- Sarah Abermann (blog From the China SF office in San Francisco to Shangaï), un modèle du genre - novembre 2008 - février 2009 :
Useful tool, Google Analytics, heh!
This blog follows and analyses the evolution of San Francisco-China economic relations as the China SF Office is being created and set up. It also looks at US-China relations for a broader perspective.
The newly unveiled local stimulus program will include a "new jobs payroll tax credit", " loans available to small companies", essentially "micro-loans" and "larger no-interest loans to businesses", property tax rebates (50%) for "unsecured property - things like new machinery, equipment or office furniture - if the goods -were bought in San Francisco".
The biotech sector is playing a key role in China’s quest to move from a manufacturing-based economy to an innovation-based economy. And that’s good news for the biotech-heavy Bay Area.
With its large population of Chinese immigrants, decades-old ties to the region and its proximity to Shanghai and Bejing, Bay Area companies, investors and universities are working to position themselves as strategic partners in the new China, one outlined in the country’s latest five-year plan.
“The five-year plan has delineated an emphasis in strengthening China’s innovation infrastructure and capacity. That’s attractive for companies,” said Ginny Fang, director of ChinaSF, an office of San Francisco’s Economic Development Department that aids partnerships between San Franciscan and Chinese companies.
Guo-Liang Yu, president and CEO of Burlingame-based Epitomics Inc. said the Bay Area’s biotech ties to China have accelerated in recent years.
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http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/02/09/focus2.html?jst=pn_pn_lk