Alain Charles Publishing Ltd | China Business Handbook - The essential business and travel guide

China Business
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The China Business Handbook: the essential business and travel guide. The 11h edition China Business Handbook 2008, incorporating the most up-to-date statistics and regulations, is the most informative business and travel guide to the China market yet published.

The China Business Handbook is designed to provide executives operating in or trading with China, with practical knowledge and business and economic facts. The 2008 edition has 462 pages (A5 size) containing new chapters on subjects like logistics, intellectual property, due diligence and time and money saving travel advice. Also, all the maps have been redrawn using the latest available data.

The investment climate of each region is assessed along with the top FIE's per province, expatriate living, taxation and company structure as well as practical visitor information.

Softcover edition US$48.00 (including delivery). 462 pages.
ISBN: 978-0-9552126-5-9

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2008 edition

Notes
Glossary
Foreword
Basic facts
- Population
- Social progress
- Climate
- History
- Government chart
- Religion
- Legal system
Visitor information
- Getting there
- Internal travel
- Language
- Hotels
- Shopping and tipping
- Money
- Travel tips
- Telecommunications
- Government ministries and embassies
- E-mail and the internet
Emergency situations
- Medical emergencies
- Prevention
- Safety survival tips
- Emergency survival tips
Air travel
- Major carriers
- International connections
- China's airlines
- Increased competition
- Air travel tips
Train travel
Expatriate living
- Social contacts
- The cost of living
- Expatriate housing
- Serviced apartments
Relocation
International schools
Finding a property
- Renting a property
- Buying a property
- Benefits of an agency
Serviced offices
Healthcare
- Healthcare advice
- Infections
- Check-ups and dental services
- How to prevent trouble
Language training
- Chinese language schools
Continuing education
- MBA programmes in China
Business etiquette
Recruitment
- Finding and nurturing staff.
- Benefits and career development
- Business culture and rules
Employment law
Taxation
- Tax treaties
- Individual Income Tax (IIT)
- Income tax on FIEs and FEs
- Value Added Tax (VAT)
- Business Tax
Tax planning
Logistics & transport
Insurance market
Forms of investment
- Special investment zones
- Representative offices
- Sino-foreign joint ventures
- Wholly foreign-owned enterprises
- The set-up process
- Holding companies
- Branch offices
- Business associations
Legal representation
Branding & marketing
Advertising
Intellectual property
- Internal IP review
- IP registration in China
- Copyright
- Trade secrets/know-how
- Managing employees
The provinces
- Anhui
- Beijing
- Chongqing
- Fujian
- Gansu
- Guangdong
- Guangxi
- Guizhou
- Hainan
- Hebei
- Heilongjiang
- Henan
- Hubei
- Hunan
- Inner Mongolia
- Jiangsu
- Jiangxi
- Jilin
- Liaoning
- Ningxia
- Qinghai
- Shaanxi
- Shandong
- Shanghai
- Shanxi
- Sichuan
- Tianjin
- Tibet
- Xinjiang
- Yunnan
- Zhejiang
- Macau
- Hong Kong
Index
Advertisers' index

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