China Export Finance Blog
Welcome to the CEF blog. Here you can find expert opinions on the latest financial and economic news and stories. With our team of bloggers ranging from experts in Risk, Operations, through to Sales & Marketing no stone is left unturned. We want to hear your opinions too so please feel free to comment and add your ideas. We hope that by sharing our experiences trading with China you find this a useful tool and it aids your own business ventures in the Far East.
Links to the blogs of all the contributors can be found below.
- Chantal Younis
- Harry Bunnell
- Karl Alomar
- Lionel Taylor
- Matthew Cooke
- Tracy Grazioli
- Wong Meng Choong
Newest Blog Entries
Planning for the upturn
By Tracy Grazioli
Posted 15/02/2010
Since the beginning of the crisis, all banks have cut their lending and credit lines, removing their customers’ scope for growth for the foreseeable future. If previous recessions are anything to go by, they have shown us that many companies go into liquidation when the market starts to turn around. This is mainly because they do not have the working capital to cover the increase in demand,...
Facing the chop in China
By Harry Bunnell
Posted 12/02/2010
Within my role at CEF I deal with our marketing team in China on a daily basis. Part of this is supporting my colleagues in organising stands at the China trade events. A few months back we were finalising the details for the Hong Kong Electronics Fair. As per usual one of my colleagues had sent the stand application form back to the London office for me to approve with a company stamp or...
China takes centre stage in global economic order
By Wong Meng Choong
Posted 08/02/2010
Whilst other economies floundered in 2009, China continued to maintain steady growth. GDP grew at a rate of 8.7%, surpassing Japan to become the second largest economy behind the United States. Economic stability was aided by a package of economic stimulus policies that had a noticeable impact in steadying the ship. It contributed almost 50% of world economic growth in 2009, a huge rise compared...
