China Business Minute

The automotive sector, among other industries, is still coping with a shortage of chips. Not only is this impacting companies and their employees, it has also become a problem for the US government at the federal, state, and local level. Does Biden’s infrastructure plan present a long-term solution? How does China come into play? This […]

Our Beijing office recently finished up its first in-person event since the start of the pandemic last year. This week, to get some of the highlights from the event we’re on the line with our director in Beijing, Lipei Zhang. Forecast Beijing 2021 Learn more on our website

Our Shanghai office recently hosted a cybersecurity workshop for companies that touched on some shared concerns and best practices. This week, to dig into some of the regulatory challenges that companies face on the ground, we’re on the line with our Chief Representative in Shanghai, Melinda Xu. Learn more about USCBC on our website!

Last week, representatives from the United States and China held the first major bilateral meetings under the Biden administration. By all accounts, tensions were pretty high, but the meetings still yielded some results and items for companies to pay attention to. This week, we get the latest from our Vice President of China Operations Matt […]

As China’s legislative sessions have come to a close, focus is now on the document that will offer guidelines and targets for the coming five years, the aptly-named Five-Year Plan. Today, to get a brief roundup of what’s in that document, we’re on the line with our director in Beijing, Lipei Zhang. Full analysis: China […]

Last week, we saw the start of China’s main legislative meetings for the year, referred to as the “two sessions.” So to get an update on the meetings and some of the primary takeaways, this week we’re on the line with our Director in Shanghai, Melinda Xu. Read USCBC’s analysis of the meetings thus far: […]

China’s parliamentary “two sessions” start this week. What can we expect to be on the agenda and what should companies be paying special attention to? We get our update this week from our Vice President for China Operations Matt Margulies. Learn more about USCBC on our website Interested in the provincial level “two sessions?” Listen […]

Sorry there was no podcast in your feed last week, we were off as our China offices were closed to celebrate the Lunar New Year! Now that they’re back though, so is the podcast—this week, we’re on the line with our director in Beijing, Lipei Zhang to discuss consumption data, the upcoming 14th Five Year […]

In the past few weeks, provinces in China have been holding their two major annual political meetings, reviewing economic and social development in the past year and planning for the next. To get an overview of what’s being covered and what it might tell us about the national “two sessions,” we’re on the line with […]

It is a little later in the week for the podcast than usual, and that’s because we had our Forecast 2021 conference this week. It was a great event with a lot of interesting insights. We wanted to get a few takeaways from one of the panels, so we’re on the line with our VP […]