The world-leading educational group Pearson Plc is expanding its business in the vocational training sector in China, boosted by the rising demand for skilled professionals needed both in China and in economies participating in the Belt and Road Initiative.
It's 2 am and Zhou Xin, a 29-year-old game developer in Beijing, is experiencing another sleepless night. She gets up, sprays a snooze-friendly fragrance on her pillow and takes two melatonin pills to help her sleep.
Cao Ying got into bed for the fifth time in the same night after drinking a whole bottle of "sleep water" she bought online in an attempt to regulate her sleep patterns. She put on her headphones and turned on a white noise app to help relax, only to find her brain focusing on the day's events.
What's the point of headphones if users can't play music or make phone calls? United States-based speaker maker Bose is introducing its first noise-canceling headphones in China to target the surging sleep-aid market.
San Francisco-based Energy Foundation, an organization that promotes energy efficiency, is planning to work closely with Chinese authorities in their efforts to improve cooling energy efficiency and phasing out of refrigerants with high global warming potential.
GUANGZHOU - US firms are not pulling out of China despite trade tensions as the country's consumer market is just too big to lose out on, said Harley Seyedin, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in South China.
Ireland-based pharmaceutical giant Allergan is planning to increase investment in China and train more local medical cosmetic professionals, as the country's medical aesthetic industry booms and the sector is in urgent need of talents, said a senior executive.
CDB Aviation expects to use its newly established global leasing platform to further strengthen its position in the Chinese market, its CEO said.
Quanjude Roast Duck restaurant, an iconic traditional Peking roast duck chain, is shifting its business strategy by opening more trendy restaurants to attract patrons after a period of decline so it can stand out in the fiercely competitive roast duck market in China.
With an increasing number of Chinese enterprises and startups seeking to go global and get closer to new customer bases, LinkedIn, the California-based online social network for professionals, plans to partner with more local firms in the business-to-business or B2B space.
US-based analytics firm SAS plans to invest 1 billion yuan ($146 million) in artificial intelligence in the coming three years, with China a major target market where the company sees huge demand on the back of the Chinese government's emphasis on AI development, said one of its top executives.
AUCKLAND - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group's flagship eCommerce Expo kicked off on June 14 for the first time in New Zealand, focused on helping local businesses tap into the e-commerce-enabled Chinese economy.
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