CCID Consulting has produced a league table ranking China's technology parks by factors such as policy environment, industrial environment, environmental issues and innovation. Overall, the top three locations in China for making semiconductors are Suzhou IC Industry Park , Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park and Beijing Economic-Technological Development Zone...   more »

In what seems a classic case of an industry fallen victim to its own success, Chinese manufacturers of DVD players are struggling to survive in a market that has matured almost overnight. Tumbling prices and a hefty foreign patent burden threaten the survival of many smaller players and the opportunities promised by high-definition DVD are still some years away.. .   more »

The slice of the Olympics cake available to western technology firms is getting smaller each day. The latest example is GrenTech, a small Chinese electronics manufacturer, which has won a bid to supply China Mobile with Wi-Fi equipment for next year's Olympic games...   more »

China is poised to move to online publishing at a much faster pace than other countries where print has more of a foothold. That was one of the key take-homes from the FIPP World Magazine Conference, which was held recently in Beijing...   more »

You thought China's tax inspectors still used abacuses to work out how much tax people should pay? Think again. They use modern IT systems like SAP's NetWeaver software that would make many of their counterparts in the west green with envy...   more »

What can be done to help Europe's smaller enterprises that want to engage with China but lack the contacts and do not know how to start? Europe-based Viadeo and China's Tianji have teamed up to create a new online networking platform, Euro China Link that seeks to bridge the distance -- and the culture gap -- that separate the two business worlds...   more »

Lenovo Mobile is batlling for the low ground in China's mobile phone market. To reduce costs of its entry-level handsets, it has adopted the LoCosto single-chip platform from Texas Instruments. Nevertheless, China's leading domestic mobile phone player faces tough competition from foreign handset makers, who are also looking for volume growth in the low-end market...    more »

IBM and Lehman Brothers plan to take a minority stake in Chinese software house Kingdee. IBM will help Kingdee re-engineer its products for the global market, and provide it with sales and consultancy support. IBM clearly thinks that Kingdee could one day be as well known in the west as China's other tech giants Lenovo and Huawei...   more »

China's domestic banks are not often seen as dynamic go-ahead institutions ready to embrace the latest business and technology trends. But one consultancy firm predicts "substantial demand" for IT solutions and opportunities for international vendors in China's banking sector...   more »

Medicexchange, an internet portal for the medical imaging sector, now covers opportunities in China, so providing western medical tech companies with services to assist them in entering the Chinese market. Separately, Chinese medical tech firm Mindray Medical International's latest financial results show overseas sales booming ...   more »