Source: The Economic Times, Mar 09, 2012
BANGALORE: With the availability of improved seed varieties, India may soon surpass China as the world’s leading producer of vegetables and fruits, government research body IIHR said.
“There is good scope for raising production of horticultural crops. We are second (in production) after China but we can be a world leader soon,” Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) Director Ameik Singh Sidhu told reporters.
Source: The Economics Times, Jan 19, 2012
NEW DELHI: The government says it has no objections to imports of low-priced Chinese solar cells as long as they meet prescribed quality standards.
This comes as a setback to domestic manufacturers battling cheaper Chinese imports. Last week, the government rejected a plea of domestic players seeking imposition of import duty on finished solar equipment.
Source: The Economic Times, Aug 08, 2011
Ahmedabad: The India China Economic and Cultural Council (ICEC) will launch its Gujarat chapter in Ahmedabad on August 26. Zhang Yan, Chinese ambassador to India, will visit the city for the launch, said Jagat Shah, chairman of Gujarat chapter of ICEC. This will be ICEC’s eighth office after it was set up in 1997. It has eight full-fledged offices in Delhi, Beijing, Mumbai, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Nantong.
This will be Yan’s first visit to Ahmedabad and he is expected to stay in the city for two days. ICEC already has an information outlet in Ahmedabad. “He (Yan) will meet chief minister Narendra Modi on August 26. Later in he will participate in tree plantation activities followed by the ICEC launch that evening. He will be on a tribal development visit on August 27,” added Shah.
ICEC provides services to exporters, importers, regarding joint ventures and technology transfer between Indian and Chinese companies. It also provides scholarships for Chinese studies, arranges conferences, round table, brain storming sessions, research, advocacy and culture exchanges.
The bilateral trade co-operation is expected in telecom, infrastructure, clean technology, energy, advance manufacturing and consumer goods.
Source: Financial Express, Apr 25, 2011
New Delhi: A Chinese economic slowdown could adversely impact Indian exporters, as global markets could see a flooding of low-cost goods from China, according to credit ratings agency Fitch.
Slowing economic activities in China would result in excess capacities that could hit the overall demand-supply balance, it added.
Source: The Economic Times, Jan 10, 2010
NEW DELHI: The Association of Indian Forging Industry (AIFI) on Sunday asked the government to provide a level playing field so that the sector can match its Chinese rivals both in domestic and international markets as it looks to post up to 25 per cent growth in the next fiscal.
Source: Business Standard, Dec 16, 2010
New Delhi: After establishing its dominance in the export of bulk drugs (raw materials for medicine production) to India, the Chinese drug industry is exploring ways to enter the final frontier in drug production — the finished goods or formulation business — in the country.
Source: Financial express, Dec 13, 2010
Developments in China could result in some additional FDI inflows to India, said a report released by the industry body Ficci.
According to the study, “The recent developments that have taken place in China — a series of strikes affecting operation of select MNCs, subsequent wage hikes, expectation about appreciation of the yuan and efforts to recalibrate growth strategy away from exports towards domestic demand — could lessen its attractiveness as an investment destination.”
Source: Times of India, Nov. 23, 2010
BEIJING: India’s share in Chinese imports of iron ore has fallen drastically to 6.4% in October, the latest Customs data showed. The slowdown began last year when India met only 20% of Chinese requirement. Chinese buyers have now begun to source this crucial steel making component in larger quantities from other markets.
Source: The Hindu Business Line, Nov. 15, 2010
Hyderabad: The Chinese Ambassador, Mr Zhang Yan, on Friday expressed the need to forge regional trade arrangements between India and China for ensuring sustainable development and strengthening economic cooperation between the two nations.
Source: The Economic Times, Nov. 15, 2010
NEW DELHI: It’s official. After seven years as the country sending the largest number of international students to American colleges, India now takes second place to China.
There has been a 30% growth in the number of Chinese student enrolments in the US during the 2009-10 academic year, compared with a mere 2% increase in the number of Indian students, according to Open Doors report, which is published annually by the Institute of International Education , or IIE, with support from the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
