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 Hong Kong Trains 1,000 People from Jiangsu Each Year
Jiangsu's Personnel Department recently announced its decision to further expand the Jiangsu-Hong Kong Personnel Training Cooperation Programme after a successful four-year run ... (full story)

 Customs to Implement New Enterprise Categorisation System from 1 April
According to China's General Administration of Customs (GAC), in order to improve management efficiency, a new enterprise categorisation system will be implemented as from ... (full story)

 China's First Set of Mandatory National Standards for Student Goods Takes Effect in April
China will implement the General Requirements for Safety of Student Goods from 1 April. This is China's first set of mandatory national standards for student goods ... (full story)

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Issue 02, 2008 (01 February)
 Leader
SAT Considers the Launch of Four Taxes
In view of the widespread concern for taxes such as resource tax, environment tax, real estate tax and fuel tax, an official from the State Administration of Taxation (SAT) expressed his views ... (full story)

 Policy and Law
Protection for Temporary Staff under New Labour Contract Law
Under the new rule on temporary staff, which has aroused great concern from interested parties, employing units must post permanent staff in positions with a term of over six months ... (full story)
Social Insurance Premium Payment a Must for Employing Units
Heavier penalty will be imposed on employing units which fail to pay social insurance premium. The message came from the first round of consideration of the draft law on social insurance ... (full story)

 Local Policy
Fuzhou Fines Shops Up To Rmb500 for Noise Pollution
The standing committee of the 13th Fuzhou City People's Congress passed the Regulations of Fuzhou City for the Prevention and Control of Environmental Noise Pollution (Draft) at its seventh session ... (full story)
MNCs Lured to Set up Headquarters in Guangzhou
Guangzhou plans to offer a 30% rebate on newly added taxes in addition to a housing subsidy of Rmb1,000/sqm to attract chain enterprises to set up corporate or regional headquarters in the city ... (full story)

 Industrial Policy
New Rules Limit Internet Video to State-Controlled Companies
Under the Regulations on the Administration of Internet Audio-Visual Programmes jointly promulgated by the State Administration of Film, Radio and Television (SAFRT) and Ministry of Information Industry ... (full story)
Hong Kong and Macau Doctors Allowed to Open Private Clinics on Mainland
The Ministry of Health has recently issued a circular on the implementation of Supplement IV to the Mainland-Hong Kong and Mainland-Macau Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) with regard to medical services ... (full story)

 Emerging Opportunities
Beijing Metro Brings Business Opportunities
Traffic in Beijing has always been a topic of interest to many. In light of the upcoming Olympics and the ever-growing population in the capital city, traffic control has become a major task of the local authorities ... (full story)
Jewellery District on Guangzhou Metro Line
The Worldmart Jewelry & Gems Emporium, located at Shiqiao, Panyu, Guangzhou, officially opened for business on 20 December 2007 ... (full story)

 Market Development
Largest "Drive-Thru" Restaurant in Eastern China Settles in Zhenjiang
KFC China Corporation has opened the largest drive-thru restaurant in eastern China in the Dingmao New Area in Zhenjiang. The total investment in the facility, KFC's "flagship" drive-thru restaurant with the largest business area in eastern China ... (full story)

 Human Resources
Base for Overtime Pay Includes Fringe Benefits and Bonus
According to the labour and wage department of the Guangdong provincial labour and social security office, the correct way of calculating overtime pay in Guangdong is to take daily wage under normal working hours (8 hours) as the base ... (full story)
Employers May Not Terminate Employment Contract Unilaterally
Following the implementation of the new Labour Contract Law, there are still individual enterprises in various localities that continue to violate the law by such act as "making sudden lay-offs by means of paying compensation" ... (full story)

 Key to Economy and Trade
Foreign and Domestic Banks Actively Build QDII Brands
Since the launch of the qualified domestic institutional investor (QDII) programme on the mainland in 2006, various large foreign and domestic banks have rushed to build their own brands ... (full story)