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CBI Member China Successes July 2015

Dear CBI members and partners,

Please find attached the CBI Member China Success Summary for July 2015.

Companies mentioned include:

 

• ABB
• Airbus
• Allen & Overy
• American International Group
• Arup
• Atkins
• BASF
• Benoy
• BMW Group
• Boeing
• BP
• British Airways
• Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
• Clifford Chance
• Cranswick
• De Montfort University
• DHL
• DLA Piper
• EY
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
• GE
• GKN
• Heathrow Airport Limited
• Herbert Smith Freehills
• Hewlett-Packard
• HSBC
• Huawei
• InterContinental Hotels Group
• Jaguar Land Rover
• J.P. Morgan
• KAL ATM Software
• King’s College London
• KPMG
• Linklaters
• London Stock Exchange Group
• L’Oréal
• Marks & Spencer
• Northumbria University
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Pearson
• Pinewood Group
• Philips
• PwC
• Royal Mail Group
• Rolls-Royce
• Shell
• Siemens
• Starbucks Coffee Company
• Ted Baker
• UBM
• Unilever
• UPS
• University of Birmingham
• University of Liverpool
• University of Nottingham
• University of Portsmouth
• University of Surrey
• Virgin Atlantic
• Willis Group
• WPP

Download CBI China, Celebrating CBI member success in China, July 2015

CBI Member Successes in China - Snapshot of Year of the The Horse

 

Dear CBI members and strategic partners,

China Direct would like to share with you a snapshot of CBI members' successes in China through 2014. We hope that you found our new format easy to use, visual and informative and wish you all every success for the forthcoming year of the sheep.

Please do keep sending us your updates and press releases so that your business can also be highlighted in 2015.

Thank you.

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CBI Member Success Summary China August 2014

 

Dear CBI members and partners,

This August, a number of CBI members were busy raising their profile in China, engaging in many
exciting activities across a wide range of industries.

Please click here to access our latest briefing, which highlights the recent successes of 20 CBI
members. Alternatively kindly download the August update below.

Download CBI China, Celebrating CBI member success in China, August 2014

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Pearson's Global Education announces strong China growth for 1st Half of 2014.

 

CBI member Pearson recently released its results for the first half of 2014, reporting that, in China, Global Education, its test preparation services for English language and vocational qualifications, performed strongly.

Course enrolments in the first half increased 48% to more than one million, boosted by good underlying demand and product upgrades, through 80 Pearson-owned and 453 franchised learning centres. Student numbers at Wall Street English increased by 6% to 65,000. In Guizhou Province, Pearson has trained nearly 200 teachers in English Language Teaching, and are providing digital courseware for 8,700 students in Guiyang to improve their English.

Please click here to read the full results for Pearson .

Celebrating CBI member success in China: March 2014

 

Dear CBI members and strategic partners,

Anumber of CBI members were busy raising their profile in China this March, engaging in many exciting activities across a wide range of industries.

Please click here to access our latest briefing, which highlights the recent successes of 33 CBI members.

Members mentioned include:

• Airbus
• Anglo American
• Arup
• Atkins
• Balfour Beatty
• Benoy
• BMW Group
• British Airways
• Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
• DHL
• Ford Motor Company
• Gabbitas Education
• GE
• Heathrow Airport Limited
• HSBC
• Huawei
• Jaguar Land Rover
• Jones Lang LaSalle
• Mott MacDonald
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Pearson
• PepsiCo
• Pinewood Shepperton
• PwC
• Rolls-Royce
• Shell
• Standard Chartered
• Starbucks Coffee Company
• Tate & Lyle
• UBM
• Unilever
• Unipart Group
• The University of Nottingham 

Pearson announces strong China growth for 2013

 

CBI member Pearson recently released its preliminary results for 2013, reporting its international education business achieved another strong underlying performance in emerging markets, particularly in South Africa and China.

In China, student enrolments at Wall Street English increased 7% to 65,000, boosted by good underlying demand. Pearson's students rapidly acquire high-level English skills with average grade levels achieved rising by 14% during 2013. Enrolments at Global Education, Pearson’s test preparation services for English language and vocational qualifications, increased 24% to more than 1.3 million, through 82 owned and 426 franchised learning centres with investment in learning centres and digital learning platforms enabling Pearson to better meet learner demands and be a premier brand in test preparation.

Around 70% of the high-end course students achieve IELTS 7.0, which demonstrates a high level of proficiency in English and a key grade when studying abroad.

Please click here to read the full results for Pearson.

Pearson announces strong China growth for 2013

 

 

CBI member Pearson recently released its interim management statement for the first nine months of 2013. In China, Pearson's International Education business sustained good momentum in English Language test preparation.

Please click here to read the full results for Pearson.

Celebrating CBI Member Success In China July 2013

 

Dear CBI member,

A number of CBI members were busy raising their profile in China in July, engaging in many exciting activities across a wide range of activities.

Please click here to access our latest briefing, which highlights the recent successes of 23 CBI members including:

• Accenture
• Arup
• BBC
• Benoy
• Bentley Motors
• BP
• British Airways
• The City of London
• Deloitte
• Diageo
• Ford Motor Company
• GE
• GKN
• Heathrow Airport Limited
• HSBC
• Jaguar Land Rover
• Marks & Spencer
• Pearson
• Penguin Group
• Philips
• Starbucks Coffee Company
• Tate & Lyle
• The University of Birmingham 

China's Ministry of Commerce clears Penguin & Random House merger

 

 

CBI member Pearson and Bertelsmann recently announced that China's Ministry of Commerce had cleared the planned merger between Penguin and Random House without conditions.

This follows regulatory approval in the U.S., Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and South Africa. The two companies announced their agreement to combine Penguin and Random House in October 2012 and expect to close the transaction in July.

Following completion, Bertelsmann will own 53% and Pearson 47% of Penguin Random House. It will encompass all of Random House and Penguin Group's publishing units in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa, as well as Penguin's operations in China and Random House's publishers in Spain and Latin America. Pearson and Bertelsmann believe that the combined organisation will have a stronger platform and greater resources to invest in rich content, new digital publishing models, and high-growth emerging markets.

Please click here to read the full press release by Pearson.

Pearson's International Education business announces strong China growth

 

CBI member Pearson recently released its results for 2012, reporting that its International Education business continued to perform strongly in China.

Student enrolments at Wall Street English in China increased 15% to almost 61,000, boosted by good underlying demand and the launch of ten new centres taking the total to 66. The students continued to rapidly acquire high-level English skills, with average grade levels achieved rising by 8% during 2012.

Enrolments at Global Education, Pearson's test preparation services for English language qualifications, increased 16% to more than one million through 73 owned and 372 franchised learning centres.

Please click here to read the full results for Pearson.