Market research: Coca-Cola in China
China is the hometown of tea. Especially after the reform and opening up, the market for drinks in China developed rapidly. Due to the rapid speed of the growth in China’s soft-drinks industry, it has potentially become one of the biggest industries in China. The Financial Times reported that the CEO of Coca-Cola once said that China was the […]
China’s Macro Economy——A Zigzag Path 2
Here come my concerns about problems that China’s economy is still facing. On one hand, although China’s large-scale lending and infrastructure spending projects have boosted domestic economy, it cannot be maintained indefinitely. The large level of borrowing will ultimately lead to a rise in non-performing loans on the balance sheets of major banks, which is […]
China’s Macro Economy——A Zigzag Path 1
Over the past several years, China has been a major contributor to the world economy. However, the global economic slowdown after 2007 had a remarkable negative impact on China’s industries that depend on FDI (Foreign direct investment) flows. Millions of workers in export sector were laid off because China’s economy heavily depends on international trade […]
Economy of Xiamen from 2000 to 2011- Focus on international trade (1)
See our most recent update on Xiamen’s economy. PART 1 Background Xiamen, located on the southwest coast of China, is administrated as a sub-provincial city (others are Shenzhen, Qingdao, Dalian, Ningbo and 10 capital cities) of Fujian Province, and became Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in 1980 enjoying the preferential policies. With its natural location privilege […]
Economy of Xiamen from 2000 to 2011- Focus on international trade (2)
– General situationAs a harbour city, Xiamen takes advantage of privileges as a SEZ and FTZ to pull its economic development, table 1 shows how imports and exports changed respectively and totally during past 10 years, we can see an obvious trend from Figure 4 that Xiamen’s trade growth rate fluctuated fiercely in 2003 and […]