HCDA hosted several of our economic development partners from +Georgia Power, +Georgia Department of Economic Development and +Metro Atlanta Chamber yesterday for a special familiarization tour showcasing the development opportunities and community assets that Henry has to offer as well as Henry success stories like +ALPLA and +Wayfair.com. Thanks for all you do to help bring jobs and investments to Georgia and Henry County. #Partnerships #EconomicDevelopment #FAMTour #ChooseHenry

Volkswagen continues to support local economic development http://ow.ly/fvEx30mKDq5 #ArriveAlive #Volkswagen #EconomicDevelopment

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We can help you setup your Master Business Licence. Give us a call to book your free consult: 705-360-2657.

#Business #Licence #Startup #Expansion #Funding #Grants #EconomicDevelopment #Entrepreneur #SelfEmployment #Growth

Free Trade Zones (FTZs) have emerged as one of the lynch-pins to help boost economic development as well as bring technological skills in the GCC region. The UAE has led the pack in the region with staggering successes by having the most number of FTZs. However, the GCC’s FTZ landscape needs a paradigmatic shift in response to the changing economic realities. Our report explores the key action areas that are required to transform FTZs into an economic powerhouse.
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https://www.e-marmore.com/Reports/Policy-Research/Business-Innovation/GCC-Free-Trade-Zones

When it comes to #China's development in the past 40 years, it is not only the speed and the scope of changes that have stunned the world, but the path to where the country is today has also been a constant source for amazement, as it contradicts the traditional view that only Western democracies are capable of such massive transformations. According to Sabine Stricker-Kellerer, president of the Beijing-based German Foreign Trade Council, when China first opened up, market access for foreign enterprises was still rather limited.

Now, as foreign enterprises can 'more or less come to China freely,' access to the Chinese market does not constitute much of a concern anymore, but rather, the focus has shifted to how to establish a base for #globalization in China. She also pointed to the increased competitiveness of #Chinesecompanies as another notable change. She said that whereas 40 years ago #Europeancompanies in China faced little competition from Chinese domestic companies, now a large number of them, be it state-owned or private ones, have not only flourished domestically but also set their global drive in motion. As a result, foreign companies have to think hard about how to thrive in an increasingly competitive business environment in China.


#GlobalEconomy #EconomicOutlook #ChineseEconomy #EconomicGrowth #EconomicDevelopment #EconomicReform #EconomicDevelopment #AsianEconomies #Economy #GDP
Opinion: Dialogue with World: 40 years on, what is China's way forward?https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d674d7a67544f30457a6333566d54/share_p.html

#China has lifted 68.5 million people out of poverty over the past 5 years, but another 30 million rural households remain below the line. The per capita annual disposable income in Beijing is 46,426 Chinese yuan (A$9230). But in Yunnan province, it is just 14,187 yuan.

For China’s economy to take the next step, it will no longer be good enough to have an army of cheap rural labour making the trek to city factories. If the rural population - not just the offspring of city 'tiger mothers' - are taken into account, China has one of the lowest education levels of any country, according to Scott Rozelle, a Stanford University professor. This contradiction - that the world’s second-largest economy remains a developing country with millions of poor - has been thrust into the economic spotlight this month, because it is also at the centre of the bitter trade dispute between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.


#GlobalEconomy #EconomicOutlook #ChineseEconomy #EconomicGrowth #EconomicDevelopment #EconomicReform #EconomicDevelopment #AsianEconomies #Economy #GDP
Still poor or a superpower? Defining China central to trade dispute
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/still-poor-or-a-superpower-defining-china-central-to-trade-dispute-20181123-p50hsa.html

#TechnoServe, a #nonprofitorganisation working on #economicdevelopment, celebrated the 20th anniversary of its presence in #Mozambique at the Southern Sun Hotel last Thursday in an event attended by various stakeholders in the field.

Forty years ago, in December 1978, following a decade of the Cultural Revolution led by #MaoZedong that left the communist country in ruins, a series of transformative economic reforms opened #China up to the international community and foreign investment.

Increased access to foreign music was just one tiny part of China's opening up process that transformed the country from one of the world's poorest nations to the second-biggest economy on earth. The reforms also paved the way for things like China's trillion-dollar #BeltandRoadInitiative (BRI) - an ambitious infrastructural push aimed at expanding China's political and economic influence internationally - and set the stage for the emergence of e-commerce and technology giants like Alibaba and Huawei.


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China's 40 years of economic reform that opened the country up and turned it into a superpower
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-01/40-years-of-reform-that-transformed-china-into-a-superpower/10573468