New Year resolutions made easy for businesses

The New Year is almost upon us, and promises to herald many changes as China calibrates its economic priorities in the 13th Five Year Plan (2016-20). But what's a New Year without some resolutions? So, here are 16 resolutions that I wish China's businesses and industry would adopt for 2016.

1. E-commerce: Go multi-lingual.

Online shopping festivals were fun, but could have been better for all residents if websites went live in multiple languages. E-commerce is going regional, national and global at the same time. As trade barriers fall, Chinese businesses and consumers could only benefit from multi-lingual websites providing easy access to the world. By the way, Indian e-commerce players such as Snapdeal.com have already gone multi-lingual.