Driven by the need from a variety of industries, including tire, shoe-making, pesticide, forage, coating, toothpaste and others, China's WCB industry has been expanding rapidly in recent years. In 2007, the output of WCB was 620,000 tons in China, while the demand 422,000 tons.Figure: Outputs & Demand of WCB in China 2004-2007China has now become a net exporter of WCB, with South Korea and Vietnam among others as the major export targets. China's...more
With the extensive application of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology, especially the popularization of both non-contact IC cards in public transportation and campus IC cards, there have already been some homegrown manufacturers, of RFID chips, encapsulation, read/write terminals, and system integration, which have grasped relatively mature technologies and formed a primary RFID industrial chain in China.Figure: Size of RFID Market...more
Although China's general electricity generation has been increasing by more than 10% almost every year since 2000, the construction of power grids have been unable to satisfy the demand for power. The annual growth rate of China's investment in grid construction has often been single digit, and in some years it was only 2%. As a result, there have been frequent blackouts along China's coasts since 2002.To make power grids safe and to improve the efficiency of power transmission, Beijing started paying great attention to the construction of a state grid since 2006. According to the country's 11th "Five-Year Plan", RMB1,200bn would be invested in grid construction from 2006 through 2010, which means that the average yearly investment is more than RMB240bn, 90% more than in the 10th "Five-Year Plan" period.One of the major problems for China's power industry is that the best resources for power generation are often in remote regions, far from most power consumers. Data show that more than two-thirds of the developable hydropower is in the mountainous Tibet and surrounding areas such as Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, while two-thirds of minable coal resources are in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and...more
To guarantee the country's energy source security against the background of rapid growth of oil import in the past few years, Beijing proposed the strategic plans of China's focusing on coal-based alcohol-ether fuels, methanol-based alkene, and coal-based oil. As a result, the construction of methanol projects has picked up speed, and the...more
Samyang Genex Corporation (3940) - Financial and Strategic Analysis ReviewSamyang Genex Corporation (SGC) is engaged in the manufacture and commercialization of food ingredients on a global platform. The company specializes in the production of various kinds of starches, meals and sweeteners based on corn. SGC starch and sweeteners product...more
For many service business owners, marketing can be a real mystery. We don't really know exactly how it works. We're not real sure about what works best for us. And probably because of some past frustrations, we're not even sure where to start. Most seem to at least have a notion of what's involved in marketing...a web site, Yellow Pages advertising, brochures, direct mailings, networking, seminars, trade shows, etc. But if that's all it took, wouldn't we all be attracting enough clients? I'm sure you've tried one or more of these things at least to some degree. And I'm sure you've had at least some successes now and again. But are you able to make it work consistently for your business? If not, what could be going on? First, let's agree to a definition of marketing. Here is my favorite one for small, service-based businesses: "Marketing is the use of strategies to generate a constant supply of high-quality leads for your service business." Simple to understand and speaks directly to the results we want. OK, so doesn't this definition take us right back to what we said we already knew about marketing... a web site, Yellow Pages advertising, networking, etc.? Well maybe, but first...more
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Your business card is one of the most effective ways of getting your name out there. It's arguably the best marketing tool there is. Able to be slipped into letters or handed over casually, a business card will always be widely accepted. Your...more
Private Label Rights (PLR) content is very popular on the internet today. PLR content is written by a ghostwriter and sold to other people to use as they wish. PLR e-books, reports or articles are special type of license which you purchase where you...more
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So, you grow your own veggies, compost your scraps and take your own cotton shopping bags to the grocery store with you. But lately, youve been itching to get more involved in saving our planet and are stuck for ways on how to make time for your...more