China
Shanghai / Guangzhou - World Expo: a better life in...
Looking at the figures announced, Expo 2010 is big. In fact, it's the biggest of all the Universal Exhibitions ever organised, with all the superlatives: the longest duration (184 days), one of the biggest budgets (3 billion euros), the largest surface area (528 hectares), the largest number of participants (192 countries,...
Shanghai / Guangzhou - Two cities and Chinese modernity
In front of the impressive urban forest of the Pudong district, everyone can see the extent of Shanghai's new ambitions. The host city of the 2010 Universal Exhibition has undertaken a host of projects, not least the renovation of the famous Bund: it is adorning itself and preparing to become the London of Asia, the showcase of the...
Shanghai / Guangzhou - Bruno Lefébure, Partner, Bignon-Lebray law firm
How did you become a specialist in Franco-Chinese law in Shanghai? Bruno Lefébure - Originally a lawyer at the Paris Bar, I arrived in China in 2000, then returned to Paris to set up a department to handle Chinese investment in France. I came back to Shanghai in 2009 to help French companies...
China Hong Kong: a solid, liberal island
"Indeed, the town enjoys a privileged tax position: its companies are taxed only on their net profits, at 16.5 %, and are required to pay a strict minimum of social security contributions. No VAT In this advantageous tax landscape, there is no VAT, except on a few products: cars, cigarettes or strong alcohol. "And...
Destination china Change of course
Stripped of its industries and refocused on its banks, stock exchange and port, Hong Kong has become the hub of China's new economic world. "The world's freest economy": in January, for the twelfth year running, Hong Kong came out on top, ahead of Singapore, in the Index of Economic Freedom, compiled by the...
