Showing posts with label 上海. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 上海. Show all posts

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Sabadell Chamber of Commerce and Industry organizes commercial mission to China

From http://agenda.acc10.cat/agenda/default.php?id=6849 (in Catalan)

The Sabadell Chamber of Commerce and Industry is organizing a commercial mission to China for April 15-21, 2012, specially addressed to companies of the following sectors: automotive, construction materials, engineering, electrical, plastics, chemical and consumer products. This mission has the support of the ACC1Ó office in Shanghai. The goals of this mission are: i) to promote Catalan companies in China; ii) to support the internationalization of Catalan companies; iii) to promote strategic alliances with Chinese partners; and iv) to evaluate potential investments in situ. Further information (in Catalan) can be obtained by downloading a pdf document from ACC1Ó website.

 

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Chinese-Catalan TV series starts on July 18th on Catalan channel TV3

From http://www.lavanguardia.com/television/20110712/54185009419/una-telenovela-chino-catalana-sustituye-a-la-riera-en-tv3-este-verano.html (in Spanish)

A truly original TV series will start being broadcast on July 18th on TV3, the publicly owned Catalan channel. This new TV series is a co-production by China and Catalonia and will be offered during the early aftenoon prime time of the summer 2011. Its title is "Secrets de Xangai" (Secrets of Shanghai), is mainly focused on human relationships (love, passion, intrigue) and consists of 23 episodes. The only Catalan main role is played by actress Montse Alcoverro, who's character is a Catalan woman that lives in Barcelona and that is married to a man that left China more than 20 years ago and that has been able to create a big company in Spain. The pleasant life of the couple, that has a 20-year old son named Josep, is broken when the husband decides to go back to China to look for the woman and the wife he left there.

The series has already been broadcast during February and March 2011 in China, on the Dragon TV channel, and has been followed by more than 100 million fans. It was originally filmed in English and the length of the chapters has been adapted for the different tastes of the audiences -shorter episodes in Catalonia and longer in China-.

The trailer of the series can be watched at http://www.tv3.cat/videos/3619010/Estrena-de-Secrets-de-Xangai until July 18th, 2011

http://www.tv3.cat/3alacarta/#/videos/36190

Friday, May 20, 2011

Appreciation for Catalan pork meat in China

From http://www.expansion.com/2011/05/18/catalunya/1305741502.html (in Spanish)

Catalan food products based on pork meat have received a great appreciation in the Sial 2011 fair, in Shanghai, as reported by the General Director of Food, Quality and Food Industries of the Catalan government, Domènec Vila. Catalonia exported 14,000 plus tons of pork meat to China in 2010, which amounted 11 million euros in sales, and the present goal is to reinforce exports in the forthcoming years thanks to an increased collaboration with ICEX (Spanish Institute of Foreign Trade).

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Catalan government promotes food products in China

From http://www.expansion.com/2011/05/17/catalunya/1305653455.html (in Spanish)

Top officers from the Department of Agriculture of the Catalan government are visiting China with the intention to promote Catalan food products there, specially in the Shanghai area. This delegation is led by Domènec Vila, General Director of Food, Quality and Food Industries, who travels together with twelve representatives from Catalan food companies. They all will also attend the Sial 2011 fair that is held in Shanghai from May 18th to 20th. Sial 2011 is the largest and fastest growing food and beverage show in China, with more than 1,500 exhibitors from more than 80 countries and regions, and with more than 35,000 visitors expected.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

China new world's leader on wind energy production

From http://www.avui.cat/noticia/article/1-territori/11-mediambient/411689-la-xina-encapcala-el-ranquing-mundial-de-lenergia-eolica.html (in Catalan)

According to a recent report released by the World Wind Energy Association, in 2010 China surpassed United States as the world's leading country on the production of wind energy with a cumulative installed capacity of 44,733 MW of the former in front of the 40,180 MW of the latter. The third position is for Germany, with 27,215 MW, followed by Spain and India. The list includes other 83 countries (one more than in 2009, Cyprus), but nearly 75% of the overall production happens in the first five countries in the list. Catalonia has recently increased the cumulative installed capacity over 1,000 MW produced in 38 wind farms.

This report was presented at the International Wind Energy Exhibition and Conference CWEE2011 held in Shanghai (China) and it can be downloaded in different languages:

Another downloadable item from the World Wind Energy Association website is the Interactive World Wind Energy Map.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Spanish car maker SEAT is looking for partners in China

From http://www.expansion.com/2011/04/19/empresas/auto-industria/1303248269.html (in Spanish)

Volkswagen-owned Spanish car maker SEAT has had meetings with 30 local car dealers in order to start selling cars in China in April next year. SEAT León and SEAT Ibiza have been presented in the 2011 Auto Shanghai exhibition and it is expected they can be sold in 2012 by the time of the Beijing car exhibition. All the cars to be sold in China initially will be produced in the SEAT factory in Martorell (Barcelona province), together with the Audi Q3. SEAT has been renamed as XiYaTe (西雅特) for the Chinese market.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Mango presents collection in Shanghai for the first time

From http://www.expansion.com/2011/03/21/empresas/distribucion/1300663818.html (in Spanish)

Catalan clothing company Mango has made a bold move by not choosing Paris or Milano to present their collections abroad, but by choosing Istanbul, Moscow and Shanghai. On March 19th, 2011, Mango presented for the first time his collection in China, where it has 134 shops and were it has opened a new office in Shanghai, as explained in a previous post at sinalunya.com.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Polymita will open offices in Shanghai

From http://www.expansion.com/2011/03/08/catalunya/1299573113.html (in Spanish)

Catalan technological company Polymita is determined to establish offices in Shanghai by the end of 2011, in order to be closer to clients in that area. These new offices in China will add to those already existing in New York, London, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Madrid and Amsterdam. As explained in their website, Polymita is "an Enterprise Software Company that helps companies to improve their productivity by automating business processes and managing enterprise contents and portals". Polymita, that in 2010 saw a global increase of 20% in sales, will improve the chances of growth in Asia that until now had through the German company Bertelsmann.