provisions in relation to information reporting have been modeled on the Investment Canada Act, and the foreign investment special administrative catalogue (i.e. the ‘negative list’), is also based on an internationally accepted entry clearance mechanism.

National Security Review

Compared with the existing regulations, the Draft Foreign Investment Law expands the scope of matters that are subject to national security review. Any Foreign Investment that damages or may potentially damage national security is subject to a unified national security review regime, regardless of industry sector or whether it is controlled by a Foreign Investor. This is an extremely broad coverage, and even though the Draft Foreign Investment Law highlights a number of areas that are subject to particular review attention (such as national defense, key infrastructure and key natural resources), this expanded regime still raises much uncertainty to foreign investors.  Guidelines on national security review will be promulgated separately, which hopefully may provide more detailed clarifications.

It is also worth noting that Foreign Investors may not withdraw their applications of national security review without MOFCOM’s prior consent, and administrative reconsideration and administrative litigation are not available for any decision of national security review.

Transition From the Current Regulatory Regime. 

The Draft Foreign Investment Law will no longer regulate corporate governance issues for enterprises with foreign investment; instead, they will be required to follow the same requirements as domestic enterprises under the Company Law, the Partnership Law and the Law on Individual Proprietorship Enterprises. The Draft Foreign Investment Law gives existing EJVs, CJVs and WFOEs (“FIEs”) a three-year transitional period to conform with these laws.

The following are some of the potential changes to existing joint venture contracts and articles of association:

• Changing the highest authority of an EJV from the board of directors to the shareholders’ meeting according to the Company Law;

• Changing the legal status of an unincorporated CJV to either a limited liability company or a foreign-invested partnership; the highest authority of a CJV should no longer be the board of directors or the joint management committee, it should either be changed to the shareholders’ meeting according to the Company Law or follow the provisions in the Partnership Law;

• Changing the profit distribution ratio of an EJV since profit sharing among shareholders is not required to be proportionate to equity ratio under the Company Law; and

• Amending the pre-emptive right requirement so that selling shareholders of an EJV or a CJV will only need to obtain consents from more than half of the non-selling shareholders (rather than all the non-selling shareholders according to the EJV Law or CJV Law). This is particularly favorable to the selling shareholders of an EJV or a CJV which has multiple partners.

Conclusion

There is little doubt that the Draft Foreign Investment Law, when promulgated, will bring fundamental changes to the foreign investment regulatory regime in China. While the Draft Foreign Investment Law appears to be a very positive sign of the Chinese government’s determination to relax restrictions on foreign investment, several important issues regarding the new law still need to be answered.

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China automotive Market industry

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1. China's auto sales are expected to exceed 25m units in 2015

Chinese auto market is about to make another breakthrough this year as total sales are expected to break the threshold of 25 million euros. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers predicts sales this year to increase by 7 percent, with total sales expected to be 25.13 million units. The CAAM expects that the main factors of growth in sales this year are the increase of China's GDP, lack of policies restricting further restrictions of the car. CAAM estimated that China's auto market has reached a new level of maturity. The automotive segment of passengers continued to grow steadily, with demand remaining strong. And more consumers in the cities of the first and second rank the purchase of more expensive vehicles, buying potential third and fourth tier cities are beginning to unleash. In addition, the new energy market in China is growing in importance, with the government unveiling a series of policies to promote the use of new energy vehicles. At the same time, policies to get rid of "vehicles whose emissions exceed national standards continue to be implemented, further encouraging consumers to consider the purchase of new energy vehicles. The SUV and MPV segments should be very hot in 2015 with their sales volumes for 2015 should be 5.1 million units and 2.58 million units.

2. Own Chinese auto brand dealers report higher satisfaction rates than JV

Chinese car dealers continue to suffer from increasing financial pressures. In 2014, 70 percent to 80 percent of car dealers in the country suffer deficits, a report in the National Business Daily today revealed, citing statistics from the China Auto Dealers Chamber of Commerce. In early 2015, the CADCC began a national satisfaction survey of dealers. The survey covered a range of issues, including brands, products, certifications, network construction, government policies, sales management, customer service, management intervention and performance investments. The investment satisfaction rates were highest among the eight categories, totaling 40 percent. Among the eight categories, dealers of own brand reported higher satisfaction scores than their counterparts joint venture. This has much to do with higher profits at dealers own brand, despite the fact that sales of own brands declined in recent months. The low operating costs dealers own brands compared to those of the joint venture is also very favorable.
New policies to help ease car dealers inventory pressures should be in place this year. However, policies are not welcomed by manufacturers, and as such can not be released as quickly as dealers hope.

3. More Chinese dealers abandon sales networks amid losses

More dealers in China to cease sales network last year after profitability deteriorated, according to the survey a trade group. The China Auto Dealers Chamber also found that the dealers of the premium Acura brand of Honda Motor Co. were less satisfied, while Audi Volkswagen AG first. The number of vehicles sold loss has increased, according to the group, which did not reveal the details of its investigation. The decline in profitability at dealers "not only threatens the survival and development of automobile dealers, but especially affects the outlook for the automotive industry and, ultimately, the interests of consumers," the trade group said in a statement accompanying the survey. Dealers in China have requested financial aid and lower sales targets manufacturers based on a combination of the rapid expansion of sales networks and over-reliance on new vehicle sales in the face of increasing restrictions towns profits evil. Volkswagen, the biggest foreign carmaker in China, has reached an agreement with its dealers of imported models, the automaker said Monday in an emailed statement. The company will continue to set reasonable sales targets as part of its strategy to ensure a financially strong distribution network, the statement said.
4. Sales of American brand SUV on the rise in China
American SUV brand sales are on the rise, with China Passenger Car Association statistics show that their share of the Chinese SUV market are almost 10 percent today. This growth is due largely to the successful performance of the joint venture Changan Ford and GM Shanghai. Shanghai GM, for example, benefited greatly from the sales of key models such as the Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Trax. In 2014, the sales volume of the joint venture amounted to 1.72 million units. Changan Ford sales for the year, meanwhile, had a respectable 806,000 units.
A total of 398,900 American SUVs were sold in 2014, up 40.41 percent from the previous year. American brand vehicles share in the SUV market grew by 0.37 percent from 2013 to 2014 Chinese.
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5. Ford China sales in 2014 !

may increase profits trucks 24% Jiangling Motors Corp., commercial venture of Ford Motor Co. truck in China, said profit jumped 24 percent last year from 2013 to 2,100,000,000 yuan ($ 339 million). The company attributed strong earnings to higher government subsidies and sales growth robust vehicles. Last year, Jiangling Motors delivered 275,858 Transit and JMC brand vans trucks, vans, light trucks and SUVs, up 20 percent from 2013.

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4 step before set up a Ecommerce Website in China

4 step before set up a Ecommerce Website in China 

1 - A comprehensive study of the Chinese market 

 Before you start to conquer the Chinese web, it is important to understand the Chinese market and the digital world, fundamentally different from that which was used to know in the West. So you have to get familiar with the Chinese web and its biggest players: Baidu, the leading search engine in China, Sina Weibo, the equivalent of Twitter and one of the most influential social networks in China, WeChat, the mobile application for instant messaging Tencent group, Alibaba, giant Chinese e-commerce, Youku, China's Youtube etc. Due to censorship by the government, ubiquitous on the web, domestic players have priority, and some major players in the Western web are made inaccessible (that is for example the case of Facebook, Google, Youtube).

 2 - Call for partners 

 Due to its specificity, the Chinese web access is difficult for a foreign company with no knowledge and experience in the field. Actors and web mechanisms are fundamentally different. Seek or partners with whom to cooperate, such as a digital marketing agency based in China, can prove to be a wise choice. It will advise you on the priorities to be performed on the mistakes not to make and is useful in the early months of activity.             

3 - A Chinese website 

 To get a place on the Chinese web, a website is the basis of any strategy. Your website should be translated into Chinese and must meet the standards of the country in this field. The websites in China are not like our western sites: they are responsible for information, images and text, and color codes are different. The homepage is particularly very important, both for Baidu for users: it must contain a maximum of information and clearly present the activity of the company and its offer so that it is no need to visit other pages to understand the concept and value of the site. The home page so has the role to capture the attention of consumers. To successfully design your site to this new clientele, the two golden rules are: inspire the design of the most influential Chinese web sites and find the balance between the culture of your company and the the country. A website in Chinese - Yoda Yoda, a Chinese website dedicated to cosmetics

 4 - An accommodation in China 

 It is advisable to host its website in China or Hong Kong to have a successful site. Indeed, the priority is given to national sites; China sites hosted outside are very slow to open and slow to navigation and there are risks they are censored by the Chinese government. You can even charge you for hosting your site or hire a company specialized in the field, such as Hi China. It is recommended to use multi-line services, regardless of the host used. .


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advertising in China exceeded 500 billion yuan

Sales of last year's advertising in China exceeded 500 billion yuan (US $ 81.3 billion). 

Yet those of traditional advertising fell by -2.75% For television - 9.17% for newspapers However, Internet advertising has seen an increase of 45.85% over the previous year, leading to a total of 63.8 billion yuan. (Source: People's Daily, the 43rd World Conference advertising) These figures show that the future of advertising is on the Internet. Yet to break into this market, you have to be able to solve a number of problems.

advertising in China 

 Here are the 10 challenges of an advertising company must address in the world of advertising in China Low international understanding among the Chinese staff, cultural differences and huge poor English While the trend is globalization, the Chinese who can move abroad to improve their English to a decent standard and really open up to an international culture remains low due to its cost. Therefore, only a minority of Chinese have a sufficient level of English to be able to easily understand the content published in the language of Shakespeare.


 So all communication and advertising agencies who wish to be present in the Chinese markets have to adapt, but it is very difficult because of cultural differences and language barriers.

Problem understanding the different consumers, especially wealthy consumers and campaigns with a generation gap
Due to the very sharp break in the history after the Cultural Revolution and the major economic rise of China, we are left now with a generation gap between those who have experienced deprivation and Maoist China and another type of Chinese, mostly made up of those born after the 80’s and 90’s, who are often called “little prince and princess”. This therefore makes it very difficult to correctly analyze the Chinese market to determine which target to choose and how to attract them because of this very important generation gap.
A very rigid protocol
Chinese have a very formal approach of business and hierarchy must be respected. This causes problems when you have to do business with Chinese companies. While discussing a business deal with your Chinese partner you must respect all the codes of good conduct to avoid problems that may cause you to lose a business opportunity because you could have offended the leader of the deal by doing something you thought was appropriate, according to your western standards.
Lack of communication training, staff must learn everything on the job
First, you should know that the Chinese have a very strong culture of investment, results, and achieving the lowest costs possible.
However, communication and marketing are disciplines whose results are often difficult to assess and quantify. As a consequence, these hold very little appeal to Chinese, so there is no real training in the field to allow the Chinese to gain expertise in these fields. Without proper training they have to learn everything on the job.
Secondly, although China has become a country where the internet has grown quickly, it is still very new, especially compared to countries like the USA.
Moreover, before the rise of the internet, media (TV and newspapers) were controlled by an iron hand by the state leaving little room for the possibility of communication training. Indeed, it is easy to communicate when there is only one message to be transmitted. With the rise of the internet, formation in communication started to make perfect only a little less than ten years ago. As such, Chinese communication and marketing experts are very few in number compared to westerners. These factors mentioned above have thus led to an acute shortage of trained candidates in communication

Sources : http://chairmanmigo.com/challenges-advertising-company-china/