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The 2024 edition of the Design Intelligence Award (DIA) is an extraordinary platform for showcasing cutting-edge innovations, particularly in smart cities, greentech and healthtech, writes Elinor Greenhouse, Senior Adviser, Tech and Innovation at the China-Britain Business Council In partnership with the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC), the awards offer an unmatched opportunity for UK innovators and entrepreneurs to scale their businesses internationally by tapping into the thriving Chinese market. The DIA …

Eagle-eyed China watchers will have noticed a lot of familiar names if they have tuned into the Euros over the past couple of weeks. Five of the 13 official global sponsors of the UEFA Euro 2024 championship are Chinese companies, giving China the most significant advertising presence at the event. This is a testament to Chinese brands’ growing desire for global expansion (and to the draw of the billions of …

Ahead of the Euros, Alibaba has made English footballer David Beckham a global ambassador for its AliExpress platform Cross-border e-commerce platform AliExpress is sponsoring the UEFA Euro 2024 championship, which will be played at stadiums across Germany this summer. Beckham will front the ‘Score More with AliExpress’ campaign, appearing in TV ads. During the Euros, AliExpress is giving away prizes in its app for every goal scored. Beckham is a …

Amid a series of efforts to tempt foreign travellers to visit China, three ministries have vowed to ask all hotels in China not to refuse foreign guests It’s an inconvenience that many foreigners in China have faced: booking a hotel only to find that the hotel can’t (or won’t) accommodate foreign guests. Usually the reasons given, as the Global Times puts it, are that the hotel “doesn’t have qualifications for …

Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade (Harvard University Press), the new book by Assistant Professor of International History at LSE Elizabeth O’Brien Ingleson, may focus on the US experience of trading with China, but there is much for the UK to learn too. How did the US, EU and Britain – along with many other countries – help make China the world’s foremost trading power? …

Are you concerned that your brand’s rights are being infringed in China? CBBC’s new IP Monitoring Service can help. As part of this service, CBBC’s intellectual property team will conduct a thorough search of the major Chinese e-commerce platforms to provide in-depth research into your trademark to see if infringers are selling your goods in China. Register your interest in this service here This service will: Include a 30-minute briefing …

This June, the China Business Roadshow from the China-Britain Business Council, Santander and Woodburn Accountants & Advisors – featuring contributions from CBBC’s comprehensive network of members – will visit four cities across the UK: Leeds, Edinburgh, Birmingham and London. The sessions will take place on the following dates: Leeds – 11th June (Register here) Edinburgh – 12th June (Register here) Birmingham – 13th June (Register here) London – 20th June …

Staying informed on China can seem like a full-time job. Luckily, a series of excellent newsletters are doing the hard work of China watching for us, compiling the best links and analysis on a weekly or even daily basis. Below is a selection of 10 of the best (although there are many more out there) The Weekly China Skinny Published every Wednesday by marketing and digital strategy firm China Skinny, …

Anne Stevenson-Yang is originally from Washington DC. She moved to Beijing in 1993 to work for the US-China Business Council. In the next quarter century, she became one of the best-known foreigners in China, starting businesses in publishing, software and online media. Now back in the US, she runs J Capital Research USA and found time to publish not one, but two books – Wild Ride: A Short History of …

In April 2019, the Shanghai International Circuit hosted the 1,000th Formula One Grand Prix. Little could drivers and fans have known, that it would be the last F1 race China would see until 2024. Formula One is back in China for the first time in five years this weekend, the latest in a series of major sporting events to return after the restrictions of the pandemic years. F1 currently has …