Increasing concerns over national security alongside the domestic ambitions of the China Manufacturing 2025 (CM2025) initiative have triggered increasing pessimism among foreign investors regarding China’s attitude towards future foreign investment. In general, though, there are more positive developments than setbacks, say Dr Michael Tan and…

When China overtook Japan as the world’s second largest economy in 2011, labour shortages and rising wages were starting to emerge as serious concerns

The utopian vision of Industry 4.0 inspires as much trepidation as it does promise for business.

As global connectivity increases, so does the importance of effective data protection.

World-leading organisations are embarking on Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives that focus less on the underlying sensors, devices and ‘smart’ things, says Joseph Chu of Deloitte China, and more on developing the ecosystem of data management, infrastructure development and creating brand new business models. Meanwhile,…

Air connectivity is the key to unlocking a country’s economic growth potential, according Juha Järvinen, Chief Commercial Officer of Finnair.

What’s the biggest impediment to business these days? Lack of capital? Skill shortages? Overcapacity? Regulation?

Innovation and entrepreneurship have become the key driving forces of China’s supply-side reform.

As China looks for solutions to help it transition to a qualitative, balanced economic model, Sara Dai, Asia Pacific President for Novozymes, believes that the answer lies partly with industry

To many, China Manufacturing 2025 (CM2025) appears to be an initiative purely for boosting domestic industrial capacity and creating national champions who can eventually dominate the global stage.