Tag: China
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UK Plots Post-Brexit Tech Investment Fund
Start-up Funding UK will provide funding for startups to boost British tech firms seeking to expand to the world stage following Brexit. The British government is proposing a new venture capital fund in order to help nurture innovative firms based in this country. Called the National Investment Fund, the government says it will help…
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Fintechs: the market it’s changing…
Total global funding to fintechs doubles over Q1’17 to US$8.4 billion; Fintech investment in Singapore increases despite continued decline in deal volume. Total global fintech investment more than doubled quarter over quarter in Q2’17 to hit US $8.4 billion, up from US$3.6 billion in Q1’17, according to the KPMG Pulse of Fintech report.* According to…
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Young, Chinese and overseas Chinese startups push into foreign markets
Firms such as Ehang and Musical.ly are discovering more opportunities abroad than at home ON THE outskirts of Guangzhou, a city in southern China, lies an abandoned park filled with crumbling replicas of the wonders of the world. To the right are fading golden spires that are meant to represent Angkor Wat, a temple in…
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The world’s most powerful economies in 2030
PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the world’s largest professional-services firms, just released its predictions for the most powerful economies in the world by 2030. The report, titled “The long view: how will the global economic order change by 2050?” ranked 32 countries by their projected global gross domestic product by purchasing power parity. PPP is used by…
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China is rapidly closing the innovation gap
By 2020, 60 percent of European companies in China expect Chinese firms to have closed the innovation gap, according to the EU Chamber of Commerce in China’s annual business confidence survey. “This should serve as a wake-up call for European companies,” the report said. “While this catching up is most likely to occur in…
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Brasil Investment Forum 2017 presents huge options to invest in Brazil
Hoje Consulting Innovation are present at the event to bring you the best investors for your business. Brasil Investment Forum 2017 will provide a unique venue to foster new business and investment opportunities in Brazil. It will gather political, business, academic and media leaders in a trusted framework for interaction and collaboration. On the occasion,…
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Brazil and China discuss technological innovation and Internet in São Paulo
The city of São Paulo will host in May “Chinnovation 2017”, the first meeting between Chinese and Brazilian businesspeople from the Internet sector, organised by the China Brazil Internet Promotion Agency (CBIPA). Dozens of businesspeople from companies with a large online presence, financial analysts, investors and investment fund managers will gather on30 May at the World…
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China inovadora ameaça o equilíbrio mundial?
Da cópia à inovação, o novo Made in China Por Louise Lucas e Emily Feng | Financial Times Tim Byrnes é um símbolo improvável do esforço da China para se tornar uma superpotência mundial no ramo da alta tecnologia. Para começar, ele é australiano. Mesmo assim, a decisão desse físico quântico de 39 anos de…
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Europe is losing the global innovation race
Unless the European Commission changes its attitude, the innovation gap between Europe and the US will likely increase, and it could be overtaken soon by China, with dire consequences for living standards, warns Philip Stevens. Philip Stevens is director of Geneva Network, a UK-based research organisation focusing on innovation, trade and health policy. The European…
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China pledges to transform, upgrade real economy through innovation
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) — China will make greater efforts this year to implement innovation-driven development strategy, upgrade the structure of the real economy, and improve its performance and competitiveness, a government work report said Sunday. “The real economy has always been the foundation of China’s development; the task we now face is to speed…
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