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.
Kindly find more than 20 member success stories from the past two months below.
If we have missed out your company then please let China Direct know!
Please download the details below:
Download CBI China, Member Success Stories, August & September 2011
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Dear China Direct readers,
Kindly find a wide and varied selection of our members' successes in China for July 2011.
CBI member companies ranging from Alliance Boots to Tesco and Burberry to Fiat all reported growth or increased investment in their China operations for July.
If we have missed off your company then our sincere apologies. We would of course like to hear from you directly so please send any Press Releases or company information to our office via [email protected] or [email protected].
Thank you very much for your continued support of China Direct and the CBI - we look forward to flying your company flag in China soon!
Download CBI China, Member Success Stories, July 2011
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Leading global insurer and CBI member RSA recently announced that its wholly owned subsidiary in China, Sun Alliance Insurance (China) Limited, has obtained approval from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) to open a branch office in the city of Nanjing in Jiangsu Province.
The Nanjing branch office is RSA's second branch in China. RSA China is headquartered in Shanghai and also has a branch office in Beijing.
Commenting on the regulatory approval for the Nanjing branch office, Stuart Purdy, CEO of RSA Asia & Middle East, said, "This approval is a major milestone for RSA as we expand our reach across Eastern China and it will provide a strong platform for future growth."
Greg Otterson, CEO of RSA China, said, "This is fantastic news for our business in China and represents a significant opportunity for RSA, with Jiangsu as one of the largest non-life insurance markets in the country. We will now be able to provide a full range of RSA products to customers across the province from our base in its capital, Nanjing."
Please click here to read the full English-language press release by RSA and here for the Chinese-language version.
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China Direct would like to highlight the forthcoming China visit of the Lord Mayor of the City of London.
Michael Bear, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, will visit China and Hong Kong from 10-19 April 2011. Please read further details here.
Please contact Ms. Ingrid Liu ([email protected]), Head of China, in Shanghai or Ms. Erin Zhang, Chief Representative in Beijing ([email protected]) for more details.
Finally, please note that China Direct will be on vacation from 22-29 March. Kindly refer to our bilingual website at www.cbichina.org.cn for events, member news and analysis. Thank You.
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CBI member company Royal Sun Alliance had, according to its China CEO, Greg Otterson, four reasons to celebrate at last week's British Embassy reception in Beijing.
Firstly this month marks the first anniversary of the establishment of its Beijing branch; secondly, it also marks the final approval of its Nanjing city branch; thirdly, 2010 commemorates the 300th anniversary of the foundation of Royal Sun Alliance (1710-2010) and fourthly RSA won at the British Business Awards (BBA) for best financial product in Shanghai in Sept 2010.
China Direct would like to congratulate Royal Sun Alliance on these outstanding achievements and wish them every success for 2011 - and the next three hundred years of service to its clients which have included, among many, Captain James Cook and Charles Darwin.
