Biz China

In this special New Year's edition of Biz China, we hear from the industry insiders on the job market in China heading into 2013 as well as the new and continuing opportunities for job hunters, we look at the key trends that have impacted Chinese business over the course of the past year, and we look back on the companies that made a splash in 2012.

In this week's edition of Biz China, we get perspectives on a new joint venture between food-maker Nestle and a Traditional Chinese Medicine company to produce TCM health products, we look at China's presence in Africa as it becomes the continent's largest trading partner, and Chinese sportsbrand Li-Ning has had a dreadful 2012.

In Biz China this week, we hear how China's white liquor, or baijiu, industry has been performing in 2012 and its prospects for this year, China's film industry is performing below expectations, and China's largest equipment maker is moving into the UK.

In this week's episode we hear from the experts on proposals to tighten up the Initial Public Offering rules in Hong Kong, China's leisure market looks to be on the way up, and some experts are calling for a revolution in China's Business Education to boost company performance.

On this week's Biz China, we get perspectives on Chinese suppliers standing up to compete against their international clients, state-run news agency Xinhua pushes for an IPO of its online portal, only the second of its kind in the country, and Chinese tech firms are eyeing up opportunities in the Brazilian market. If you don't have iTunes, you can also stream or download this episode via http://english.cri.cn/8706/2013/01/14/2861s743482.htm.