Nano-Technology Can Help More Large-Scale Solar Cell Production

Israel Bar-Ilan University scientists announced in early 2008, using nano-technology production of the solar cells than typical solar cell is 100-fold larger. Bar-Ilan University nano-technology Institute of Technology to complete this nano-technology development. In the patented technology, the researchers will test the conduction wire buried under glass in the form of its efficiency solar cells with conventional silicon-based solar cells similar, but much cheaper to produce.

Professor Zaban has produced 1 cm2 size of the photovoltaic cells, battery size can now has reached 10 cm × 10 cm, upgrade the technology of solar cells for commercial purposes.

Source: 国际新能源网 Jan. 3, 2008

Solar Battery Industry May Exist Bubble?

10 overseas listing of domestic solar manufacturers, as well as other suddenly popular Chinese manufacturers of solar photovoltaic industry is international in an important pillar of strength and prospects for the future development of how the EU-China Energy and Environment project manager Han Fei come to the conclusion that the long term solar market products supply exceeds demand. However, including Suntech Power (STP.NYSE), and Trina Solar (TSL.NYSE), and other leading manufacturers do not agree with this view.

Yesterday, in the "Second China International Forum of new energy", Han Fei said, although the international market has continued to be popular demand, but because the overall production capacity to enlarge to 2010 global demand is 4.2 GW, Yield is 14 GW.

He said that in 2006 the top five global markets are Germany, Japan, South Korea, the United States and Spain, with Germany occupy 51 percent of the market, and several other countries of the region accounted for 21%, 14%, 10% and 4%. But there is one point worthy of attention, even though Germany is a face-lift capacity of 1150 MW, brings solar cell area reached 675,000 square meters, but the German photovoltaic market growth to zero in 2006, 2007 to 2010, the projected growth is not high, from 1265 MW to 1610 MW, but the annual growth rate of 10%.

According to his research, the greater the potential of the Spanish market, the annual growth rate is about 60%, "the Government of Spain in 2010 that exceeded the size of 200 MW, but now look at the Government to reconsider plans, this would certainly exceed the scale, it is estimated that by 2009 will reach 319 megawatts in the figures. "the Japanese market is Germany's third photoelectric market capacity, but development is not very healthy," the United States is different, the annual solar capacity will rise more than 50% each year . "

He suggested that, if the goal of all continents together, the 2010 total market capacity is 20 G Watts, an annual increase of 20 per cent to 30 per cent, worth about 20 billion euros.

Han Fei more worrying is that due to the excessive growth of the downstream production, solar photovoltaic industry as a whole into an excessive competition.

However, the EU representative said, Suntech Power obviously do not agree. Chairman and CEO Shi Zhengrong yesterday told reporters that the oversupply still hinges on whether the cost and price, "the lowest cost, then the products are more easily sold." And the company's financial director Zhang Yi said, in fact most of the front of a surplus polysilicon manufacturers, "upstream polysilicon manufacturers increased by many companies, which for us is a good thing, upstream silicon material sufficient, then price will be down, we will naturally reduce the cost. "

Trina Solar Gao Jifan chairman said that from 2007, as far as solar cells and modules demand remains large, the upper reaches of the polysilicon supply will be some tension, but in 2008 some of the major polysilicon manufacturing enterprises will be part of release capacity, market demand to ease slightly, "we did have a very strong competition, but to look at the specific operation of the enterprise is how."

Source: 第一财经日报 Wang You Dec. 12, 2007

CHINT Group Plan Construction of Europe's Largest Solar Power Plant

China's largest and the world's third largest manufacturer of low-voltage electrical CHINT Group since announced billions of investment into solar energy industry, finally exposed a vast overseas Solar Programme. CHINT reporters yesterday from the Zhejiang solar technology companies confirmed the general manager Yang Liyou, CHINT Group has decided to invest in Spain one of Europe's largest solar power plant, involving funds of up to 120 million euros.

Yang Liyou Another duty is The new energy of the federation executive vice president of National Association of Industry and Commerce.

"This is CHINT Group to 'go global' strategy represents an important step after CHINT project has been engaged in with a considerable strength, and the foreign direct investment in large-scale solar power station is the first time." Yang Liyou right told reporters.

According to him, CHINT Group will be its overseas partners building this project, the solar technology to be used to come mainly from CHINT own. This collaboration will change the past, only CHINT Group sells its products in the local corporate image, the company will use this opportunity to integrate into the terminal market, and further in the local deep plowing.

We understand that this information is CHINT Group chairman and chief executive officer Nan Cunhui Galicia in Spain and representatives of the Government and entrepreneurs at a forum for the first time disclosed. Galician regional government officials and the region's most well-known entrepreneurs all attended the meeting, and fully displayed the Spanish side CHINT Group of the importance of this investment. According to local media reports, the Government has Galicia solar industrial park project, Galicia in the next few years as the economic development of key projects, the success of this project will have less developed industrial economy Galicia have a tremendous impact.

In the forum, said Nan Cunhui, CHINT Group for Galicia's investment environment and solar power generation industry in Spain has a good prospect. He disclosed that this plan solar Industrial Park, covers an area of 20,000 square meters will be reached, the industrial park will build a 20-megawatt power solar power plants, the whole project investments over 120 million euros. The entire project will create 18,000 local jobs, its annual output value will reach 2 billion euros.

"Local government on this project very much support, in addition to direct help address CHINT Group choice, select partners, but also through trade associations to promote coordination between the parties, the granting of preferential policies also can be said to provide a full range of services." Yang Liyou told reporters that this is a win-win and mutually beneficial projects.

He said that the preliminary estimates, the project will be completed next year will be a fully operational within two years.

As a domestic low-voltage electrical industry boss, CHINT Group already meagre profits are not satisfied with the low-voltage electrical fields. Last year, the company began involvement solar industry, and has set up a specialized solar technology companies. This year in October, the group announced a 1 billion yuan investment in photovoltaic power generation system built production bases, and get the second-generation thin-film solar cell technology the forefront of research and development and production plans by 2010 with an annual capacity of up to 300 megawatts, the realization value of about 12 billion yuan.

Source: 上海证券报 Jun Jun Dec. 14, 2007

QiangSheng Plans Listed on the Nasdaq in 2008

Nantong QiangSheng Technology Company Ltd. Chairman Sha Xiaolin, announced a few days ago in Shanghai, the company the use of advanced thin film amorphous silicon solar battery production technology, is expected to break the long solar power because of the high costs and difficult to promote the bottleneck to use two Photoelectric time in the film battery power price from the current 4 yuan decreases for 1 yuan, Europe and Japan close to the thermal power tariff, the realization of the promotion of solar power.

At the same time, QiangSheng has signed a number of international investment banks intention to introduce risk investment, and plans to next year in September or October, and by the end of next year in the Nasdaq-listed equity scale not more than 100 million shares, to raise 200 million dollars.

Statistics that the United Nations Environment Programme, the scale of China's solar industry ranked first in the world. But our country is more than 95 percent of the polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic cells for battery products, the high cost and complexity of production processes, resulting in high prices and difficult to achieve commercialization. "China Photovoltaic Industry Development Report" data showed that the current photovoltaic power generation cost of about four yuan / degrees, it is estimated that 2020 could be reduced to 1 /, 2030 to be with the conventional thermal power price competition.

QiangSheng late into the solar industry, but conform to the latest international trends, to the new amorphous silicon thin film photoelectric technology. Compared with polysilicon, amorphous silicon thin film deposition battery raw materials used by only 1 per cent of polysilicon batteries, and there is no raw material supply bottlenecks in the production of electricity consumed by only 7-8% of the latter, and non - crystal silicon in low-light conditions under the power-generating capacity was higher than that of polysilicon. In the use of vector, the film amorphous silicon thin film battery is the large-area glass, and can also be activity such as plastic or stainless steel, and architectural decoration into an integrated entity, more extensive applications. Companies are, at present QiangSheng with international research institutions more than amorphous silicon technology to maintain cooperative relations with the progress of scientific research, there is a great decline in the cost of production space.

Nantong QiangSheng invested 25 million US dollars from the United States to introduce the world's most advanced 25 megawatts amorphous silicon thin film solar cell production lines have entered the stage of installation and adjustment, in January next year in production. Sha Xiaolin, the introduction of the first production line is the company's use of its own funds, the second and third lines of production have signed risk investment intention next year to the Nasdaq listing and financing, the company will be in three years to reach production line photoelectric 20 , the total production capacity of 500 megawatts, became the world's top five amorphous silicon thin film battery manufacturers one.

In addition, the company is working with the concerned departments, the plan over three years in Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, and other remote areas, the establishment of a group of 1-5 MW of large-scale photovoltaic power plants. According to calculations, the investment cost only domestic demonstration projects for the current 40 %.

Source: 中国证券报 Zhou Songlin Dec. 10, 2007

China Photovoltaic Industry Polysilicon Shortage Continues:Part 2

Polysilicon supply situation will continue

Polysilicon material mainly used in two areas: semiconductor and solar cell industries, according to the purity, can be divided into electronic and solar grade level. In recent years, the world semiconductor industry and the development of photovoltaic industry, in particular by the development of silicon solar cells is driven to rapid growth in the polysilicon market, the world's polysilicon current imbalance between supply and demand issues outstanding, it has as the world's concerns. 2006 global output of solar cells for 2521 MW, which crystalline silicon solar 2132 MW, polysilicon consumption of about 23,000 tons, accounting for polysilicon demand total 45,000 tons of about 50%; annual output of 3.7 polysilicon 10,000 tons, the market shortfall of about 08,000 tons, but takes the solar cell production capacity in terms of the numerical gap greater.

Faced with a shortage of polysilicon market remained situation, the international advantages of a base set polysilicon production enterprises development plans have large-scale expansion. For example, the United States spent 1 billion US dollars Hemlock polysilicon capacity expansion, the company forecast 2010 polysilicon production by 2006, the 10,000 tons to 31,000 tons; Germany Wacker Polysilicon is a new factory, It is estimated that by 2010 the plant polysilicon production from the current 6,500 tons to expand more than doubled to 14,500 tons, while MEMC is that the 2010 can be expanded two times annually, it is estimated that after 2008, production will reach 6,700 tons ; Japan and Germany-the company plans to invest 390 million US dollars to establish a new polysilicon plants, new capacity of 3,000 tons is expected to be completed in 2009.

At the same time the long-term development of solar energy industry and the potential shortage of polysilicon materials, has also attracted a large number of new investors and new technologies to accelerate the industrialization of the production process. Including a traditional Korean Siemens law input DC chemical, Hoku Hawaii in the United States, Spain Isofotonetal. France FrenchConsortium, Russia Crys-tal, Russia Russia / FSU, Japan M. Setek other metallurgical purification techniques used Elkem of Norway, Japan JFE, Japan's Nippon Steel, the United States companies such as Dow Corning polysilicon solar project started large-scale production.

International original polysilicon manufacturers large-scale expansion and the release of new projects capacity, the global supply and demand imbalance in the situation of polysilicon in 2008 after the end of the gradual easing, it is estimated that in 2010 after the international market prices will also polysilicon With productivity growth down, will be increasingly fierce market competition, technology and cost competitiveness will be the key to success or failure of the enterprise decision.

In recent years, China's IC industry and the development of solar cells, and greatly promote the development of market demand for polysilicon materials. 2001 to 2006 China's integrated circuit (IC) with the average annual growth of the polysilicon market demand for 14.9%, while domestic output of solar cells while the average annual rate of 157% growth. Six years on solar cell production and expand the demand for polysilicon 110 times. 2006 domestic production of integrated circuits used 551 tons of monocrystalline silicon, polysilicon demand of about 847 tons, the output of 370 MW solar cells, polysilicon demand of about 4,100 tons, the total demand for polysilicon was close to 5,000 tons, while the entire polycrystalline Silicon yield only 287 tons, the supply and demand ratio less than 6%.

The rapid development of solar cells, leading to tension in the supply of polysilicon raw materials, the majority of solar enterprises can not operating at full capacity, its yield of only 30% to 40%. In such circumstances, the price of polysilicon materials suddenly increased polysilicon not normal "profiteering" situation has also stimulate domestic investment and business expansion of the initiative.

Source: 中国电子报 Lu Jin & Li Qingyan Dec. 14, 2007

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China Photovoltaic Industry Polysilicon Shortage Continues:Part 1

Polysilicon is the electronics industry and the solar photovoltaic industry basic materials. In recent years, the worldwide semiconductor integrated circuit industries, and solar photovoltaic the rapid development of industry, especially the development of the solar industry driven polysilicon market to be growing rapidly. And the polysilicon market imbalance between supply and demand issues have become increasingly prominent and also caused world wide attention.

In today's increasingly tense energy, increased pressure on the environment increasingly the case, renewable energy by the Governments of the growing importance of solar energy as an important renewable energy, its development and use has become a national sustainable development strategy of group Some 10%. At present, China's renewable energy scale of only 8%, the future development of space is very extensive. As the 21st century the most potential energy, and solar energy industries in the research and development, production, market development have made significant progress, solar industry has also become the world rapid, and steady development of the sunrise industry.

Solar cell is still a great market space

To 2006, cumulative worldwide photovoltaic solar energy systems have been installed in more than 800 GW in 2006, within a year of solar cells manufacturing investment funds over 1 billion US dollars. According EPIA Forecast: 2009, the global photovoltaic industry will reach an annual growth rate of 27 per cent in 2010 to 2020 will reach 34 percent, by 2010, the worldwide installed photovoltaic market volume will reach 11.34 GW (including Japan 5GW, 3 GW Europe, the United States 2.14 GW, and other areas 1.2 GW).

The current global solar market fundamentals from Japan, Europe and other big international companies by the occupation, in 2006 China's production capacity of solar cells enterprises substantially enhance China's Suntech Power, China Sunergy, Motech company has been included in the output of the world row former 10.

Since 2005, the global solar market demand in the international environment under the influence of the global market demand growth, especially in the European market growth of the outbreak, solar photovoltaic industry to China has brought about tremendous growth. China's solar industry has advanced by leaps and bounds, Suntech Power, China Sunergy, Yingli Solar, LDK Solar, SunOasis, Trina Solar, and other companies have entered the stage of growth, constantly expanding production scale, technology has improved continuously, continuously strengthen the competitiveness of enterprises.

China's rapid development of solar energy industry, by the attention of the world. However, the Chinese solar cell to achieve industrial development from quantity to quality changes, is still faced with many problems to be solved: First, the severe shortage of raw materials, more than 90 percent of the silicon material dependence on imports, the prices were too high, businesses started less than the second is the market excluded, the rapid development of domestic photovoltaic industry relies on the rapid development of foreign markets by pulling more than 95 per cent of domestic exports, and rapid development of the photovoltaic industry and slow development of the PV market and the serious imbalance between the lack of co-ordination; Third, China's Sun Industry can be started late, equipment, technology, personnel, such as weak core technology, the ability of independent innovation to be further strengthened; four Although China is "renewable energy" has been officially implemented, but the lack of relevant supporting policies, their implementation, is a process ; five photovoltaic industry is the uneven quality of products, the industry is detrimental to the long-term development; six businesses follow suit widespread phenomenon, brought the matter on, the herd instinct, making it easy for overheated investment industry is not conducive to the healthy and orderly development.

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Shi Zhengrong Polysilicon Cool Down Overheated Investment

Domestic polysilicon investment recent rapid warming, the conservative estimate is that at least some 10,000 tons polysilicon production will start together, and the relevant stock is welcomed by the A-share market. It is in this "hot" when domestic photovoltaic industry leader, Suntech Power chairman Shi Zhengrong has poured a lot of cold water pouring - Yesterday, he had openly stated that China is not suitable for investment in polysilicon.

Shi Zhengrong in Wuxi at the "2007 China Photovoltaic Industry Summit Forum international competitiveness," said the above.

As silicon material prices continue to rise, the recent large number of domestic capital investment polysilicon field. Two weeks ago, Tianweibaobian Electric Notice that Xinguang Silicon industry to Chengdu in Sichuan Province in Xinjin County and the city of Leshan, a new 3,000-metric-ton polysilicon production projects, these two projects proposed by the Xinjin County, and in the establishment of the Leshan operation of the two new companies. According to October 2007 disclosure of the "new 3,000-metric-ton polysilicon Xinjin project feasibility report," The project to invest 2.675 billion yuan.

A few days later, LDK Solar also announced that the company is located in Xinyu City in Jiangxi Province polysilicon has begun construction of the factory, which is scheduled for completion in late 2008, to reach an annual output of 6,000 tons of polysilicon. The project is only 15,000 tons of its silicon material part of the plan. According to the timetable, in 2009 after the completion of all projects, LDK Solar will be formed 15,000 tons of silicon material capacity.

According to the recently released "China's New Energy and Industrial Annual Report 2007" shows that the current domestic construction has been completed and is planned polysilicon production capacity of up to 63,560 tons, in 2008 about 18,000 tons can be formed polysilicon production capacity.

"China photovoltaic industry in the phenomenon of the herd phenomenon, especially polysilicon now extremely overheated investment." Shi Zhengrong said yesterday that China is not suitable for manufacturing polysilicon, because electricity is too expensive, not polysilicon production consistent with the scientific development concept. In his view, the investment should go to the polysilicon Canada, the United States, Australia, and other countries relatively cheap electricity.

In this regard, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Academician Jian Shuisheng agreed. He recently wrote an article pointed out that the current production of polysilicon enterprises generally have adopted modified "Siemens methods." The use of the method, one kilowatt solar batteries about 10 kilograms of polysilicon, 5800-6000 kw power consumption needs * h, the consumption of very large. Even if the batteries used in 20 to be stable, renewable solar electricity than not to 8, is relatively low. "Now some companies are to be completed by producing 15,000 tons of polysilicon base, its power consumption will be more than a 1 million kilowatt thermal power station of the year the total power generation, Haomei of nearly 3 million tons, about Pingxiang coal mine for half of each year. "said Jian Shuisheng.

However, there are people in the trade who do not think so. A large domestic enterprises silicon responsible people told this reporter that investment is not fully silicon materials to make money, and more is considering lowering the cost of silicon. Because silicon material prices rose too powerful, can be done only with their own down the cost. "Abroad, in the 10,000-ton silicon material, if we re-thousand ton, the market's natural fluctuations in no way competitive. Do to the industry, and others on the 10,000-ton class, you have the 10,000-ton ; others costs 20 US dollars, and you have to be 20 US dollars, or even lower, in order to competition and foreign. need to know, the market, there will certainly be volatile. "the source said.

Source: 上海证券报 Chen Qijue Dec. 13, 2007

Focus Media Coverage of the Supermarket 168.4 Million US Dollars Acquisition Cgen

On December 10, China's largest digital media group Focus Media (Nasdaq: FMCN) announced that it has the same stores digital advertising network operators Cgen Media reached a definitive agreement to acquire all the shares of the latter. Since then, the sphere of influence of Focus Media comprehensive coverage from the mouth to lift the large supermarket chains.

Under the agreement, Focus Media will be 168.4 million US dollars in cash for Cgen Media 100% of the shares. In addition, if the transaction completed after 24 months of the proceeds Cgen Media achieving specific goals, Focus Media will again pay the highest 181.6 million US dollars in cash and stock. This is the Focus Media in March following the merger of China's largest Internet technology and service providers Allyes largest advertising network after the merger.

It is understood that Focus Media is China's largest digital media group that includes digital outdoor, Internet advertising, wireless phones have three major product lines covering China more than 100 cities, nearly 200 million urban consumer mainstream crowd. Founded in 2003 the Cgen Media is the leading domestic television advertising sales operators, and Carrefour, B & Q, Wumart, associating with Chinese businessmen, and other large retail chains are domestic, in cooperation Focus Media announced the news before the merger, Cgen Media has been to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission filing, plans Nasdaq listing.

Industry analysts believe that Cgen Media listed before the "slam the brakes" stores will completely change the pattern of LCD advertising market, after the completion of mergers and acquisitions, Focus Media Video in stores undisputed marketing network will become China's leading enterprises stores video ads.

Focus Media at the end of 2004 launched China stores terminal hookup network, its precision at the rapidly consumer goods major purchase decision-making crowd, shopping in the affected terminals brand of choice and consumer decision-making market positioning, a national terminal quickly to fill vacancies in the media.

Source: 北京商报 Dec. 13, 2007

Techfaith Wireless Announced That it Would Enter the Indian Market

December 10 news Techfaith Wireless (Nasdaq: CNTF) announced today that the company will enter the Indian market, continue to global expansion. Techfaith Wireless has been an Indian operator with an agreement to supply the latter in high-end CDMA 1X long standby feature phones. Techfaith Wireless from the 2008 first quarter Availability.

Techfaith Wireless CEO Dong Defu said: "India is a very attractive market, with its huge mobile phone user groups, the appropriate network infrastructure, as well as strong economic growth momentum in recent years, the Indian market for high-end handsets in demand growth We believe that, through a combination of technical superiority Techfaith Wireless operators and partners advantage of the region, we can quickly enter the Indian market, and obtained a large number of orders and market share. "

Source: 新浪科技 Moer Dec. 11, 2007

PetroChina May Shandong, Yunnan Building Two Refineries

PetroChina Co., PTR, a management person on December 11 that the company is in Shandong, Yunnan building two refineries for a preliminary study.

Asset size measure, PetroChina is China's largest oil company.

The management said that PetroChina hope that the significant increase refining capacity, and are currently being competitors enter the China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., SNP, Shandong and Yunnan occupy the market.

He said the refinery construction plan has not yet been approved by the government. He also said that these two refineries feeding may mainly come from the Middle East and Russia from imported crude oil. He said, and Exxon Mobil Corp., XOM, and other large international oil companies, PetroChina plans to use to import materials to improve refining capacity, so that it goes far beyond the company's crude oil production capacity.

One refinery will be located in Weihai City, Shandong Province, near the city of Qingdao in China's petrochemical major refineries. He said that another proposed refinery will be located in China - Myanmar oil pipeline the end of Kunming City in Yunnan Province. The management said that the refinery, each handling capacity of at least 200800 barrels. In view of the Shandong Province independent refineries operating instability, the government decided to support the construction of new oil refineries PetroChina to ensure fuel supply.

Because of the rising price of crude oil, independent oil refineries in Shandong Province has suspended operations later this year, thus exacerbating the fuel shortage situation.

PetroChina and its parent China National Petroleum Corporation recently with Shandong, and the Yunnan provincial government signed a strategic cooperation agreement.

Source: 中华工控网 Dec. 13, 2007

China Spot Alumina Prices Rose 9.5 % ACH May Raise Prices

Shanghai December 13 news, traders Thursday that China Spot aluminum prices in less than three weeks rose 9.5 percent to per tonne 4,200 yuan, and is expected to rise further due to strong demand.

November 27, Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. (ACH) from its alumina selling price per ton 3,500 yuan up to a ton 3,800 yuan, before other smelters increase their alumina prices.

Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. (ACH) is China's largest alumina and aluminum production manufacturers.

ACH alumina production accounts for about half of the country's total output. A refinery in central China's management staff, other smelters spot alumina price per ton 4,200 yuan, 11 at the end of a ton 3,800 yuan.

He said Alumina overall inventory level is very low. Traders said late last month with other smelters ACH increase alumina prices.

Antaike Information Development Company Limited, a alumina, analysts said ACH may once again increase the prices follow other smelters. Alumina is made from bauxite, is used in the production of aluminum.

Analysts said that despite increased domestic production, raise the cost of production, including bauxite and electricity price up to early February for the Spring Festival are expected to support alumina prices because domestic demand is robust.

The National Bureau of Statistics said 1-October China's aluminum production year, an increase of 50 percent to 16.12 million tons.

Source: 中国矿业网 Dec. 14, 2007

ELong New Head of the Post, People-Oriented Restore Business Confidence:Part 2

This localization color for eLong very strong enterprises, typically with a strong "offensive" American-style management is unable to meet the needs of enterprise management. Expert essence of the Chinese culture Cui Guangfu well aware, Chinese enterprises need is "friendly atmosphere," a "vigorous and resolute." Therefore, a starting Cui Guangfu set up a scholarship CEO, individuals will be invested 200,000 yuan to the annual subsidy senior managers and staff positions following the-job learning at the same time, improved working environment, the company must upgrade equipment, increase the number of staff annual leave. To ensure that new blood pouring implantation, eLong has started in College campus recruitment conducted to attract college students talents. To meet the business needs and enrich eLong pool, and in the recruitment of middle managers, Cui Guangfu was personally attended interviews managers to ensure the correct leadership of the appointment.

For the Chinese-style management ideas, Wall Street also given recognition, it is reported that, "eLong again need to establish their own cultural identity. Composed of non-Chinese Expedia management intervention for too much decision-making process, the appointment of Chinese CEO Cui Guangfu It is the first step towards the right direction "and Cui Guangfu took office in the same time, despite eLong's third-quarter earnings report unsatisfactory, but the Nasdaq market or in the several days in a row up to express support for the newly appointed and certainly.

Emphasis on customer satisfaction as the center of service
Cui Guangfu after taking office the first two days, it has found a call center managers to improve business processes. In the days after, he took time every day to understand the work and call center processes, and personally redesigned it in call centers, a decrease of 1 / 2 of unnecessary language. After a series of reforms, is now the fastest eLong booking a ticket only need 36 seconds ...

In Cui Guangfu view, in 2008 the Chinese online travel market, and five years ago has been completely different, competition among enterprises is not simply rely on the new technology can be achieved, and the single market may not be able to gimmicks widespread attention among consumers . "Customers, especially those loyal customers is the driving force for the development of enterprises, no they would not have eLong today, there will be no more eLong tomorrow," With years of B2C experience Cui Guangfu very clear that the key to the development of eLong. To this end, eLong upgrade the overall speed of the call center reservations. At the same time, will the end of the year to service both domestic and international air travel time by 7 × 11 hours adjusted to 7 × 24-hour service.

The traditional Chinese thinking is the humanities in product design follow. From just past November 1, eLong started "online ordering hotels, Cheong enjoy three times the integral", which is all domestic online travel brands in the most favorable option. -- Activities period, the online booking hotels, and success will be based on points for the three times Integral (VIP Member 4.5 times, Lung and Crafts Member six times); December 1, flight reservation if no delivery, and since take a trip or receive mail alone, but also immediate access to three times the integral feedback; now played on December 31, all through eLong successful ticket booking hotels or guest, can be free prints 30 6-inch digital photos. Moreover, the use of eLong joint card with the CCB "eLong Cheong Hang Brunca" first successful booking hotels for 40 yuan cash gifts products. The first successful air ticket booking hotels or products gold card users will be 2000 points, ordinary card customers will be 1,000 points ...

"This is not a simple integration activities, but eLong for an old customer feedback - in the last few years, they have been quietly supporting the development of eLong, no they did not eLong today." Cui Guangfu who he is not eLong understanding of the customer full of Thanksgiving, "on the other hand, we would also like to those who have just become our customers, or has yet to become a friend of our customers, eLong done is to allow you to experience every time eLong unparalleled service. "

Gantry jumps
They went through the ups and downs over the past two years, eLong need now actually is a belief that a win convictions.

"Know your customer's real needs and solve customers want and unexpected problems, and then the customer trust online travel service provider, is the core of the work of eLong." Cui Guangfu firmly and confidently said, "Although the competition in the market eLong , in the second position, but we believe that, if won the hearts of customers, we will eventually win market leadership position. "

Beijing Olympics has given everyone a chance of success, eLong is no exception. We look forward to see Cui Guangfu eLong in the lead, the goal jumps, and truly become a glittering dragon.

Source: 新快报 Bai Ming Dec. 1, 2007

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October 8, when Cui Guangfu first sitting at his desk eLong CEO, would not satisfactory financial report has not shaken any of his confidence, "I am pleased that in this present both challenges and opportunities of the moment to join eLong the company, I will continue the company's ongoing transformation, eLong efforts to become a more companies create strong companies. "

Although many people have pointed out numerous times, in the scale of challenges and opportunities, all sorts of factors have to face too much pressure eLong. However, as the well-known financial blog website Seeking Alpha analysis noted, the current eLong good assets, cash reserves to 156 million US dollars, and there is no liability; eLong has since listed the total annual revenue growth of 20 percent or more in the next 1 , should be close to 50 million US dollars. At the same time, eLong nor small-scale enterprises, as China's second largest online travel businesses, eLong has more than 2,000 employees. While Expedia shareholdings in eLong, but also to bring the confidence of investors - after all, in the global online travel market, Expedia not only plays the role of super businessmen, it is a successful model.

P & G has in the FedEx Kinko's work and years of Cui Guangfu even clearer understanding that the term of office in order to record a good performance, especially with the 2008 Beijing Olympics the opportunity to eLong can rise up suddenly, by relying on nothing more than the team is united enterprise customer support and market recognition, which is the current efforts to improve the eLong.

The establishment of a "people-oriented" enterprise culture
In 2007, "11" has just passed, eLong several call center employees received from the CEO Cui Guangfu of an e-mail, the contents of the letter is very simple, just to eat lunch together about their casual chat.

"Frontline staff the best understanding of the actual situation of the company, decision-making at the same time many companies to pass messages to customers. Them more exchanges and can be the most direct customer feedback from companies, but also can help me on some of the company's strategic thinking that. "Cui Guangfu values and staff exchanges, once there, he will be invited to 7-8 months frontline staff had lunch together, the understanding of their work, listen to their opinions and suggestions company.

Before joining eLong, Cui Guangfu has held FedEx Kinko's managing director in China. In his term of four years, FedEx Kinko's rapidly growing field of Digital Printing for the domestic market leader, the country has 16 service centers and 300 employees. The FedEx Kinko's in office before Cui Guangfu more in P & G China Limited work over 12 years, P & G companies in China for the distributor and retail network coverage system set up to a leadership role.

Although P & G to FedEx Kinko's, and then to the eLong now, the three companies are very different in their respective industries, but their fundamental is the same, and that is a strong sense of identity with employees and enthusiasm. Foreign investment in China for many years in charge of the management of enterprises, Cui Guangfu can clearly see that, encouraged by the staff morale, enhance their sense of honor and the establishment of the company people-centered corporate culture, has a very important significance. Any international management companies need a strategy of localization process, how we can properly implement the parent company of sound strategic approach and local companies to digest integration as a strategy for the development of enterprises in China for the progress is essential.

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Yang Ning: KongZhong Greatest Success to the Wireless Internet Portal Upgrade

Last year, China's mobile operators have to keep a low profile or high-profile or to the "comprehensive information service provider", a large scale value-added services to the upstream areas of forward and with the content providers (CP) direct cooperation, the scenery has unlimited mobile value-added services providers (SP) of space for an unprecedented squeeze profits.

In July 2006, the Ministry of Information Industry launched against the SP "second confirmation" new policy requiring users must again confirm whether or not a purchase order business relationship can be. The domestic policy in a short period of time led to several Nasdaq-listed SP - KongZhong, Hurray, Linktone were varying degrees layoffs. KongZhong three consecutive quarter total revenue fell, in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, KongZhong 2007 first quarter net profit of 1.56 million US dollars, up down 82%; second quarter net profit more drop of 10,000 US dollars.

Let outsiders surprised that, as of September 30 the third quarter fuels virtually all of the KongZhong quarter net profit also rose to 540,000 US dollars. Chairman and CEO Zhou Yunfan said that the third-quarter rebound performance, "mainly due to our mobile advertising revenues continued to grow, and our continuing implementation of effective cost control measures." KongZhong expected, do the same trend, the fourth quarter of this year revenues in the third quarter based on an increase of 1 million US dollars.

In competitors huge losses, or to withdraw from the market or on the lower reaches of content providers combined with the restructuring of the roads, this had on MMS and mobile games download large profits earned special SP, now in the wireless Internet portal hope that the mobile phone advertising harvest was on the third quarter earnings to the bright lights of its greater lung power - its mobile advertising revenue for five consecutive quarters of steady growth, reaching 265,000 US dollars, sequentially increased 19%.

"The recent two years, KongZhong greatest success is achieved from traditional to wireless Internet portal SP upgrades, and 'free content + advertising' that the traditional media and Internet proven profitable model transplanted to the wireless Internet." KongZhong president Yang Ning said.

In May 2007, China Mobile introduced a series of new policies, including the WAP mobile phone users to download product, indicate GPRS service costs reminded, and will KongZhong and other third-party service providers from China WAP mobile phone built-in menu customization deleted . Affected by this, KongZhong quarter 2.5G services (including WAP, MMS and Java technology) revenue fell 32 percent. Zhou Yunfan said at the time: "what we can do is to focus on new product development and promotion, to compensate for the losses caused by the new policy." He said to boost the morale of investors is expected to cell phone advertising business development within the next two years in strength, and ultimately make up for the companies in the wireless value-added services in the loss.

Compared with the wireless value-added services, from wireless Internet business operators by the relatively small number of restrictions, KongZhong that end has invested tens of millions of dollars, and good to fulfill the mission of the business also maintained a strong momentum of growth. 2007 first quarter, KongZhong wireless advertising sales than the fourth quarter of 2006 increased nearly 30 percent. KongZhong is expected in 2007 its advertising revenue from mobile phones will reach 1 million US dollars a year to achieve five times the growth of three to five years, wireless Internet business to mature, "can contribute to the whole company profits."

"We believe that the wireless Internet has just started, like a 2000 Internet the same." Yang Ning said, "China has 500 million mobile phone users, Internet phones have the opportunity to fully develop into a major industry." As early as last year, then brand KongZhong one of the media sector KongZhong wireless Internet has changed to the Department, this year in May since mid-KongZhong "mobile phone Internet, on the previous KongZhong" advertising landing Beijing main streets, subway stations and bus body. KongZhong firmly believe that wireless advertising with Internet advertising will embark on the same road.

The successful structures in the interactive entertainment platforms, information and community, and other 150 channels and columns, KongZhong formally proposed this year, media strategy, established the contents of the adhesion to win users to the users win profitable advertising revenue ideas, and in this line of thought under its comprehensive integration of product and market resources.

June 29, KongZhong announced an agreement with MSN China to become Mobile Messenger 3.0 information channels and mobile games channel in China's exclusive content providers. July 19, KongZhong announced with the famous phone browser developer Opera cooperation and common development for the Chinese mobile phone users, "KongZhongOpera" browser solutions, and KongZhong wireless Internet portal Kong.net as default Home. In September, KongZhong also formally announced a cooperation with the NBA, the NBA launched the official website of Chinese mobile phone.

Yang Ning told reporters, currently KongZhong phone advertising clients have included Nike, Red Bull, Blackberry, Motorola, Nokia and BMW, and other famous brands. "With the passage of time, various sectors of our well-known businesses will be interested in the advertising services," founder of the Chinaren, Sohu question for two years in the Yang Ning sure, "We do not anxious to wireless Internet, if you want to do media , inputs certainly very great. me to do when Chinaren and Sohu, have experienced a prolonged period of market development, spent 90 million dollars Sina, Sohu spent 60 million dollars to a profit. that many companies do not have confidence in the money, successively left, the results remain have become very great company. "

Source: 商务周刊 Dec. 8, 2007

China Medical Technologies HIFU System to Expand Overseas Market

From China Medical Technologies (Nasdaq: CMED) learned that the company's High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) tumor therapy system has been the Korea Food and Drug Administration approval. China Medical Technologies will be formally put to the Korean market this system, and this will be the first time in China HIFU system outside the market.

China Medical Technologies CEO Wu Xiaodong said, following the July 2007 HIFU system of the FDA's conditional approval to begin human clinical trials into the stage, this is granted in South Korea made another HIFU system milestones like progress.

It is learned that at present in South Korea have more than 1,000 general hospitals. China Medical Technologies the exclusive distributor in South Korea will be the first to aim at sales of large general hospitals to promote HIFU tumor therapy system. In addition, the company will also regularly review companies and dealers in the Korean market sales strategies, and objectives focus on South Korea's long-term market.

Source: 中国行业研究网 Oct. 18, 2007

Shi Zhengrong Imagine: Shanghai Skyscraper Solar Glass Curtain Wall Covering

Yesterday, Suntech solar cell manufacturing base in Shanghai Caohejing Development Zone break ground, silicon thin film solar cells for the research and development and production, are expected to begin in June a 60 MW production line will be officially put into operation by 2010, will form a 400-megawatt production capacity a total investment of 300 million US dollars.

Suntech Power chairman Shi Zhengrong disclosed, Wuxi will continue to base expansion, coupled with the production base in Luoyang, 2010 combined capacity of 1,000 megawatts around. Suntech Power output end of this year will exceed 300 MW, ultra-500 MW capacity, is expected to one second in the world.

Suntech Power last year's global market share is 8%, Shi Zhengrong said hope that in 2010 this share reaches 15%.

Shi Zhengrong, the international market continued tension in the supply of raw materials silicon, thin film photovoltaic solar cells to adapt to the international market development trend of development, silicon thin film manufacturing cost per watt 1.2 US dollars around silicon manufacturing cost of 2.5 dollars, in addition to using less silicon film low cost, and building materials combine attractive.

There are many high-rise buildings in Shanghai, contains enormous business opportunities, Shi Zhengrong am looking forward to this. He said that the Shanghai production base, once the high glass curtain wall combined with the silicon thin film products, can be turned into solar walls, I feel like glass curtain wall, also can control transparency, and cost than regular glass curtain wall only your 20%.

As for the current bottleneck in the development of solar energy industry, Shi Zhengrong that, we must first carry out large-scale publicity and education, in which all people understand the energy crisis, followed by countries to promote development of new energy sources, with the vision to see the development of solar energy.

"The government can be introduced corresponding policies, and provide funds to support industrial development, with the market, enterprises will use their brains engage in their own technological transformation." Shi Zhengrong said.

Source: 第一财经日报 Ren Shaomin May. 10, 2007

Asiainfo Northern Telecom Received Orders Online Service System

Recently, Northern Telecom and Asiainfo company formally signed cooperation agreements, including the building of common Tianjin, Henan, Shanxi, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Shandong, Liaoning, Jilin and Inner Mongolia North nine provinces online call center system for telecommunications customers with a unified personalized service, effectively improve service levels.

With 3G services launched step by step, the four operators are invariably strengthen the building of IT systems to upgrade the level and build market operators core competitiveness. Online customer service center, China Telecom electronic channels an important part of China Telecom is fully provided for all customers the unified self-service Internet portal. To extricate itself from the traditional way of business services by the Office of space and time constraints of the various factors to achieve the northern governorates online call center and the unity of various operational norms, offers customers an early realization of a multi-level, independent of the high standard services is imperative.

Currently, the Northern Telecom 9 provinces and cities have basic online customer service centers to achieve customer login registration, billing / Long single inquiries, operations (PWC) admissible, complaints suggested that self-service, information dissemination, and other functions. Asiainfo Northern Telecom in-depth understanding of engineering construction requirements, the system is directed against the North Telecom not unified version of the status quo, since the use of online services Asiainfo solutions AITWSS upgrade Northern Telecom online call center system. Asiainfo AITWSS system can provide a unified, comprehensive services interface, customers can provide a unified integration of customer information display; on-line products (services) ordering, opening and change; on-line customer care and customer support services, such as reminding , notice, the proposed complaint, investigation and opinions; Online Recharge, payments and fees, user-friendly cost management, and other functions. AITWSS provided by the rich content and services, Northern Telecom can not only reduce customer service costs, and can greatly improve customer service, increase customer satisfaction, to enhance online customer service center in the North in the way the telecommunications customer contact position, it Telecom customers into contact with the main service window one.

Asiainfo, president and CEO Zhang Zhenqing, said: "Faced with the new trend of network integration, comply with the 3G era of the new developments in the application of emerging new challenges, a strong business support system has been the development of the telecommunications industry a major focus , we have felt our customers are increasing the intensity of building IT systems. friendly interface and efficient online self-service center is an important component of the telecommunications CRM. Asiainfo provide a mature software system and professionalism in project implementation capacity , to deliver a powerful IT system effectively protected. "

Source: eNet硅谷动力 Hu Ying Nov. 30, 2007

Nam Tai Electronics Stock Sale TCL Cash 54 Million US Dollars

-- April 25 - Nam Tai Electronics Group today announced that it has, through its Hong Kong-listed subsidiary of Nam Tai Electronics Electrical Products Limited in April 20 and April 23 to sell 39 million shares and 41.6 million shares of TCL Corporation A-shares, the total recovered 54 million US dollars funds, the equity investment to bring it about 30 million dollars of one-time investment income (excluding minority interests after).

In 2002, it invested about 12 million US dollars acquisition of the shares of TCL Corporation. Later TCL Group in January 2004 at the Shenzhen Stock Exchange A share market listing. In all the sale of shares held by TCL, Nam Tai Electronics Electrical Products Limited holders of 80.60 million shares were TCL A shares, about TCL Group of the entire issued shares of 3.12%. According to limit the sale of provisions, the proceeds from the sale of shares of TCL has been transferred to the bank accounts.

Source: 网易科技 San Zhang Apr. 26, 2007

AOB 30 Million US Dollars Acquisition of Xinan Pharmaceutical Companies

On June 13, 2007, American Oriental Bioengineering Inc (NYSE: AOB) signed letters of intent to acquire Changchun Xinan of enterprises invested 30 million US dollars in cash. The headquarters in China's Harbin American Oriental Bioengineering and Xinan are plant-based drug and health care products companies, in fact competitors. In June 4, American Oriental Bioengineering Inc. New issue 15 million shares of stock, the company founder and chief executive also provided 2 million shares to raise funds. Before the stock in the new, American Oriental Bioengineering Inc. Has 65 million shares outstanding. The newly issued shares will finance 150 million US dollars, the company cash flow for 90 million US dollars. Changchun Xinan possession of prescription drugs, non-prescription drugs and female health supplies, and is GMP production facilities. Changchun Xinan profit in the 2006 Annual Report. The acquisition helps American Oriental Bioengineering Inc. Rapid growth of its gross income from 2001 of 10 million US dollars grew by 11 times to 2006 for 110 million US dollars, profitability 31 million US dollars. Last year, cash flow from operations reached 29 million US dollars. Current market value for 626 million US dollars. American Oriental Bioengineering Inc. Drug sales is the largest freeze-dried powder for injection Shuanghuanglian cent last year, sales of 25 percent annual increases 69%.

Source: 中国医药技术经济网 Jun. 15, 2007

Sinovac Yin Weidong: Bird Flu Vaccine Production Only 128 Days

Face Bird Flu variation, we are not on the helpless? Yesterday, with a commitment of Bird Flu vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotechnology Yin Weidong, general manager, "said Bird Flu has been in a variation of the virus, even if the virus mutates, we get new strains, can also use existing technology and production platforms immediately put into production. "

Yin Weidong revealed that the Sinovac Biotechnology vaccine production process has been completed the study, established a quality control standards, and completed in pilot production, which had reserves of vaccine products and technological conditions. At the same time, the company building the seasonal influenza vaccine production base has passed GMP certification, if influenza outbreaks in countries subject to the approval of the production line can be put immediately with a Bird Flu vaccine production.

"From production to production by the decision, we only need 128 days time." Yin Weidong Earlier in an interview with this reporter said, "Of course, the need for production, will start production, which required the development of the epidemic situation in accordance with relevant departments of the state to decide. "

Yin Weidong stressed that apart from the scientific to the regular flu virus variation characteristics, what is more important is coordination government, in case of a pandemic, the State Food and Drug Administration approval within three days of the commissioning of new vaccines listed. Visibility for pandemic influenza prevention and control, through scientific design, the government can win the support of the law, so this study will have a very good line of guarantee.

Source: 北京青年报 Sep. 8, 2006