Wang Tao is the head of Asia economics and chief China economist at UBS Investment Bank. As a key part of China’s “dual circulation” strategy, we are convinced that China will further push forward opening-up in the new five-year plan rather than seeking seclusion. China has accelerated opening-up in recent years, including rolling out a […]
Archives for September 2020
Pandemic Highlights Need for Cooperation
The Life Sciences & Healthcare industry is at a fantastic period with unprecedented improvement of health thanks to innovation. Products are developed under market forces. But as the Covid-19 pandemic demonstrates, when there is an urgent, public health need authorities have to intervene to ensure sufficient financing and reduce commercial risk to the companies. Covid-19 […]
85% surveyed in APAC believe workforce agility is the key to future success
85% of HR leaders and professionals in the Asia Pacific believe workforce agility is the key to future success, a new survey has revealed. According to Aon’s latest Global COVID-19 HR Pulse Survey, considering how COVID-19 has accelerated a number of key workforce trends, 27% of respondents felt it was an extremely important factor for future […]
China’s Healthcare Industry – Opportunities in Telemedicine and Digital Healthcare
China’s healthcare Industry is being forced to do a reset in 2020. Just as the 2003 SARS epidemic caused China to expose the gaps in the country’s disease surveillance infrastructure, COVID-19 has exposed the cracks its delivery of healthcare services. Now, as China is rebuilding and reorganizing its healthcare system the government has started to […]
Powering the world with solar boost
Longi Green Energy Technology, a major Chinese manufacturer of monocrystalline silicon photovoltaic products, will continue to expand the production capacity of its overseas plants. Its overseas revenue exceeded 7.654 billion yuan ($1.12 billion) during the first half of this year, accounting for 38 percent of its total revenue. The company’s major overseas markets, including the […]
Hiring Private Equity Leaders Part II: Core Soft Credential Constituents
Managing people is complex and hiring Private Equity leaders entails heavy lifting from a soft skill standpoint.
12 things to consider as you reset your people strategies for the ‘new normal’
As companies look to reset for the new world of work that emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is essential for them to make several shifts in mindsets. In particular, the shift towards an approach that values talent as a key asset that contributes to an organization’s sustained value creation will be crucial, revealed a joint […]
How HR is achieving its mission of workforce transformation amidst extraordinary circumstances
The pandemic may have been a catalyst in making the workforce more virtual and digital than ever before, but workforce transformation started long before COVID-19 hit. In a recent virtual roundtable, HR leaders across Malaysia came together to discuss how they have fared amidst testing times. Report by Aditi Sharma Kalra, with inputs by Priya […]
China announces plan to develop logistics, manufacturing sectors
Chinese authorities have announced an action plan to drive integration and innovation of logistics and manufacturing sectors, and maintain the stability of industrial and supply chains. Efforts will be made to promote the new development pattern in which domestic and foreign markets boost each other, with the domestic market as the mainstay, according to the […]