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Virginia A. Hulme
Cover by John Yanson
LawinfoChina.com, a subsidiary of Chinalawinfo Co. Ltd., is affiliated with Beijing University's Law School and its Center for Legal Information. Users may access roughly 300 Chinese laws--translated into English--free of charge. To access more laws, visitors choose one of two subscription options. For $500 a year, a Golden User has unlimited access to the site's contents. Basic Users pay $10 for each document they access. The site also features a legal forum, news, case analysis, and information on China's legal community.
www.moftec.gov.cn/moftec/official/laws_and_regulations.html
The website of the PRC Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation features English translations of laws relating to foreign investment and trade, finance, foreign exchange, customs, taxation, and the environment, among other topics. The original Chinese versions may be found at www.moftec.gov.cn/moftec_cn/flfg/flfg_cn.html
www.chinasite.com/Business/VentureCapital.html
ChinaSite.com's venture capital page features links to venture capital and investment firms, Internet holding companies, and investment industry associations. ChinaSite.com, which boasts over 3,000 China-related links, is owned and maintained by Chicago-based Aweto.com.
www.sinopolis.com
Owned by Sinofile Information Services Ltd., Beijing-based Sinopolis posts daily translations from the Chinese press, covering business, technology, and the environment, among other subjects. The site also offers four free weekly newsletters: general, business, technology, and law.
www.chinabidding.com.cn/ehome/index.html
China Public Procurement and Bidding Network, the only website authorized to publicize bidding notices in the PRC, features tender notices and legislation related to bid ding. The Chinese version (www.chinabidding.com) contains more projects and information than the English version.
www.asian.gu.edu.au
The Australian Center of the Asian Spatial Information and Analysis Network is a research institution specializing in geographical information system databases for Asia and the former Soviet Union. Data available for China includes administrative divisions and capitals, cities and towns, post codes, transport routes, drainage basins, and land use. All data sets may be licensed for use.
www.chinainvestguide.org
Xiamen, Fujian Province, which touts itself as the cleanest city in China, has put together a website that contains information about the city's climate, infrastructure, banking, human resources, and business costs, to attract foreign investment.
www.ddz.gov.cn/english
In addition to basic information about living conditions, the Dalian Economic and Technical Development Zone's website features information on favorable policies implemented in the zone and guidelines for investors.
Four official Chinese news websites have set up mirror sites in the United States to improve access speeds:
China Network Information Center
(www.chinaguide.org)
People's Daily (www.peopledaily.net)
China Radio International (www.crinews.com)
China Daily (www.chinadaily.net)
Sites in Chinese
www.peopledaily.com.cn/item/zgjgk/jgmd/gwyjg.html
The People's Daily has posted a helpful outline of China's government structure, with links to organizations as well as photos and brief biographies of top leaders.