China’s Port Visa is ideal for urgent travel when visa-free entry isn’t an option. Learn eligibility, application steps, and ...

Foreign vendors register for GST online through the IRAS MyTax Portal. A local subsidiary is not required, although ...

The minimum wages in China continue to rise. We offer a guide to minimum wages in the Chinese Mainland and discuss how labor costs are affected by changes to the minimum wage levels. The minimum wages ...

Starting November 1, 2024, most business entities in China, excluding individually owned businesses, are required to file information about their beneficial owners under new compliance measures.

As of September 2025, Shanghai has the highest monthly minimum wage among 31 provinces (RMB 2,740/US$378 per month), and Beijing has the highest hourly minimum wage (RMB 27.7/US$3.7 per hour). 31 ...

Vietnam is projected to reach upper-middle-income status by 2030 and high-income status by 2050, supported by a strong manufacturing base and strategic infrastructure investments.

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, China’s new infrastructure plan has developed into a strategy to meet the twin goals of stimulating job creation and preparing for new changes in the global economy, ...

The Chinese government has released a new policy package containing 33 China stimulus measures in another effort to boost the economy in the wake of COVID-19 lockdowns. The stimulus measures expand ...

China is a fascinating country whose distinguished history of 5,000 years almost pales in comparison to the meteoric growth of the past two decades. It is a proud country full of rich traditions and ...

Note: Annual changes are in US dollar terms. From January to April, general trade (as opposed to processing trade) rose by 0.6 percent year-on-year and accounted for 64 percent of China’s total trade.

A China 2021 recap looking at the year’s major developments that will affect the country’s investment prospects going into 2022. Foreign stakeholders with business interests or operations in China ...