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• •  Auto sales keep roaring
• •  Chinese Culture Club (CCC)
     One of the biggest and most active expatriate community clubs in China
• •  Ningbo tax-free zone
     A free trade zone
• •  Mozi
     China's first true philosopher
• •  The "Special Import Selection" Channel of China Import Network

China, the second-largest auto market in the world, continues to see an upswing in auto sales and production this year, with both sales and production reporting more than 20 percent growth in the first four months, according to an industry association.

Automakers produced over three million automobiles in China from January to April, of which 2,934,000 units were sold, a year-on-year growth of 21.36 and 21.46 percent respectively, as shown in statistics from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).

Analysts said the growth in the auto sector in the first four months was mainly due to new model releases and price cut incentives by automakers.

Apart from the boom in the domestic market, automakers are penetrating further into the overseas market.

In the first quarter of this year, China imported 59,100 vehicles, up 16.72 percent from the same period last year, according to the auto association. Among them, 28,000 were sedans, an increase of 30.93 percent.

One of the biggest and most active expatriate community clubs in China. http://www.chinesecultureclub.org/

The Chinese Culture Club (CCC) is the market leader that pioneered many unique and innovative English language cultural events, city tours and adventurous trips in the premier China Culture travel, events management and eco-tourism industry. The first and only independent NGO that organizes a diverse range of cultural events (lectures, tours, workshops, courses, etc.) and trips for those who wish to understand and experience China and its rich culture better, Chinese Culture Club is the most creative and dynamic organization for a better understanding of China.

Many prestigious professors, famous artists and experts are invited to host the events. All events are conducted in English or with interpretation, and are carefully tailored and easily accessible to westerners. CCC is one of the biggest and most active expatriate community clubs in China.

From eco-friendly adventures to in-depth cultural tours, just connect with CCC and your China experience will never be the same again.

Ningbo Tax-free Zone was approved by the State Council in 1994. It covers an area of 2.3 square kilometers and is mainly made up of Beilun Harbor and an economic and technological development zone. In the zone, goods can go in and out freely, foreign currencies can be remitted and converted freely, and people can enter and leave freely, which have made it a free trade zone in accordance with international conventions.

The zone would offer the following preferential policies:

Taxes are exempted for those enterprises in the zone who import equipment, office facilities, production fuel and machine for their own use; Enterprises who are engaged in processing are allowed not to set standing books.

Except for the products forbidden by Chinese government, enterprises in the zone can import and export without applying for import and export licenses and are exempted from tariff and the value-added tax emerging in exporting.

Productive enterprises in the zone can be exempted from the value-added tax in course of producing; Enterprises first buy materials from abroad and then export processed goods made of these materials can deal with export procedures as normal and can get export drawback.

Enterprises in the zone can make use of their advanced equipment and technologies to process goods at the request of those enterprises outside the zone. Enterprises in the zone can be engaged in export, entrepot trade, processing trade and trading of tax-free materials.

Upon approval, enterprises in the zone can be involved in leasing and providing technologies for domestic enterprises.

Enterprises are encouraged to deal in tax-free materials. Goods imported from abroad are exempted from tax and they can be sold on domestic market. Enterprises in the zone can keep their foreign currencies and can carry out a turnover of them.

Enterprises in the zone may enjoy a 15% reduction of income tax. Productive enterprises may exempt from tax for the first two profit-making years and may enjoy a 50% reduction for the third, fourth and fifth years.

Productive enterprises in the zone which have invested more than one million yuan in infrastructure construction can be given back 50% to 80% of the total sales tax and income tax emerging in producing for two years after they started in operation.

Mozi (Mo Tzu: ca. 490-403 BC) was China's first true philosopher. Mozi pioneered the argumentative essay style and constructed the first normative and political theories. He formulated a pragmatic theory of language that gave classical Chinese philosophy its distinctive character. Speculations about Mozi's origins highlight the social mobility of the era. The best explanation of the rise of Mohism links it to the growth in influence of crafts and guilds in China. Mohism became influential when technical intelligence began to challenge traditional priestcraft in ancient China. The "Warring States" demand for scholars perhaps drew him from the lower ranks of craftsmen. Some stories picture him as a military fortifications expert. His criticisms show that he was also familiar with the Confucian priesthood.

Mozi advocated utilitarianism (using general welfare as a criterion of the correct dao-guiding discourse) and equal concern for everyone. The Mohist movement eventually spawned a school of philosophy of language (called Later Mohists) which in turn influenced the mature form of both Daoism (Zhuangzi ca 360 BC) and Confucianism (Xunzi 298-238 BC).

The core Mohist text has a deliberate argumentative style. It uses a balanced symmetry of expression and repetition that aids memorization and enhances effect. Symmetry and repetition are natural stylistic aids for Classical Chinese, which is an extremely analytic language (one that relies on word order rather than part-of-speech inflections). Three rival accounts of most of the important sections survive in the Mozi.

Mozi argues that the three tests of any theory are: 1) its basis, 2) its verifiability, and 3) its applicability. For Mozi, the basis of any doctrine or theory can be tested by comparing it with the basis of the actions of the sage-kings of antiquity. The verifiability of any theory can be tested by comparing it with sensory experience, insofar as this experience is generally available to most human beings. The applicability of any theory can be tested by adopting the theory as a principle of government and then observing whether it has a beneficial effect on society.

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