Baby Boom

THE Year of the Pig is upon us, and along with that chubby pink animal comes 12 months of good luck and fortune...nd plenty of babies too. Every so often a year comes along that is deemed so auspicious it sparks off a baby boom in the world's most populous country, and 2007 is one of them. Wu Jian and his wife feel especially lucky in this Year of the Pig. The couple's efforts to conceive had been for years hampered by Mrs. Wu's health problems. So, in June 2006, they moved to Beijing to be treated in the city with the best hospitals and fertility doctors in China. Their efforts-and expenses-soon paid off. Mrs. Wu     

Duty-Free Boom

正Hainan's new shopping policy adds power to dual circulation development The duty-free shop at Sun Moon Plaza in downtown Haikou,capital of Hainan Province in south China,is a bustlinglittle place,especially since it added new mobile phone and tablet counters,which are a magnet for visitors.He Jing is one of them.     

Unicorn Boom

正A tech startup company that reaches a $1-billion market value within 10 years is known as a unicorn,with such enterprises recently becoming a hot topic in China.Many domestic and international research institutes have analyzed Chinese unicorn companies to find out why they have experienced explosive growth in both number and scale within a short period of time.According to last year's China-U.S.Unicorn Research Report released by global     

FTZ Boom

正Seven more free trade zones aim to open up China’s markets further Jiulian E-commerce Co.is a cross-border online trading platform for imported wine.Though registered in Hong Kong to take advantage of the special administrative region’s preferential tax policies,it is actually located in Dalian in northeast China’s Liaoning Province.Jiulian’s senior executives made inspection tours of the pioneering free trade zones     

Tourism Boom

Corporate and governmental determination set on establishing solid foundation for economic comeback     

A Robotic Boom

<正>Industrial and service robots are in demand as China’s labor becomes more expensive By Tang Yuankai China’s importance in the global robotics industry is increasing,with more companies moving to develop industrial and service robots,along with artificial intel igence.Even some property tycoons are     

Cultural Consumption Boom

正Chinese people’s demand for cultural products is increasing A love story was sparked when Chen Linxiao and Ning Chengfang first met 36 years ago in the dusty corridors of a Beijing bookstore.The couple,born in the 1960s,had been searching for the same book throughout the city one day,but found more than what they had bargained for by the end of the day.Chen had just claimed the only copy of the book he was looking for at a store and was about to exit     

The Central Boom

After development strategies in Xiongan New Area,the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Yangtze River Delta have all been put on track,another region in China is going to see a great upsurge.During a recent visit to Jiangxi Province,President Xi Jinping presided over a work symposium on May 21 on the rise of China's central region.     

Xinjiang's Tounsm Boom

Tourism is booming due to combined efforts of local government and individuals in Xinjiang sixty-year-old Niyaz Rehep never thought he could be more     

Another Consumption Boom

Consumers celebrate the Spring Festival in a spending frenzy,both at home and abroad After holding their wedding ceremony in Zunyi,Guizhou Province,Tian Yun,a bond trader who works at a Shanghai-based securities company returned to Kaifeng Henan Province,with her husband during the Spring Festival holiday(February 9-15).In her hometown,relatives and folks prepared a party to celebrate. "My mother booked the banquet tables three months ahead.Since banquet booking is always popular during the Spring Festival,     

No Baby Boom

<正>Data show that nearly one year after the relaxation of China’s family planning policy,a baby boom has not appeared The policy allowing urban parents to have a second baby,so long as at least one of them is an only child,has been implemented in China for about a year.People worrying the policy might create a rapid population surge can exhale a collective sigh of relief.     

The IP Boom

Azeal for adapting works from other mediums is sweeping China's film industry.An"IP film"refers to a film adapted from an original work protected by intellectual property (IP) rights. Film adaptations are nothing new in China. Previously, the majority of adaptations had their roots in masterpieces of classical literature, stage plays or older films.     

Electronic Trade Boom

正China-ASEAN e-commerce collaboration expands China’s huge market and strong consumption power are"very attractive" to traders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN),said Selina Eu,co-founder of e-commerce platform Monzter from Malaysia.Monzter participated in the China-ASEAN Expo(CAEXPO)from September 11 to 14     

The Qinggang Broom Boom

TRULY on-the-ball economic innovators spot the lucra-tive potential of everyday, household equipment as mundane as the humble broom. A case in point is Qinggang County, Heilongjiang Province in North-east China.     

Boom Times in Guangxi

GUANGXIZhuangAutonomousRegionislikeonebigconstructionsite,withtrucksmovingearthwhereveryoulook.Underwayisanewproject,theNBQF(anabbreviationtakenfromtheregion'sfourmajorcities─Nanning,Beihai,QinzhouandFangcheng)EconomicZone,expectedtotake30yearstobecompleted.GuangxiisonChina'ssouthernborderwithVietnamandtouchestheSouthChinaSea.Beihai,QinzhouandFangchengareportcitiesthathavealwaysbeenmajorstopsonsealanes,attractingthetradethathelpedthelocaleconomyprosper.Frequentwarfareintheregionthi…     

China's Teenage Writing Boom

AS the debate and attention surrounding China’s twentysomething writers has barely faded, the limelight of the nation’s publishing world is now shining on their even younger peers. The People’s Literature, the PRC’s first literature magazine and known as the cradle of Chinese writers, recently launched a writing competition for the post-1990, the generation born in the 1990s. Though the results will not be known until next April, the event has already attracted a     

Boom or Doom?

China's housing market continues to grow and expand alongside concerns of a potential asset bubble     

A European Investment Boom?

<正>Chinese investors seek opportunities in Europe At present,Chinese investment in Europe is entering a period of rapid growth.China and the European Union(EU)are discussing how to dock their strategic economic development and investment plans together,Shen Danyang,spokesperson of China’s Ministry of Commerce,said at a press briefing in Beijing on July 7.At the China-EU summit in Brussels in