清 远市 信 息 网 (Qingyuan Information Network)
http://203.207.171.4/gdnnet/gdic/qingyuan/home.htm
This website offers summary background information
on Qingyuan which would be of use for those interested in investing or doing
business there. The website has a clickable link to a useful list of names and
office phone numbers for municipal officials and National People’s Congress
representatives for the city. The website also includes a link to informational
resources for tourists.
广东信息网
(Guangdong Information Network)
http://203.207.171.4
This website provides clickable links to information
on investment in the province, as well as other provincial internet sites and
search engines. Information on foreign exchange, software, technical support,
and training is also offered. Finally, there is a clickable link to information
on provincial industries in the following sectors: chemical, light industry,
minerals and metals, medical, cultural education, transport, the service sector,
electronics, estate, finance, synthesis, machinery, foodstuffs, furniture,
architecture, and research. The list of enterprises in any one category is
limited, but the site does have easy access links to each enterprise’s
website.
Bureaus/Offices By City or Province
Jieyang
1)
Jieyang City
Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade
Yanjian
Rd., Jieyang City Urban District, Ph. 86-8768009
2)
Administration
of Foreign Exchange Control, Jieyang Branch
North
Xinxing Rd., Jieyang City Urban District, Ph. 86-8623314
Investment Guide in Jieyang City
(揭阳市投资 指南)
www.jyinvest.com
This is a useful website for information on
investing in Jieyang. The website has an English mirror site that is easy to
access. The website also contains detailed descriptions of general conditions in
Jieyang, communications and transportation links, water and electrical supply,
telecommunications, and investment guides to different areas in Jieyang. The
website is sponsored by the Jieyang City Commission of Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade. The website lists clickable links to ongoing investment
projects in Jieyang under the following categories: infrastructure, agriculture,
light industry and textile, chemicals, machinery and electronics, raw materials,
and miscellaneous. Contact names and phone numbers are provided for each
individual project, but there is no contact information for either the site’s
sponsoring agent or important offices related to investment within Jieyang.
Nevertheless, this is an informative, coherent, detailed website.
揭阳信息网
(Jieyang Information Network)
www.jieyang.gov.cn
This website contains a wide variety of information
on Jieyang. Topics included on the website are the following: the general
situation of Jieyang (on the city, population, ethnic makeup, administration,
and municipal government); a guide to investment (general, investment
environment, steps for foreign enterprises to take when investing); travel
(sites, customs, shopping, traffic); general (administration, hygiene, post and
telecommunications, water and electricity, public security, marriages, and
funerals); international, national, and local news; a consultation link; an
English to Chinese website translation link; an online classroom; software
downloads; and other sites to link to in Guangdong Province (on a variety of
topics).
Jieyang.com
(揭阳网络)
www.jieyangnet.gd.cn
This website provides different sections on
international, national, and local news (financial, entertainment, political,
economic, social, cultural); information on Jieyang concerning travel, living
there, public security, artists, residents living abroad, regulations, services
like postal and telecommunications, transport, weather, property, finance,
taxes, software downloads, and internet services; some property and product
listings for buying and selling; city projects; personnel recruitment; a search
engine; an English to Chinese website translation link; and a listing of
clickable links for industries within Jieyang.
Jieyang.com (揭阳 网络)
www.jieyang.com/htm/enterprise/enterprise.htm
This website provides a listing of clickable links
to selected Jieyang industries in areas like television, computers, foreign
trade, food products, textiles and jewelry, tools and machinery, stainless steel
goods, and chemicals. The website itself is geared toward the scientific and
technology fields. The website’s clickable links to industries are firms’
websites which contain descriptions of the firm, contact name, address, and
phone number. The website only offers a limited selection, but is cohesive and
well organized. The website itself contains no contact information for the
website sponsor except an email address to the webmaster.
Foshan
1)
Agricultural Bank of China, Nanhai City Branch, Ph.
86-757-6221888
Bank of China, Foshan Branch
(中国银行佛山分行)
www.foshan.net/Chinabank/index.htm
The website lists the branches contact phone as
86-757-2285530. The website offers information on deposit accounts in which foreign
currencies can be deposited but will then be converted into RMB. Currencies
accepted by the branch are US dollars, Euro-dollars, British pound sterling,
French francs, Swiss francs, Dutch guilders, Japanese yen, Hong Kong dollars,
Canadian dollars, Belgian francs, and Australian dollars. Other services listed
on the website include a business question and answer link, a link for personal
loans, a link for information on credit cards (commercial, electronic debit
card, credit card), and a link to future business services.
2)
Agricultural Bank, Foshan Branch, Ph.
86-757-3365914.
3)
Construction
Bank, Foshan Branch, Ph. 86-757-3325882
4)
Communications Bank, Foshan Branch, Ph.
86-757-332-3188
5)
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Foshan
Branch, Ph. 86-757-3329511
6)
People’s Bank of China, Foshan Branch, Ph.
86-757-3322182
7)
Guangdong Development Bank, South Ocean Branch, Ph.
86-757-6338025
8)
Nanhai Fada Employment Searching Square, Ph.
86-757-622-9977
Foshan Commerce (佛山商业信息网)
www.foshan.com.cn
The website is well organized and offers a large
selection of information links. These links include: national, regional, and
local news; stock quotes, interest rates, and exchange rates; a search engine,
software downloads and other internet links; information on adult education; a
list of enterprises; general information on Foshan; a professional resources
exchange; and an online communication link.
9) Foshan
Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade
76
Fenjiang Nan Rd., Foshan, Guangdong
Ph.
86-757-3355734, 3367580; Fax. 86-757-3355269;
Contacts: Chen Jinghong, He Ying
佛山市信息网
(Foshan Information Network)
www.foshan.net.cn
This website contains links to the municipal
government: the municipal government public information network, list and
contacts for municipal officials, Foshan news, and the mayor’s mailbox (this
link can also be accessed directly through www.foshan.gov.cn).
Other links include a telecommunications information site; commercial and
research scientific links; a link to video, movie, entertainment, and television
news; and an available email link.
Guilin
1) Bank
of China, Guilin Branch, 5 North Shanhu Rd., Guilin
Ph.
86-7732824816
Guilin Economic Information Net (桂林经济信息网)
www.gl.cei.gov.cn
This website provides a plethora of links to local,
regional, and national sites containing economic information. There is a very
important link to the CEI net (China Economic Information Network) which
provides access to China’s government web pages, foreign websites, has a China
economic search engine, offers a translation service, links to newspapers and
periodicals, and provides economic information and analysis at national,
regional, and provincial levels. The website also offers easily accessible links
to a Guilin information center for general economic information; to municipal
government officials; to the planning commission; to the Economic and Trade
Commission; to newspapers and other periodicals; to tourist information; to
information on trade and business economics, living, computers, software
downloads, and a general search engine; to investment information online, a
search engine for enterprises by province, a link to the government public
information network, provincial price information links, and technology news; to
international, national, and local news; and to county and city economic information
networks within the province. The website also has accessible email. The same
website comes up from http://glnet.gxi.gov.cn.
中国广西招商
(Guangxi Investment Network)
www.gxinvest.gov.cn
The website is another detailed provincial site with
multiple links and information. There is a link to general information on
Guangxi Province. There are links involving investment: information on the
province’s investment environment, investment services, preferential policies
offered for investment, management regulations, laws and policies, how to
invest, a search engine for particular projects in which to invest,
consultation, and information on special development zones. There is a general
inquiry link for questions and answers, web-based email services, a general
search engine, an English mirror site, investment news, stock quotes, exchange
rates, and a stock share quote search engine. In addition, there is information
on provincial events, recommendations for particular projects, and projects
highlighted by economic zone within the province. The website overall is more
than adequately focused on attracting investment to Guangxi Province.
Windows of Guilin (桂林之窗)
www.guilin.gov.cn
This website has an English mirror site which
provides links to municipal government contacts, a guide to the city’s
government, and the mayor’s mailbox. The website contains general information
on Guilin, including the city’s economic development. The website also offers
tourist resources, information on various counties and districts within the
province, rail and plane timetables, local and provincial economic news, and a
friendly links search engine with access mainly to other municipal
governments’ websites. Links to other provincial websites including
government, marketing, tourism, sports, science and technology, and education
are available. The website is detailed, but more geared to tourism than
attracting investment.
中国桂林国家高新技术产业开发区
(Guilin National High Tech Development Zone)
www.guilin-ctp.net.cn
This website is a good resource for local economic
news. Other links on the website include: a professional resource center,
information on municipal organizations, access to enterprises, a search engine
for links within the city, an inquiry link for questions, news on trends in
developing areas, advertisements, and an online forum. This website is not as
detailed as some of the other websites on Guilin listed here.
2)
Mayor’s hotline,
86-7732826400; 7732826218 (eve.)
3)
Industrial and Commercial Administration, Ph.
86-773284-8525
Qingyuan
1)
Beichen
Advertisement Scheme Co., Ltd.
Ximen, Qingyuan Zhongshan Park, Guangdong,
Qingyuan City 511500
Ph. 86-763-3342460
Qingyuan Investment Net (清 远招商网)
www.china-qingyuan.com
This website is a cohesive site which maintains
fairly consistent quality on all of its links. Available links include an
English mirror site, email access, GB and Big 5 Chinese language access, and
general information on Qingyuan. Those links focused on investment include:
information on the investment environment in Qingyuan; a guide to investment; a
list of preferential policies for investors; quite detailed charts of investment
costs in terms of categories like transportation,
cargo, and shipping; information on how to invest including a schematic of the
process, specific rules, and regulations for investing; information on
Qingyuan’s economic development zone; an introduction to the cities and
counties around Qingyuan, including a map with clickable links to summary
information; links to service departments involved in trade which include
addresses and phone numbers; and information on current investment projects.
2)
China Construction Bank, Qingyuan Branch, Ph.
86-0763-3365527, 3362778-3034
3)
Guangdong Development Bank, Qingyuan Branch, Ph.
86-0763-3375098, 3371082
4)
Industrial and Commercial Bank, Qingyuan Branch, Ph.
86-0763-3317714
5)
Agricultural Bank, Qingyuan Branch, Ph.
86-0763-3320039
6) Foreign
Economic & Trade Commission of Qing Yuan City
9/F,
The Office Building of Qing Yuan Municipal
Government, Ph. 86-0763-3363854; Fax. 0763-3362854
7) Foreign Investment Introduction Dept. of Qingyuan
Economic Development Experimental District
Qingyuan Economic Development
Experimental District, Ph. 86-0763-3483848; Fax. 86-0763-3483278
Shantou
1)
Bank of Communication, Shantou Branch
Bank, Chaoyang Sub-branch, Ph. 86661-8813421
2)
China Construction Bank, Anping Sub-branch, Ph.
86754-8435097
3)
Industrial and
Commercial Bank of China, Anping Sub-branch, Ph. 86754-8273520
4)
Bangkok Bank, Shantou Branch, Ph.
86754-8166179
5)
Agricultural Bank, Shantou Branch, Ph.
86754-8279514
6)
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Waima
Branch, Ph. 86754-8272128
7)
Construction Bank, Shantou Branch Business Dept.,
Ph. 86754-8628511
8)
Bank of China, Longhu Sub-branch, Ph.
86754-8260601
9)
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Longhu
Sub-branch, Ph. 86754-8888003
10)
China Construction Bank, Longhu Sub-branch, 86754-8261256
11)
Agricultural Bank, Longu Sub-branch, Ph. 86754-8250007
汕头科技信息网 (Shantou Technology Net)
www.shantou.net.cn
The emphasis of this website is science and
technology. The website provides links to China’s science and technology
information center, information on scientific and technological innovations,
information on general scientific and technological knowledge, and information
on exhibitions and technology fairs. There are also links for suggestions and
feedback, an announcement board, stock quotes, and the weather forecast. The
website also provides access to local scientific and technological news, a link
utilizing different search engines, links to other scientific and technological
websites, and links to websites in Guangdong concerning general information,
video information, education, and telecommunications. The website is narrowly
focused but has a many useful links to different information within that narrow
scope.
Shantou Free Trade Zone (汕 头保税区)
www.stftz.gov.cn/english/frame.htm
This website is basically a marketing tool for the
Shantou Free Trade Zone. While some of the links have only summary information
on investment, others provide more details and useful knowledge. Links include
an introduction to the FTZ; a description of the investment environment;
specific and detailed information on investment policies; a guide to investment
which contains only a schematic of the process; and information on investment
development especially in the areas of processing, bonded warehousing,
international trade, finance, insurance, and real estate (from this link access
is available to other sites which describe projects looking for investors,
business news, and an introduction to enterprises in the area). Finally, there
is a link for contacting the sponsor of the website.
汕 头信息网 (Shantou Information Network)
www.shantou.gd.cn
This website serves as the general information
network for Shantou. This website offers email access, a chatroom, several
different search engines, news, links to government web pages, tourism
information, and job information. In addition, there is also information on
commerce, telecommunications, living, law, general information about the region,
education, stock quotes and information, real estate, and health. Other
clickable links include a limited list of enterprises in Shantou, links to
websites in eastern Guangdong Province, and an English to Chinese website
translator. The website is good for its designed purpose: the provision of
general information on Shantou. The same website comes up for www.stinfo.net.
12)
Shantou
Jinzheng Certified Public Accountants Co., Ltd.
汕 头尽 新路尽利 苑A
悝
401 室, Ph.
8607548605369; Fax. 8607548621849
Guangzhou
广东省律师协会
(The Bar Association of Guangdong Province)
www.lawyer.gd.cn
Links on this website include the lawyers yellow
pages for searching for lawyers in Guangzhou, industry news, introduction to the
law association, information on science law, information on laws and
regulations, and legal news. In addition, there is a search engine for lawyers
by firm name and city or province. The most useful links on this website are the
yellow pages and the search engine.
Shenzhen
Shenzhen Development Bank Co., Ltd. (深圳发展银行)
www.sdb.com.cn
This website is devoted to online banking. There is
no indication as to the regulations concerning foreign currency accounts. Links
available include: online banking, the procedure for opening an account,
applying for a personal account, software downloads, banking for personal and
commercial accounts. The bank’s phone is listed as 860755-2080391.
Hainan
海南省公共信息网
(Hainan Public Information Network)
www.hi.com.cn
This website is a search engine for Hainan Province.
Registration is required for user identification and a login password, but there
is no indication if this service is free or not. Links include: news, living,
business, stock market, and a professional resource center.
Sanya
1)
Bank of China, Sanya Branch, Ph.
860899-826-8310
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