Mainland China – Page 12 – Charm

Hong Kong launches professional services platform for mainland Chinese companies

9 months ago02 mins

Hong Kong authorities have launched a professional services platform to provide support for mainland Chinese companies expanding overseas, while boosting business opportunities for local sectors. Speaking at the launch ceremony for the Hong Kong Professional Services GoGlobal Platform on Saturday, Deputy Secretary for Justice Horace Cheung Kwok-kwan said the sectors’ international outlook, uncompromising standards and…

Hong Kong educators call for non-local admissions amid decline in Form One classes

9 months ago02 mins

Hong Kong secondary schools have 15 fewer Form One classes this academic year, prompting a sector representative to call on the government to allow publicly funded institutions to enrol non-local students in response to the drop in pupil numbers. The number of Form One classes this school year at 381 government and aided schools taking…

Taiwan faces new unease after Xi-Trump summit leaves island sidelined

Cs news10 months ago10 months ago02 mins

In a high-stakes bilateral exchange where Taiwan has historically been an enduring flashpoint, the unusual silence was deafening. Last week’s summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump produced a rare omission – no mention of Taiwan at all in official readouts from both Washington and Beijing. The rare departure from diplomatic…

Hongkongers can enjoy faster border access under new mainland Chinese measures

Cs news10 months ago10 months ago02 mins

Hongkongers will be able to use facial recognition at more mainland Chinese checkpoints, while more professionals from additional regions across the border will be granted longer stays in the city under new policies announced by national immigration authorities on Monday. According to the National Immigration Administration, Hong Kong residents with a mainland travel permit will,…

Xi congratulates Taiwan’s new KMT leader, calls for efforts to ‘advance reunification’

Cs news11 months ago11 months ago02 mins

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday sent his congratulations to the newly elected leader of Taiwan’s main opposition Kuomintang, Cheng Li-wun, calling for joint efforts to promote reunification. Xi said he hoped both the mainland’s ruling Communist Party and the island’s KMT could “strengthen their common political foundation and unite the vast majority of people…

Exclusive-Micron to exit server chips business in China after ban, sources say

Cs news11 months ago06 mins

By Hyunjoo Jin and Brenda Goh SEOUL/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Micron plans to stop supplying server chips to data centres in China after the business failed to recover from a 2023 government ban on its products in critical Chinese infrastructure, two people briefed on the decision said. Micron was the first U.S. chipmaker to be targeted by…

LVMH sales return to growth as China demand improves

Cs news11 months ago06 mins

By Tassilo Hummel and Mimosa Spencer PARIS -LVMH’s sales increased by 1% in the third quarter, driven by improved demand in China, offering some solace to a luxury goods sector grappling with a prolonged slump. The rise reported by LVMH on Tuesday represents the first quarter of growth this year for the world’s largest luxury…

Hong Kong dispels rumours more checkpoints to open for northbound travel scheme

Cs news11 months ago11 months ago02 mins

Hong Kong authorities have dispelled rumours about the potential expansion of a scheme allowing local vehicles to enter mainland China to include more border checkpoints. A spokesman for the Transport Department also said on Sunday that it had referred the misinformation about the expansion of the Northbound Travel for Hong Kong Vehicles scheme to police…

Hong Kong’s financial future hinges on adapting to China’s hi-tech pivot: Huatai HK CEO

Cs news11 months ago012 mins

This is the sixth and final part of the exclusive Capital Connectors series in which influential Chinese and global bankers reveal the opportunities and challenges for Hong Kong in its evolution as an international financial hub. If history serves as a guide, Hong Kong’s continued reign as a premier international financial centre depends on a…

Hong Kong to accept mainland Chinese health certificates for imported cats, dogs

Cs news11 months ago02 mins

Hong Kong has widened its recognition of veterinary health certificates for cats and dogs imported from mainland China, expanding from only Shenzhen to all regions across the border. Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department revealed on Tuesday that it was now accepting animal health certificates issued by official veterinarians from all customs authorities on…