Half of China’s population is due to travel this week (China National Tourism Administration) 57% of Chinese consumers plan to purchase property while overseas for Golden Week (Juwai) Liverpool and Manchester set to benefit from Chinese investment (Properties of the World) Golden Visas in Spain, Portugal and Turkey are drawing in Chinese investors (Spot Blue) […]
Category: UK China Trade
English handmade rug business secures future with investment from Chinese couple
The South West’s leading handmade rug and crafts business has secured its long term future thanks to significant investment from China. Hallatrow-based Oriental Rugs of Bath is hoping the agreement could open up a new trading route into the fast-growing Far Eastern marketplace. Manager Katya Maiseyeva said: “Our new investors Laurel and Ning Li heard […]
New appointments at Bristol and West of England China Bureau
A brace of appointments at Bristol and West of England China Bureau will add key skill sets to the organisation as it steps up regional business initiatives with China. Banking and insurance professional Michael Dando has been appointed as Director of Business Projects while Saso Puksic, a financial analyst at Wotton-under-Edge based Renishaw plc takes […]
Lake District tourism group lauded for Chinese welcome
A Cumbrian tourism group has won praise at a national awards ceremony for its positive and welcoming approach to attracting more visitors from China. Representatives from the Lake District China Forum have been to VisitEngland’s Awards for Excellence event as a shortlisted finalist for their creative promotional work in the Chinese tourism market. The nomination for […]
Education and training exports seen as key to successful Anglo-Chinese relations
Exporting education and training services to China will be in the spotlight at the latest Bristol and West of England China Partnership Pow Wow in April. Hosted by Burges Salmon, the popular networking event will be attended by Universities, Colleges and Training suppliers as well as businesses with an interest in trading with China. Donna […]
World’s first specially brewed beer to drink at 35,000ft made with Hong Kong and UK-sourced ingredients
Hong Kong’s home carrier announces the launch of Betsy Beer, the world’s first hand-crafted bottled beer specially brewed to be enjoyed at 35,000 feet. Named after “Betsy”, Cathay Pacific’s first aircraft, a Douglas DC-3 which flew passengers around the region in the 1940s and 1950s, Betsy Beer will be first served to First and Business […]
International Trade Secretary emphasises importance of UK-China relationship
UK-China trade relations have entered a ‘Golden Era’ which is the foundation of global prosperity, Secretary of State for International Trade, Dr Liam Fox said on Thursday 02 February. Speaking at the fourth annual CBI Chinese New Year Dinner in London, Dr Liam Fox delivered a key note speech setting out the UK’s ambitions to […]
The Foreign Affairs Committee is launching a new inquiry into UK-China relations
– current security crises and disputes – the role and development of international law – the challenge of violence from non-state actors – climate change – alleviating poverty, and development. The extent to which the UK-China relationship affects, and is affected by, the UK’s relationship with USA, […]
Chinese psychology experts visit Birmingham to explore future links
Psychology experts from Sun Yat Sen University in China visited the University of Birmingham to explore potential for working together on future research, as well as student and staff exchange. The visitors took the opportunity to drop in on their ‘2+2’ students from the university in Guangzhou, southern China, who are studying at Birmingham. Professor […]
Birmingham MPs visit University’s new institute in China
Birmingham MPs Shabana Mahmood (Ladywood) and Steve McCabe (Selly Oak) have visited the newly opened Birmingham Institute of Fashion and Creative Art (BIFCA) in Wuhan, China. A partnership between Birmingham City University and Wuhan Textile University, BIFCA is the first non-profit, Chinese-foreign cooperatively run educational institution in Hubei province to offer undergraduate programmes. The MPs […]