The Information Exchange Center
The China Enterprise Information Exchange Center, a center of nationwide
information exchange, was established in 1986. Its mission is to supply
information exchange services to foreign and domestic enterprises
in the sectors of industry, commerce, banking and finance, transportation,
capital construction, export and import, and service.
The Information Exchange Center boasts a large group of talents
on information exchange and state-of-the art information processing
equipment. It derives its information from a wide range of sources:
the State Economic and Trade Commission, the State Commission of Science
and Technology, the taxation, statistics, pricing and patents authorities
and the sectors of electronics, crude oil, petrochemicals, coal, light
industry, textiles, transportation, foreign trade, and banking, with
which the Center maintains a very close working relationship.
The Center operates its business in the following lines:
- Gathering and processing information regarding products, technology,
trade, finance, stock market, realty, advisory, information media
and new product samples, with a view to being instrumental in introducing
new technical know-how, bringing in foreign capital, encouraging exportation,
developing new products, promoting technical innovation, enhancing
product quality, reducing enterprise cost and increasing product competitiveness;
- Developing, generating and selling economic data bases of various
types, and those of excellent Chinese enterprises and entrepreneurs;
- Building large and medium-size enterprise networking information
systems, spreading the two-way exchange of the network, promoting
the exchange of product, technological and trade information between
domestic and foreign companies;
- Undertaking market surveys for foreign companies and to providing
advisory services for their entry into the Chinese market; undertaking
to promote sales of domestic manufacturers and to facilitate their
access to the international market;
- Undertaking to act as business agents, publish news releases and
conduct sales promotion activities;
- Compiling and publishing Market Observation (monthly, nation-wide
circulation) and the weekly of Senior Managers' Manual (internal circulation);
- Conducting the routine work of the CEC's China Enterprise Information
Working Committee;
- Maintaining and supporting CEC website with the cutting edge data
processing systems, providing consultation and service solution of
network technology to enterprise;
- Undertaking nation-wide product competitiveness surveys sponsored
by CEC/CEDA;
- Organizing information exchanges, carrying on researches of enterprise
information theories and training managerial staff for enterprises.
- Organizing international trade seminar or conference on joint
venture projects
- Organizing domestic business delegation going abroad to inspect
advanced factory and communicate successful experience;
- Promoting trade by helping the domestic and abroad merchants finding
buyer and suppliers
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