Doing Business with China

For China’s foreign trade & investment policies, please visit http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/ 

For China’s business guidance, please visit http://www.ccpit.org/static_ccpit/en/guide.jsp

To download “Guide to Doing Business in China” (PDF Files), please visit http://www.tdctrade.com/chinaguide/index_e.htm

For doing Business with Hong Kong, please contact Hong Kong Trade Development Council and visit http://www.tdctrade.com

For market profile on China, please visit http://www.tdctrade.com/main/china.htm

To search Chinese companies, please visit http://www.chinamarket.com.cn/E/Showtitle/  or  http://www.cbg.org.cn/cbg/zgsp/zgsp_en.html

To know China & Chinese, please visit http://www.china.org.cn/english/index.htm

Leading I/E Chambers of Commerce of China

China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles (http://www.ccct.org.cn/ccct/english/index.jsp)

China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Light industrial Products&Arts--Crafts (http://www.cccla.org.cn/)

China Chamber of Commerce for I&E of Metals, Minerals and Chemicals (http://www.cccmc.org.cn/english/default.asp)

China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-Products (http://www.agriffchina.com/e-agriffchina/index.asp)

China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products (http://www.cccme.cn.net/eng/index.htm)

China Chamber of Commerce of Medicines & Health Products Importers & Exporters (http://www.cccmhpie.org.cn/)

China International Contractors Association (http://www.chinca.org/english/Index.htm)

Doing Business with Hong Kong & Macau

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China

Location: East Asia, bordering the South China Sea

Area: 1,092 sq km

Climate: tropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring to summer, warm and sunny in fall

Population: 6.78 millions

Languages: Chinese (Cantonese), English

Hongkong Business Guide: Hong Kong Trade Development Council (http://www.tdctrade.com/chinaguide/index_e.htm)

Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

Location: On the Southeast coast of China, to the west of the Pearl River Delta and bordering Guangdong Province.

Area: 23.8 square kilometers

Climate: Warm and humid with a fairly wide variation in temperature over the year. From June to September, the temperature may rise to over 30℃ and it may drop to below 10℃ from November to February. But the average temperature rarely drops below 14℃. The weather of Macau is also influenced by tropical cyclones from the South Pacific Ocean during the typhoon season.

Population: 0.44 millions (March 2001)

Ethnic groups: Chinese 95%, Macanese (mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry), Portuguese, other

Macao Business Guide: Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (http://www.ipim.gov.mo/english/Eloading.htm)