... expand a pilot program replacing turnover tax with value-added tax to cover financial services, property and other sectors. Details of the proposal are expected to be unveiled within two weeks. Highl ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-26
... aunched a pilot program for cross-border e-commerce. There are now seven pilot cities including Shenzhen’s Qianhai, Shanghai, Chongqing and Hangzhou. Qianhai stand out among these pilot cities because ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
... f the few pilot free trade zones in China, and it is included in the central government’s regional infrastructure initiative called One Belt, One Road. Hit by China’s anti-graft campaign and lukewarm ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
... East. The pilot project will revolve around three principles. The first is data technology, and this includes such measures as providing free WiFi in public spaces and constructing interactive informa ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-13
Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz had told doctors he was afraid of going blind, Bloomberg reported, citing French prosecutors. They are broadening their investigation to find out whether Lubitz cou ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-12
... way. The pilot program is expected to kick off in two or three provinces this year or in 2016. Guangxi Guiguan Electric Power Co. (600236.CN) hit the daily up-limit on Tuesday, after reporting that i ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-10
Pilot screening and mental health measures aimed at preventing a recurrence of the Germanwings crash are rife with complications that will make them tough to implement, Reuters reported, citing airlin ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-10
Kate Moss had choice words for the pilot of an EasyJet passenger plane and perhaps a little too much to drink -- and got something in return. The British supermodel was escorted from the plane by the ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
... t to take pilot Andre Borschberg, 62, on a six-day, six-night flight from the Chinese city of Nanjing across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii, an 8,500-kilometer flight. The pilot was 36 hours into the jou ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-01
Roughly three weeks ago, the Hong Kong Immigration Department introduced a pilot Admission Scheme for the Second Generation of Chinese Hong Kong permanent residents (ASSG). The scheme includes a serie ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-22
... l adopt a pilot scheme to issue certificates of deposit to individuals and companies. It remains unclear how Chinese banks will tap into the new market space. Also, the authorities reiterated the sig ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-19
A Hong Kong study center is offering a summer student pilot training camp in partnership with a Canadian flying school. The 15-day camp, which is open to students 14 years old and over, will be held i ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-18
... g was the pilot boat. The vessel once belonged to four English merchants. It is suspected that they left the junk unattended in Sham Wan, an inlet on Lamma Island, to avoid hefty maintenance fees. The ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-08
... bonus. A pilot plan next year will place some graduates from the technical institutes in apprenticeships in sectors including aerospace, logistics and information technology. “We can’t become a Germa ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-04
Pilots of modern airliners rely heavily on electronics for navigation, but there are times when paper charts still come in useful. American Airlines was forced to ground dozens of its jets when an app ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-30
... -commerce pilot cities, including Shanghai and Guangzhou. In the Guangzhou Bonded Area, for example, foreign goods are imported by batches, stored temporarily and then delivered to individual consumer ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-29
... which the pilot program for second-generation descendants born overseas is being fast-tracked. The program allows qualified applicants to obtain immigration approval within two to four weeks. Law said ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-29
... e Hengqin Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ), one of three in Guangdong, together with Nansha and Qianhai/Shekou. They signed an agreement designed to bring the two sides closer – another step in the integra ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-27
... Kong. The pilot free-trade zone has "great advantage of location", given its geographical proximity to Hong Kong, Guangdong's governor Zhu Xiaodan was quoted as saying in a speech at the launch ceremo ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-22
... s such as pilot training and bomb disposal, architectural modeling for the construction industries, and playing extreme sports. The scientific and educational values of these gadgets are not to be und ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-21
