Market research China

Once you’ve identified your market and opportunity in China, the really exciting work begins as you move ever closer to making that all-important first sale. As a foreign business setting up in China, you might not know there are actually lots of options available. Here we walk you through the different company structures you can […]

Chinese people, especially in recent years, are leaving their homes looking for the best care available, or the best care they are desperately in need of. According to a Daxue Consulting study, at the end of 2016, around half a million Chinese citizens have left their country to seek a better medical experience overseas. The […]

Reducing the exchange deficit Last Friday May 12, Beijing and Washington revealed a trade agreement as part of a 100-day plan agreed to by Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump during their meeting in April. This agreement brings to fruition one of President Trump’s campaign promises to reduce the growing trade deficit between the US […]

The challenge of steel production in China According to Daxue Consulting’s March 2017 study about steel production in China, the economic slowdown in the country has caused a steady decrease in the consumption of steel. The Chinese government has found a temporary solution to the 400 million additional tons of steel present in the country: […]

A worker stands by a train leaving China to Europe at the railway port station in Chongqing (重庆) on April 14, 2017. Source: Xinhua/Liu Chan Last May 10th 2017, a train left Panjin Port (盘锦市), located in Liaoning province (辽宁省) in China for a 16-day journey to Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Train freight from […]

China-India food trade relations enjoyed fast growth as well as global attention the last years. The IPS (Inter Press Service) reported an increase from about $ 3 billion in 2000 up to touch $ 100 billion nowadays. Analysts predict this bilateral relationship to be one of the most important relationships in the world by 2020 […]

Chinese city dwellers have embarked on a residential buying spree, snapping up flats and other properties and inflating an enormous bubble in the process. Prices have soared in recent decades due to rampant demand for the coveted residences, a market already hampered by a widespread housing scarcity. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in […]

Pet Lovers Spending Billions in China The Chinese pet market (dog and cat) or companion animal market is considered to be lucrative based on sheer volume alone yet the current status is quite small compared to the U.S.A. or other pet-lover countries. In 2016, the total U.S. market expenditure equaled USD 66.75 billion compared to […]