{"id":57280,"date":"2015-05-28T07:15:16","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T07:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=fcbf42c9545be06d742b6dfa947fb153"},"modified":"2015-05-28T07:15:16","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T07:15:16","slug":"news-story-ukti-publishes-new-guide-to-selling-goods-and-services-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=57280","title":{"rendered":"News story: UKTI publishes new guide to selling goods and services in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>UK Trade and Investment (<abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr>) has today (26 May 2015) published an authoritative guide to doing business in China. <\/p>\n<p>Aimed mainly at Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), it has all the information in one place for firms wishing to do business in this dynamic fast-growing economy.<\/p>\n<p>The guide was launched at a seminar at the offices of King and Wood Mallesons in London. China experts provided insights for UK-based companies looking to win business with China.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/guide-for-uk-businesses-selling-goods-and-services-into-china\">New Landscapes of Doing Business in China: Practical Guidance for UK Businesses Selling Goods and Services into China<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"background-on-new-china-export-publication\">Background on new China export publication<\/h2>\n<p>This guide gives useful information and points of contact to those best placed to assist your business in opening up those opportunities and winning business. You can access the market by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>selling goods online<\/li>\n<li>working with a distributor or agent<\/li>\n<li>opening an office in the country<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The guide was written in collaboration with a number of experts. These were from Bank of China, Deloitte, HSBC, King and Wood Mallesons, the China Britain Business Council, <abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr> and UK Export Finance (UKEF) among others.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"trade-with-china\">Trade with China<\/h2>\n<p>China is the great economic success story of the past 30 years and is now the:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>world\u2019s second largest economy after the United States<\/li>\n<li>biggest trading partner for most Asian economies<\/li>\n<li>world\u2019s largest exporter<\/li>\n<li>single greatest destination for global direct investment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Robert Hurley, Head of Sector Teams, London International Trade Team, <abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr>, said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>China is a huge and expanding market for UK businesses. UK exports of goods to China have more than doubled since 2010 and increased by over 37% in the last 2 years. They were worth \u00a312.4 billion in 2013 alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The UK is now the second biggest European exporter to China. Our exports to China are growing 3 times as fast as our imports from China. But there is still much more that we should do in the UK to make the most of this exciting opportunity and reap the rewards of doing business with China.<br \/>\nIf the last decade was all about \u2018Made in China\u2019, the next decade will be all about \u2018Made for China\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Arrange a face to face meeting with an <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greatbusiness.gov.uk\/ukti\/\">International Trade Adviser<\/a> (ITA) and find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/uk-trade-and-investment-services-for-exporters\"><abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr> services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"exporting-to-china-events\">Exporting to China events<\/h2>\n<p><abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr> and its partner China Britain Business Council (CBBC) run a number of events to help UK companies access the Chinese market.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.events.ukti.gov.uk\/search\/?verify=62b47be5115c7c7b3b1514691d6d4cf0&amp;filter=&amp;sector=0&amp;market=19&amp;location=0&amp;submit=Search\">Find <abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr> events on China<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbbc.org\/whatson\/events\/\">Find CBBC events on China<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New guide aims to help UK businesses access opportunities and win export business in the lucrative Chinese market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57280"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}