From http://www.expansion.com/2011/11/20/catalunya/1321823146.html (in Spanish)
Etnia Barcelona, a Catalan company specialized in manufacturing glasses, has invested 400,000 euros in a new production plant in Shenzhen and has created a joint venture in China with the Hong Kong based company Future Visionaries. Each of the two companies will hold half of the shares of the new one, which is expected to produce up to 800,000 units per year and increase sales up to 35 million € by 2014. Etnia Barcelona, based in Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona province), has 195 employees and exports account for 87% of its sales.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Conference in Barcelona about China's financial sector and the global crisis
From http://www.casaasia.es/media/asset_publics/resources/000/019/559/original/Invitaci_n_22.11.11_-_castellano.pdf (in Spanish)
Xinghai Fang, director of the Office for Financial Services of Shanghai Metropolitan Government, is announced to give a conference in Barcelona on Tuesday November 22nd, 2011. The title of the talk is "China’s financial sector and the global crisis. Challenges and opportunities" and it will take place at 12 pm at the Círculo Ecuestre, at 169 bis Balmes Street. Xinghai Fang will be introduced by Juan María Nin (Executive Vice President and Chief Executive of CaixaBank). The event will also have the participation of Borja García-Nieto, president of Círculo Ecuestre, and Pablo García-Berdoy, general secretary of Aspen Institute España. For additional information, please call at +34 93 415 60 00. Simultaneous translation will be provided.
Xinghai Fang, director of the Office for Financial Services of Shanghai Metropolitan Government, is announced to give a conference in Barcelona on Tuesday November 22nd, 2011. The title of the talk is "China’s financial sector and the global crisis. Challenges and opportunities" and it will take place at 12 pm at the Círculo Ecuestre, at 169 bis Balmes Street. Xinghai Fang will be introduced by Juan María Nin (Executive Vice President and Chief Executive of CaixaBank). The event will also have the participation of Borja García-Nieto, president of Círculo Ecuestre, and Pablo García-Berdoy, general secretary of Aspen Institute España. For additional information, please call at +34 93 415 60 00. Simultaneous translation will be provided.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Chinese company Sunfor Light settles in Catalonia
From http://www.globalasia.com/actualidad/la-empresa-china-sunfor-light-se-instala-en-cataluna (in Spanish)
Chinese company Sunfor Light has chosen Catalonia as home for its distribution center aimed at serving the European and Latin American markets. Sunfor Light has settled in Llinars del Vallès (Barcelona), where 70 new jobs have already been created. The company has also announced an investment of 4 million € for the next 4 years, whereas the sales are expected to reach 3 million € by 2012. Sunfor Light is based in Chengdu, the capital of the province of Sichuan, and has some 300 employees that have developed some hundred patents based on the LED technology.
Chinese company Sunfor Light has chosen Catalonia as home for its distribution center aimed at serving the European and Latin American markets. Sunfor Light has settled in Llinars del Vallès (Barcelona), where 70 new jobs have already been created. The company has also announced an investment of 4 million € for the next 4 years, whereas the sales are expected to reach 3 million € by 2012. Sunfor Light is based in Chengdu, the capital of the province of Sichuan, and has some 300 employees that have developed some hundred patents based on the LED technology.
Catalan rumba band La Pegatina tours China successfully
From http://www.ara.cat/cultura/Pegatina-popularitza-Xina-gracies-socials_0_590341074.html (in Catalan)
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Catalan rumba band La Pegatina is back from a successful musical tour in China, where they played at the Hangzhou Festival for 15,000 people and at several smaller venues. The band originally hails from Montcada i Reixac (Barcelona) and after 7 years they have already played in 13 countries and had millions of downloads of their records, which can be obtained for free as digital files in their website at http://www.lapegatina.com/en/multimedia/downloads, together with other material such as lyrics and chords, clips, wallpapers and even an iPhone/Android app.
La Pegatina was invited to play in China by the organizers by the Hangzhou Festival, which encouraged the band to find other gigs in cities like Beijing and Shanghai. A chronicle of the concert in Beijing can be read at the Beijing Daze blog, under the title of "Catalonia and Mongolia collide when La Pegatina meets Hanggai for a fun show". They are the third Spanish band to play in China, after Berri Txarrak and Fito.
According to one of the members of the band, Rubén Sierra, "Chinese audiences are very interested by everything that comes from the West, due to the recent opening of the society to foreign influences". He also pointed out that they have received a proposal to perform again in China, at the 2012 Midi Festival.
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La Pegatina[/caption]Catalan rumba band La Pegatina is back from a successful musical tour in China, where they played at the Hangzhou Festival for 15,000 people and at several smaller venues. The band originally hails from Montcada i Reixac (Barcelona) and after 7 years they have already played in 13 countries and had millions of downloads of their records, which can be obtained for free as digital files in their website at http://www.lapegatina.com/en/multimedia/downloads, together with other material such as lyrics and chords, clips, wallpapers and even an iPhone/Android app.
La Pegatina was invited to play in China by the organizers by the Hangzhou Festival, which encouraged the band to find other gigs in cities like Beijing and Shanghai. A chronicle of the concert in Beijing can be read at the Beijing Daze blog, under the title of "Catalonia and Mongolia collide when La Pegatina meets Hanggai for a fun show". They are the third Spanish band to play in China, after Berri Txarrak and Fito.
According to one of the members of the band, Rubén Sierra, "Chinese audiences are very interested by everything that comes from the West, due to the recent opening of the society to foreign influences". He also pointed out that they have received a proposal to perform again in China, at the 2012 Midi Festival.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Publications in Chinese of Barcelona City Council
From http://w42.bcn.cat/web/en/media-room/chinesepublications/index.jsp (in English / Chinese)
Because of its position as one of the leading European cities for business matters (see our previous post of Barcelona being voted the 6th best city in 2011), Barcelona City Council has a complete set of information about these issues on its website. Foreign visitors can find an impressive amount of information in English at the Barcelona/Business portal, in which there is a useful Media Room that also features a section of publications in Chinese in order to attract investments from China. The four documents available in Chinese so far are:
Because of its position as one of the leading European cities for business matters (see our previous post of Barcelona being voted the 6th best city in 2011), Barcelona City Council has a complete set of information about these issues on its website. Foreign visitors can find an impressive amount of information in English at the Barcelona/Business portal, in which there is a useful Media Room that also features a section of publications in Chinese in order to attract investments from China. The four documents available in Chinese so far are:
Barcelona Datasheet 2011 (Chinese) 数据 巴塞罗那 2011
Barcelona Economic Triangle (Chinese) 巴塞罗那经济三角区
Setting up in Barcelona (Chinese)
10 reasons to invest in barcelona (Chinese) 我巴塞罗那投资的十大理由
Other presentations in English can be viewed and downloaded from Barcelona BusinessSlideshare account.
Other presentations in English can be viewed and downloaded from Barcelona BusinessSlideshare account.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Catalan commercial missions to China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam
From http://agenda.acc10.cat/agenda/default.php?id=6575 and http://agenda.acc10.cat/agenda/default.php?id=6490 (in Catalan)
Two new Catalan commercial missions to East Asia have been arranged for November 2011. Both are departing from Barcelona on November 19th and one is addressed to Shanghai, in China, whereas the other one, organized by the Terrassa Chamber of Commerce, is addressed to the markets in Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.
The goals of the mission to China are: i) to improve the knowledge of Chinese market; ii) to increase the networking with local companies and organizations; and iii) to seek business opportunities.
The proposed schedule is:
Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 November: Flight Barcelona - Shanghai
Monday 21 November: Presentation of Amec-China and information workshop
Tuesday 22 November: Visit to technological parks and to Spanish companies working in China
Wednesday 23 November: Individualized meetings (optional)/Networking dinner with experts
Thursday 24 November: Workshop – Individual advisory interviews to understand the Chinese market
Divendres 25 November: Flight Shanghai - Barcelona
Venue: 1201 Westgate Mall, 1038 Nanjing (w) Road, Shanghai
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The goals of the mission to in Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam are to analyze the economic opportunities and the competitive factors that these countries can offer and to establish business relationships with local companies.
An individualized schedule of business contacts will provided in collaboration with the ACC1Ó office in Singapore and with the Spanish Economic & Commercial Office in Vietnam, according with the requirements of each company. For further information, please contact Mrs. Natàlia Bertran at nbertran@cambraterrassa.es, phone +34 93 7339837.
Two new Catalan commercial missions to East Asia have been arranged for November 2011. Both are departing from Barcelona on November 19th and one is addressed to Shanghai, in China, whereas the other one, organized by the Terrassa Chamber of Commerce, is addressed to the markets in Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.
The goals of the mission to China are: i) to improve the knowledge of Chinese market; ii) to increase the networking with local companies and organizations; and iii) to seek business opportunities.
The proposed schedule is:
Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 November: Flight Barcelona - Shanghai
Monday 21 November: Presentation of Amec-China and information workshop
Tuesday 22 November: Visit to technological parks and to Spanish companies working in China
Wednesday 23 November: Individualized meetings (optional)/Networking dinner with experts
Thursday 24 November: Workshop – Individual advisory interviews to understand the Chinese market
Divendres 25 November: Flight Shanghai - Barcelona
Venue: 1201 Westgate Mall, 1038 Nanjing (w) Road, Shanghai
View Larger Map
The goals of the mission to in Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam are to analyze the economic opportunities and the competitive factors that these countries can offer and to establish business relationships with local companies.
An individualized schedule of business contacts will provided in collaboration with the ACC1Ó office in Singapore and with the Spanish Economic & Commercial Office in Vietnam, according with the requirements of each company. For further information, please contact Mrs. Natàlia Bertran at nbertran@cambraterrassa.es, phone +34 93 7339837.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Technological and innovation bridge to China organized in Barcelona
Barcelona NETactiva is organizing a promotional mission (“Pont Tecnològic”, Technological Bridge) to China from November 28th to December 2nd, 2011 specially addressed to information technology (IT) companies willing to work there. China is nowadays the first country in the world exporting IT products and offers great opportunities in the sectors of e-commerce, cell phone and mobile internet services, among others. This technological bridge will include a common program, with visits to Chinese companies and organizations, and attendance to workshops, networking events and showcases. There will also be a specific program of businesses contacts specially designed for each of the companies taking part on this mission. Companies may be eligible for receiving funding from ACC1Ó, provided the fulfillment of its requirements.
For further information contact Mrs. Laura Espiau with Barcelona NETactiva at laura.espiau@barcelonactiva.cat, phone +34 932917777, or Mrs. Judith Padrós, with the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce at jpadros@cambrabcn.org, phone +34934169356.
For further information contact Mrs. Laura Espiau with Barcelona NETactiva at laura.espiau@barcelonactiva.cat, phone +34 932917777, or Mrs. Judith Padrós, with the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce at jpadros@cambrabcn.org, phone +34934169356.
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