China Treasury Resource Center

From GDP growth to commodity consumption, to currency issues, China is a dominant factor in global business. As China migrates towards a consumer-based, import driven economy, business opportunities are enormous. The AFP China Treasury Resource Center is here to provide information on solutions and best practices for conducting business in China from a treasury and finance perspective.

• China Symposium: Slides
• Recorded Webinar: Understanding the Banking Environment in China
• China: Country Profile
• What China will Fight for in Latin America in the Coming Generation
• A Primer on Trading Currency in China 

• NEW: China's contraction 
• NEW: China inside out: November 2011
• RMB Expertise on the ground

• Internationalization of RMB, Cash Optimization, and Lessons Learned in China
• Cash Management in a Zero or Rising Interest Rate Environment
• The Life Cycle of Doing Business in China
• Are you Renminbi ready?

* AFP has invited perspective from some of the most knowledgeable facilitators of business in China today. Some of these experts also serve as underwriters of this resource for financial professionals.

• Regional Treasury Centers Need the Right Legal Structure
  When corporates set up a regional treasury center (RTC), they often focus on how their bank can support them, but is also crucial to put the right legal structure in place.
• Report: Canadian Exporters Need to Expand their Horizons
  Canadian exporters need to focus on emerging markets other than China if they want to spur growth, said a new report from CIBC. The volume of Canadian exports today is at the same level it was a decade ago.
• Case Study: Streamlining Bank Relationships in Record Time
  In 2010, Bombardier’s treasury group was presented with an all-too-common challenge: migrate a global banking infrastructure for a legal entity holding restructuration. And, they wanted results in one calendar year.
• China Should Follow Chile on Currency Liberalization
  In an open letter, FiREapps CEO Wolfgang Koester asks newly confirmed Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to re-focus the U.S. strategy on China’s currency manipulation. Koester believes it is in the best interest of the U.S. and the rest of the world that China move forward with yuan liberalization.
• How Microsoft Develops, Retains Treasury Talent
  Developing and retaining talent is a challenge for any treasury department. Even though the U.S. job market is still struggling, an individual with the right combination of education and experience can be a hot commodity. Microsoft’s treasury department has a unique approach.