Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Jun 09, 2020
China still lacks a high-level of openness and now faces increasing pressure from external rules. If it does not intensify its reforms, it may be encircled by those rules or even be excluded from the newly emerging international system.
Art Dicker, Founding partner of the Pacific Bridge Group
Feb 03, 2020
Five years in the making, China’s new Foreign Investment Law has finally been put into effect. The ambiguous language of the law will prove beneficial to Chinese manufacturing as manufacturers that have recently experienced losses are given free rein to ameliorate their suffering industries.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Oct 11, 2019
Business leaders have begun to realize that disengagement with China will have a huge impact on the world order and inflict tremendous losses on major U.S. companies.
Ma Shikun, Senior Journalist, the People’s Daily
Sep 27, 2019
Despite pressure from President Trump to leave China, American businesses appear to be reluctant to do so. After years of operating profitably in China, and with no viable alternative country to which to transfer operations – including the United States – American businesses will make the financially smart choice of staying put.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Sep 18, 2019
The elimination of tariffs, barriers and subsidies will not only promote fair market competition and end policy distortions but will also greatly enhance the competitive advantage of enterprises. China’s free trade zones should pay heed and embrace such reform.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Jun 27, 2019
In updating its Foreign Investment Law, Beijing makes clear its continued commitment to improving China’s business environment. Indeed, China is pushing back on the global trend of “deglobalization.” Nonetheless, Beijing must take into account new US restrictions based on national security.
Sara Hsu, Visiting Scholar at Fudan University
May 31, 2019
China recently introduced new policies designed to open up its economy and increase the amount of foreign capital in the Chinese financial system. It sounds like a lot of effort is being put toward making China's financial sector more accessible, but is it, really?
May 22, 2019
A top U.S. business lobby in China said on Wednesday that nearly half of its members are seeing non-tariff barrier retaliation in China as a result of the increasingly bitter trade war between Beijing and Washington.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Apr 18, 2019
The new Foreign Investment Law doesn’t just cut red tape – it also constitutes a milestone in China’s progress in reform and opening-up, as the country shifts toward a new model of high-quality opening-up based on rules and institutions.
Mar 19, 2019
Attempt by Beijing to address key issues raised by US President Donald Trump as part of the US-China trade war including forced technology transfer and market access.