The best Ski Resort of China inside the most beautiful areas of the country is this month Cover Story. The General Manager of The Westin Changbaishan Resort and Sheraton Changbaishan Resort show us around its impressive well maintain hotels with a great outdoor sports facilities around the sacred mountain Chang Bai, located in the border of North Korea and Jilin Province, and a bit less than 2 hours flight from Tianjin.
Our feature story for this month discusses on how pollution management is a collective responsibility and whether President Trump's ascension to presidency will have any real impact on investment opportunities for Chinese in the US.
Living in a world where consumer is king makes it imperative for us to discuss in detail the top marketing trends that will dominate 2017 and to enable you to make informed choices; we have provided in-depth coverage of the real estate market in Tianjin and an overall economic outlook. Other interesting updates under this category dwell on Yum Brands segregation for Chinese market, chamber news from American, European and German Chambers of Commerce local chapters and a book review based on positioning of Chinese currency on the globe.
With the holiday season approaching, it is time be good and do good and our section on Corporate Social Responsibility of corporate houses is in sync with this sentiment. Also providing an insight are sections that discuss how to solve business problems and showing sensitivity while pushing your employees to accept change.
Everybody knows what the all-important Qiu Ku is, but few talk about this. In Last Word we deal with this item now that winter is upon us. Being culture conscious as Chinese are, anyone who wishes to do business in the country would do well to be aware of the etiquettes and norms that he/she is expected to follow and it is our intention to provide help through our coverage of this aspect.
We round up this issue of Business Tianjin with biz brief and wish you all the luck. Don't forget to visit our website www.businesstianjin.com and follow us in our official Wechat account (ID: business_tianjin) for more information.
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CONTENTS
05 BIZ BRIEFS 09 NUMBERS 10 ECONOMY: Economic Outlook 12 FEATURE STORY: Pollution Emissions, Everybody's Business
16 COVER STORY: A place for Love, Family and Friends... ...in one of the best areas for skiing
22 DIALOGUE: RMB Role: Prof. Eswar Prasad
26 INVESTMENT: President Trump brings mixed bag for Chinese investing opportunities
28 INVESTMENT NEWS 29 REAL ESTATE: Central Tianjin Real Estate Market 2016 Review
32 IPR: How to Protect Interior Design of Shops
34 MARKETING: Top 10 Marketing Trends that will define 2017
37 LEGAL ASSISTANCE: The New Era on Administration of Foreign-Invested Enterprises
40 HR: 5 ways to convince your employees to accept change
42 FINANCE: China releases CRS compliance requirements for financial institutions
46 TECH: Humans may get an infinite memory by 2030
48 MANAGEMENT: How to develop a proper problem solving approach for your business process?
52 PAST EVENTS 53 CHAMBER REPORTS 56 LISTINGS 61 TRANSPORTATION 62 Art & Leisure: When in Rome, do as the Romans do (Part II)
64 BOOK REVIEW: GAINING CURRENCY
65 LAST WORD: Qiu Ku or No Qiu Ku, that's a question