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| Title | Issue | Page | ||||
| ADVERTISING, MARKETING, AND PROMOTION | ||||||
| Spending Booms (brief) | 3 | 4 | ||||
| TV Loses Out (brief) | 3 | 4 | ||||
| AGRICULTURE | ||||||
| Per Capita Grain Output (figure) | 3 | 11 | ||||
| Rural/Urban Per Capita Food Consumption | ||||||
| in China, 1981-99 (table) | 5 | 34 | ||||
| Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) | ||||||
| APEC Calendar, September-October 2001 (box) | 5 | 18 | ||||
| APEC Data | 5 | 14 | ||||
| APEC's Energy Group (box) | 5 | 41 | ||||
| The APEC Food System | 5 | 32 | ||||
| Business: The Key to APEC Success | 5 | 16 | ||||
| Letter from the Chairman of the China Council | ||||||
| for the Promotion of International Trade | 5 | 8 | ||||
| Letter from the Chairman of the US-China | ||||||
| Business Council | 5 | 7 | ||||
| Letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, | ||||||
| The PRC | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Letter from the President of the US-China | ||||||
| Business Council | 5 | 10 | ||||
| Shanghai Sets Up APEC Hotline (brief) | 4 | 4 | ||||
| BANKING, FINANCE, AND INSURANCE | ||||||
| Capital Market Reforms Accelerate | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Capital Raised from Stock Markets (table) | 3 | 14 | ||||
| China's Banking Crisis and the AMCs (box) | 5 | 58 | ||||
| Creating Shareholder Value Through China | ||||||
| Ventures | 1 | 36 | ||||
| Financial Liberalization: Slow and Steady | 3 | 12 | ||||
| Individuals Jump Into the Housing Market (box) | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Insurance Catches on in Beijing (brief) | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Securities Market Capitalization, December | ||||||
| 2000 (figure) | 3 | 14 | ||||
| Sources of Finance in Surveyed Firms, by | ||||||
| Firm Size (figure) | 1 | 17 | ||||
| TDA: A New Source of US Government Funding | 6 | 26 | ||||
| CONSUMER MARKET | ||||||
| China's Top 100 Retailers (brief) | 5 | 69 | ||||
| Coca-Cola in China: Quenching the Thirst of | ||||||
| a Billion | 4 | 52 | ||||
| A Joint Study Traces Coca-Cola's Economic | ||||||
| Impact (box) | 4 | 53 | ||||
| Mary Kay in China: More than Makeup | 1 | 42 | ||||
| Mary Kay in the USA (box) | 1 | 44 | ||||
| Reaching China's Middle Class Through Retail | ||||||
| Pharmacies | 5 | 60 | ||||
| Top 10 Cities by Sales Revenue (table) | 5 | 69 | ||||
| Top 10 Retailers in 2000 (table) | 5 | 69 | ||||
| COUNCIL BULLETIN | ||||||
| China's WTO Accession Negotiations in | ||||||
| Geneva (brief) | 5 | 55 | ||||
| Council Co-Hosts Dinner for PRC Minister | ||||||
| of Foreign Affairs Tang Jiaxuan | 6 | 53 | ||||
| Council Co-Hosts Luncheon for PRC Vice | ||||||
| Premier Qian Qichen | 3 | 50 | ||||
| Council Hosts 28th Annual Membership | ||||||
| Meeting | 4 | 51 | ||||
| Council Hosts APEC Coalition, Plans Summit | ||||||
| Business Center | 4 | 51 | ||||
| Council Hosts China Operations 2001 | 3 | 50 | ||||
| Council's Forecast Conference Addresses | ||||||
| Investment Climate, Intra-Company Relations | 2 | 54 | ||||
| DISTRIBUTION | ||||||
| Beyond Sinotrans: China's Distribution | ||||||
| Infrastructure | 4 | 14 | ||||
| China's Physical Distribution Structure (figure) | 4 | 27 | ||||
| China's Top Air Cargo Carriers, 2000 (table) | 4 | 15 | ||||
| China's Top Airports by Cargo Transport, | ||||||
| 2000 (table) | 4 | 16 | ||||
| China's Top Inland River Ports, 2000 (table) | 4 | 22 | ||||
| China's Top Ports, 2000 (table) | 4 | 20 | ||||
| Cost per Metric Ton for Various Truck | ||||||
| Types (table) | 4 | 26 | ||||
| Distribution in China: The End of the Beginning | 4 | 8 | ||||
| Distribution and the WTO: Some Historical | ||||||
| Context (box) | 4 | 10 | ||||
| Dry Packaged Goods: Overcoming Logistical | ||||||
| Hurdles | 4 | 24 | ||||
| The Express Courier Market Shapes Up (box) | 4 | 17 | ||||
| PRC Cargo Transport by Mode (table) | 4 | 15 | ||||
| A Sea Change | 4 | 18 | ||||
| Starcon Corp. Finds Its Way | 4 | 30 | ||||
| Transportation Rates (figure) | 4 | 25 | ||||
| The US-China Market-Access Agreement: | ||||||
| Distribution Services (box) | 4 | 11 | ||||
| ECONOMY | ||||||
| Annual GDP Growth (figure) | 3 | 9 | ||||
| China's Economic and Financial Indicators, | ||||||
| 1996-2000 (table) | 3 | 32 | ||||
| China's Economy: A Mixed Performance | 3 | 8 | ||||
| China's Home-Grown Entrepreneurs | 1 | 14 | ||||
| China's Next Round of Tax Reforms | 4 | 42 | ||||
| Chinese Millionaires | 1 | 20 | ||||
| Composition of China's GDP, 1998 (figure) | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Constraints on Accessing Bank Loans Among | ||||||
| Surveyed Firms, by Firm Size (figure) | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Employment Growth Rates, by Type of | ||||||
| Employer, 1991-98 (figure) | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Monthly Consumer Price Index, Selected | ||||||
| Components (figure) | 3 | 10 | ||||
| Quarterly GDP Growth Instability (figure) | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Share of Private Sector Industrial Output in | ||||||
| National Total (figure) | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Twelve PRC Companies Listed on Fortune | ||||||
| Global 500 (brief) | 5 | 70 | ||||
| ELECTRONICS, COMPUTERS, HIGH TECHNOLOGY, EXPORT CONTROLS, AND R&D | ||||||
| China's Microelectronics Industry (figure) | 6 | 15 | ||||
| China's Packaging Capacity, 2000 (table) | 6 | 17 | ||||
| China's Projected Packaging Capacity, | ||||||
| 2002 (table) | 6 | 17 | ||||
| Estimated Chinese IC Market Demand, | ||||||
| 2001-03 (table) | 6 | 14 | ||||
| Glaring Differences (box) | 3 | 39 | ||||
| Major IC Production Lines in China (table) | 6 | 14 | ||||
| Major High-Tech Construction Projects in the | ||||||
| Tenth Five-Year Plan (2001-2005) (box) | 3 | 40 | ||||
| Microelectronics Glossary (box) | 6 | 10 | ||||
| The Microelectronics Industry Crosses a | ||||||
| Critical Threshold | 6 | 8 | ||||
| A Semiconductor Policy Reconfiguration (box) | 6 | 19 | ||||
| Top 20 IC Makers in China by Output, 2000 (table) | 6 | 18 | ||||
| Zhongguancun: China's Silicon Valley | 3 | 38 | ||||
| ENVIRONMENT | ||||||
| China's Marine Environment Authorities (box) | 3 | 36 | ||||
| The Green Diesel Initiative | 6 | 44 | ||||
| Shanxi Tackles Air Pollution (brief) | 3 | 4 | ||||
| The Tide Rises for Marine Monitoring | 3 | 34 | ||||
| FOREIGN TRADE | ||||||
| China's Steel Industry Trade (table) | 1 | 25 | ||||
| China's Trade with the US, 1996-2000 (table) | 3 | 33 | ||||
| China's Trade with the World, 1996-2000 (figure) | 3 | 33 | ||||
| A Closer Look at the Shanghai Port (box) | 4 | 21 | ||||
| Kyoto Customs Convention: Background | ||||||
| and Process (box) | 2 | 33 | ||||
| Perfecting Protectionist Procedures: An Update | ||||||
| on China's Antidumping Regulations | 3 | 42 | ||||
| PRC Trade Trends (figure) | 3 | 10 | ||||
| The Shanghai Model Port Project | 5 | 22 | ||||
| South Korea-China Trade (table) | 1 | 28 | ||||
| South Korean Mobile Phone Exports to | ||||||
| China (table) | 1 | 29 | ||||
| GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | ||||||
| The Central-Local Government Relationship (box) | 3 | 27 | ||||
| China's Government Structure | 6 | 28 | ||||
| International Support for Village Elections (box) | 2 | 47 | ||||
| New Home for FCS in Beijing (brief) | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Recent PRC Government Appointments | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Sea Election in Qiuban Village, Fujian Province, | ||||||
| August 2, 2000 (box) | 2 | 46 | ||||
| Village Elections: Training Ground for | ||||||
| Democratization | 2 | 44 | ||||
| INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS | ||||||
| The Amended PRC Patent Law | 4 | 38 | ||||
| China Protects Integrated Circuit Designs | 6 | 22 | ||||
| INVESTMENT AND JOINT VENTURES | ||||||
| Acquisition via Merger (figure) | 5 | 52 | ||||
| The AMC's Debt-For-Equity Swaps: | ||||||
| Opportunities for Foreign Capital | 5 | 56 | ||||
| China Modernizes Public Utilities | 4 | 46 | ||||
| China's Key Steel Enterprises (box) | 1 | 23 | ||||
| China's Steel Sector in Transition | 1 | 22 | ||||
| Crude Steel Production in China, Japan, and | ||||||
| the United States, 1993-1999 (figure) | 1 | 24 | ||||
| FDI to Rise in Asia (brief) | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Financial Status of China's Steel Industry (table) | 1 | 24 | ||||
| Foreign Direct Investment in China, | ||||||
| 1996-2000 (figure) | 3 | 32 | ||||
| Joint Venture Feasibility Study Example (table) | 1 | 39 | ||||
| Joint Venture Feasibility Study Example | ||||||
| (No sales in first year) (table) | 1 | 41 | ||||
| Merger of EJVs (figure) | 5 | 51 | ||||
| Mergers and Acquisitions in China | 5 | 46 | ||||
| Offshore Transaction (figure) | 5 | 48 | ||||
| A Snapshot of China in 2001 (table) | 3 | 33 | ||||
| Tips for Dealing with PRC Bureaucrats (box) | 3 | 27 | ||||
| LABOR | ||||||
| A Brief History of Pensions (box) | 3 | 20 | ||||
| Cisco Systems China: Lessons Learned (box) | 6 | 38 | ||||
| Human Resources and the Transition to | ||||||
| Sole Foreign Ownership | 6 | 36 | ||||
| The Liaoning Pilot (box) | 3 | 19 | ||||
| Mandatory Social Insurance Contributions in | ||||||
| Major Cities (table) | 6 | 37 | ||||
| Pension Reform Blues | 3 | 18 | ||||
| PRC Eases Migrant Labor Restrictions (brief) | 6 | 4 | ||||
| PRC Labor Figures Show Dominant State | ||||||
| Sector, Varying Wage Levels (brief) | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Recruiting the Right People (box) | 6 | 32 | ||||
| Retaining Chinese Employees | 6 | 30 | ||||
| LAWS AND LEGAL ISSUES | ||||||
| Customs Law Gets a Facelift | 2 | 30 | ||||
| Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in China | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Enforcement Rates for 72 Cases Surveyed (table) | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Enforcement Rates for CIETAC Awards (table) | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Enforcement Rates for Foreign Awards (table) | 1 | 9 | ||||
| An Explanation of Arbitration Research | ||||||
| Institute Survey Discrepancies (table) | 1 | 11 | ||||
| How to Bring a Product to Market: Product | ||||||
| Registration and Other Legal Issues (box) | 5 | 62 | ||||
| The Leasing Industry's Legal Environment | ||||||
| Improves | 1 | 48 | ||||
| Legal Cooperation Fund Makes New Grants, Builds Support for Continued Operation (brief) | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Probability of Enforcement, by City Size and | ||||||
| Amount of Award (table) | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Recent Major PRC Customs Legislation (box) | 2 | 31 | ||||
| Upcoming Amendments and New | ||||||
| Regulations (box) | 2 | 32 | ||||
| US Business Supports China's Legal | ||||||
| Development | 5 | 71 | ||||
| US-China Legal Cooperation Fund: Synopsis | ||||||
| of Grants Awarded 1999-2001 | 5 | 72 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT | ||||||
| Local Government and Foreign Business | 3 | 26 | ||||
| Management Fraud in China | 2 | 26 | ||||
| OIL AND GAS | ||||||
| Energy Consumption and Production in | ||||||
| APEC (box) | 5 | 40 | ||||
| Natural Gas: Fuel for the New Economy | 5 | 38 | ||||
| REAL ESTATE | ||||||
| A Good Office is Hard to Find (brief) | 3 | 4 | ||||
| REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT | ||||||
| Quick Take on Shanghai's Financial Services (box) | 5 | 44 | ||||
| Shanghai Basics, 2000 (box) | 5 | 43 | ||||
| Shanghai's Leaders (box) | 5 | 44 | ||||
| Shanghai Snapshot | 5 | 42 | ||||
| Shanghai's Tenth Five-Year Plan: | ||||||
| Foreign Trade and FDI Goals (box) | 5 | 45 | ||||
| TELECOMMUNICATIONS | ||||||
| Broadband Users--BDA Market Forecast (figure) | 3 | 23 | ||||
| China's New Telecommunications Regulations | ||||||
| and the WTO | 4 | 34 | ||||
| The Data Communications Market Opens Up | 3 | 22 | ||||
| Growth in International Bandwidth (figure) | 3 | 24 | ||||
| PRC Regulation of Foreign Telecom Equipment | ||||||
| and the WTO | 5 | 66 | ||||
| South Korea's Telecom Ambitions | 1 | 28 | ||||
| TRANSPORTATION | ||||||
| Renovated, or Built, 2001-05 (box) | 2 | 21 | ||||
| China's Changing Skies | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Cleared for Landing | 2 | 18 | ||||
| Commercial Aviation Takes Off | 2 | 14 | ||||
| Fasten Your Seatbelt: China Improves Safety | ||||||
| Oversight (box) | 2 | 10 | ||||
| Snapshot: China's Airport History (box) | 2 | 19 | ||||
| A Step Toward an Open Aviation Marketplace | 5 | 28 | ||||
| US-CHINA RELATIONS | ||||||
| Former US-China Business Council Representative | ||||||
| Named US Ambassador to China (brief) | 5 | 69 | ||||
| The Scratch Reflex | 3 | 6 | ||||
| The United States and China: A Post-September | ||||||
| 11 Perspective | 6 | 6 | ||||
| US-China Relations and the New Administration | ||||||
| (brief) | 1 | 4 | ||||
| WTO | ||||||
| China's Dialogue on the Coming of WTO | 1 | 6 | ||||
| NTR 2001: To Sing the Blues or Walk the Walk | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Percentage Change in Annual Growth Rates as a Result | ||||||
| of China's and Taiwan's WTO Entry (table) | 2 | 24 | ||||
| Percentage Change in Production in 2005 as a Result | ||||||
| of China's and Taiwan's WTO Entry (table) | 2 | 25 | ||||
| Tariff and Nontariff Barrier Protection Rates in China | ||||||
| after its WTO Accession (Percent) (table) | 2 | 23 | ||||
| United States and China Resolve Outstanding | ||||||
| WTO Issues (brief) | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Winners and Losers of China's WTO Entry | 2 | 22 | ||||
| BOOK REVIEWS | ||||||
| 2000-2001: Analysis and Prediction of | ||||||
| China's Rural Economic Situation | 5 | 76 | ||||
| China Business: The Rules of the Game | 5 | 74 | ||||
| China's Leaders: The New Generation | 3 | 53 | ||||
| Doing Business in China | 5 | 73 | ||||
| Foreign Direct Investment in Transitional | ||||||
| Economies: A Case Study of China and Poland | 5 | 77 | ||||
| Inside Chinese Business: A Guide for | ||||||
| Managers Worldwide | 5 | 75 | ||||
| Made in China: Voices from the New Revolution | 3 | 54 | ||||
| The Rise and Fall of Abacus Banking in Japan | ||||||
| and China | 3 | 52 | ||||
| Same Bed Different Dreams: Managing | ||||||
| US-China Relations 1989-2000 | 3 | 52 | ||||
| WEBSITES | ||||||
| APEC CEO summit | ||||||
| www.apecceo2001.org | 4 | 5 | ||||
| APEC's China meeting | ||||||
| www.apec-china.org.cn | 1 | 47 | ||||
| Asia Job Search | ||||||
| www.asiajobsearch.org/ | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Beijing Today | ||||||
| www.ynet.com/bjtoday/ | 6 | 42 | ||||
| The China Education and Research Network | ||||||
| www.edu.cn/english | 2 | 43 | ||||
| China Internet Information Center | ||||||
| www.china.org.cn/e-15/index.htm | 2 | 43 | ||||
| China Net Information Security | ||||||
| www.china-infosec.org.cn/ | 4 | 5 | ||||
| China Rural Villager Self-Governance | ||||||
| Information Net | ||||||
| www.chinarural.org | 2 | 3 | ||||
| The China Statistical Information Network | ||||||
| www.stats.gov.cn/english/ | 4 | 5 | ||||
| China Trade Association for Anticounterfeiting | ||||||
| www.look100.com | 1 | 47 | ||||
| China 1 Laws | ||||||
| www.china1laws.com/ | 4 | 5 | ||||
| The Economist--Country Briefing: China | ||||||
| www.economist.com/countries/China | 6 | 42 | ||||
| European Commission | ||||||
| europa.eu.int/comm/trade/bilateral/china/ | ||||||
| china.htm | 6 | 42 | ||||
| The Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce's | ||||||
| "WTO Corner" | ||||||
| www.chamber.org.hk/wto | 6 | 42 | ||||
| Icapital | ||||||
| www.statchina.com | 1 | 47 | ||||
| International Enterprise Consultants Limited | ||||||
| www.chinaquota.com | 2 | 43 | ||||
| The International Finance Corp.: China's Emerging | ||||||
| Private Enterprises | ||||||
| www.ifc.org/publications/china_private_ent.pdf | 1 | 47 | ||||
| The International Monetary Fund's China Page | ||||||
| www.imf.org/external/country/CHN/index.htm | 2 | 43 | ||||
| JobChina | ||||||
| www.jobchina.net | 1 | 47 | ||||
| Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic | ||||||
| Cooperation | ||||||
| www.moftec.gov.cn/moftec_en/index.html | 6 | 42 | ||||
| National University of Singapore--China Updates | ||||||
| www.chinaupdates.com | 1 | 47 | ||||
| People's Daily | ||||||
| www.peopledaily.com.cn/GB/channel3/topic216/ | 2 | 43 | ||||
| PRC Embassy in Washington, DC | ||||||
| www.china-embassy.org | 1 | 47 | ||||
| Scanweather | ||||||
| www.scanweather.com | 4 | 5 | ||||
| South China Morning Post | ||||||
| http://china.scmp.com/resources/ZZZCJ6MXUFC. | ||||||
| html | 2 | 43 | ||||
| State Administration of Quality Supervision, | ||||||
| Inspection, and Quarantine | ||||||
| www.wto-tbt.gov.cn | 6 | 42 | ||||
| State Council Development Research Center | ||||||
| www.drcnet.com.cn | 1 | 47 | ||||
| State Council Development Research Center (English) www.drc.gov.cn/e/index.htm | 6 | 42 | ||||
| State Council Office of the Leading Group for | ||||||
| Western Region Development | ||||||
| www.chinawest.gov.cn/english/index.htm | 6 | 42 | ||||
| State Economic and Trade Commission | ||||||
| www.cacs.gov.cn | 6 | 42 | ||||
| Taiwan Security Research | ||||||
| www.taiwansecurity.org | 1 | 47 | ||||
| United Nations organizations in China | ||||||
| www.unchina.org | 1 | 47 | ||||
| US Department of Commerce's International | ||||||
| Information Agency | ||||||
| www.mac.doc.gov/china/index.html/ | 4 | 5 | ||||
| US Department of Commerce's International | ||||||
| Trade Administration | ||||||
| www.ita.doc.gov/td/infrastructure | 2 | 43 | ||||
| US Department of State's Office of Research | ||||||
| usinfo.state.gov/products/medreac.htm | 4 | 5 | ||||
| The US Trade and Development Agency | ||||||
| www.tda.gov/ | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Voice of America | ||||||
| www.voanews.com | 2 | 43 | ||||
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