Slow headway on intellectual property rights reform is frustrating foreign companies in China, but some of the criticism may be fuelled by misperceptions about China’s IPR regime.
Analysts anticipating bold policy strokes during the ongoing National People's Congress got less than they hoped for as the NDRC continues to ride roughshod over the energy sector, diminishing the likelihood of streamlined policy-making and a more agile energy market.
Metals & Mining
Steel glut highlighted at NPC
At the annual meeting of China’s legislature taking place in Beijing this week, government officials and industry executives urged greater efforts to tackle the country’s steel oversupply problem, putting the issue firmly on the policy agenda for the new leadership.
Gas
- 05/20 12:49Shandong Energy looks to start up $1.3 billion CTG plant in Xinjiang
- 05/20 12:35PetroChina’s Rudong terminal racks up $3.2 billion loss for 2012
- 05/20 12:19Wintime to start exploring Guizhou shale gas block in June
- 05/16 13:07China's poor IPR score a mix of fact and fiction
- 05/15 15:18CNPC obtains belated approval for south Xinjiang gas grid project
- 05/15 14:59Guanghui Energy prepares to bring Kazakh-Sino pipeline onstream
- 05/10 15:17Sinopec’s first LNG terminal set for September start up
- 05/10 12:13PetroChina’s Qinghai Oilfield subsidiary to cut output
Energy
- 04/09 18:11Hanwha SolarOne launches new solar module line
- 04/09 15:42Ethiopia's SouthWest Energy unveils prospective resources assessment
- 03/15 15:55Guizhou coal mine blast kills 21
- 03/15 13:20Coal prices fractionally lower at Qinhuangdao Port
- 03/13 17:00Gansu to increase exports of clean energy-generated electricity
- 03/12 17:39China’s energy bureaucracy overhaul fizzles
- 03/11 17:43Retail fuel prices to be cut in late March
- 03/08 17:44Yulin City to set up coal exchange
Metals & Mining
- 03/15 18:28China demand to keep supporting copper – CICC
- 03/15 17:22Weekly metals prices, March 15
- 03/15 15:55Guizhou coal mine blast kills 21
- 03/15 15:38 Beijing to embark on aluminum reserve building
- 03/14 16:03DCE to pioneer coking coal futures
- 03/12 18:13Steel glut persists as output hits record
- 03/11 18:19Baosteel in surprise price hike
- 03/08 18:24Weekly metals prices, March 8
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Events & Conferences
- The 6th Deepwater Asia Congress, IndonesiaJakarta, Indonesia • May 20-22, 2013
- 6th Annual FLNG Asia 2013Singapore • May 20 - 23, 2013
- 7th Deepwater China Convention 2013Shenzhen, China • May 23-24, 2013
- 7th Annual Gas TurbinesSingapore • May 28 - 31, 2013
