China Briefs
2018
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Will China out-innovate its global competitors?
May 02 | Xiaohui (Janet) Hao, PhD, Former Senior Economist, The Conference Board | Comments (0)While China is poised to become an innovation challenger, will it out-innovate its global competitors? Our research finds that compared to the U.S., twice as many CEOs in China say they have an actual process in place for measuring innovation.
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Will China Out-Innovate the World
April 25 | Ataman Ozyildirim, Former Senior Director, Economics, The Conference Board | Xiaohui (Janet) Hao, PhD, Former Senior Economist, The Conference Board | Comments (0)China has recognized the need to put its giant economy on a path toward developing an innovation culture, an initiative that could position it to challenge the U.S. as a global leader of innovation. But despite a massive investment in research and development, the nation faces some significant barriers to reaching its goal.
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Planning for China-US trade tensions -- insights and resources from the Conference Board
March 27 | Ethan Cramer-Flood, Fomer Senior Fellow, China Center for Economics and Business, The Conference Board | Comments (0)The Conference Board China Center has been tracking US-China trade relations very carefully over the past 18 months, and we recommend that our members review several key pieces that we sent out previously which anticipated the events now transpiring and outlined a range of important planning assumptions for MNCs.
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Granting to China Made “Easy?”
March 20 | Ted Hart, President and Chief Operating Officer, CAF America | Comments (0)The China Overseas NGO Management Law went into effect January 1, 2017. The law requires that foreign NGOs coordinate their efforts with the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and provides the framework within which they can continue their activities in the country through two ways: opening a representative office in China or applying for a temporary activity license.
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An interview with David Hoffman, Managing Director of the Conference Board’s China Center
March 07 | Ethan Cramer-Flood, Fomer Senior Fellow, China Center for Economics and Business, The Conference Board | David Hoffman, Senior Advisor, China Center, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Market shake-outs – as typical of creative destruction cycles, even those with “Chinese characteristics” – should yield better operating conditions over the longer-term, especially for competitive firms. At this critical juncture, executives need to understand the gamut of potential China exposures facing their companies – both positive and negative – so that they can position their companies to exploit associated opportunities and mitigate risks.
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Two-Child Policy Won't Produce a Baby Boom
February 13 | Anke Schrader, Former Research Director, Asia, The Conference Board | Melinda Zhang, Former Research Analyst, China Center for Economics and Business | Comments (0)Despite the end of the one-child policy in 2016 and hopes of a new “baby boom,” the reality is that China’s attempt to politically reengineer its demographic outlook will require decades, not years.
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CFIUS Reform Set to Disrupt Business as Usual for MNCs in China
February 13 | Ethan Cramer-Flood, Fomer Senior Fellow, China Center for Economics and Business, The Conference Board | Comments (0)The reform and empowerment of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has the potential to dramatically disrupt many traditional partnership approaches MNCs have been using in China for many years – including co-investment arrangements that have become popular recently.