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IA server market 333, 333

IAS see International Accounting Standards

IASB see International Accounting Standards Board

image nurturing 255 “56

import and export chambers 204

import of goods see foreign trade

income levels 38 “40, 39, 40

ncome tax 151 “52, 153, 155 “57

indirect marketing channels 236

industrial sectors

Macao 525 “27

market research 223 “24

reform 5, 30 “31

statistical surveys 56

industry associations 204

information network servers 58

information technology (IT) 242, 331 “38, 331 “36

Macao 526

services market 335 “36, 335, 336

see also telecommunications

infrastructure 5, 10, 241 “43, 242

see also under individual provinces , autonomous regions, leading cities and special administrative regions , eg Beijing

in-house China teams , building up 209 “10

Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), conditions and procedures 8

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 397 “99, 397, 398, 399

Input-output Accounting System 57

inspection certificates 122, 206

institutions under the State Council 24

insurance 88, 324 “30, 324, 325, 326, 328

foreign trade regulations 72

foreign trade services 103, 104

legal and regulatory framework 325 “27

medical 354, 354

insurance terms, import contracts 205

intangible assets, amortization of 154

intellectual property 133 “34, 160 “72, 250

enforcement of regulations 168 “72

foreign exchange payments 274

WTO requirements 14 “15

inter-company loans 269

interest, foreign exchange payments 274 “75

intermediary commercial services 531 “32

internal organizations, relations with 257 “58

International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) 157 “58

International Accounting Standards (IAS), Chinese standards compared 157 “59, 158

international commercial loans 113

international exchange of statistical information 58

Internet advertising 361 “62, 362, 363

Internet industry 336 “38Internet market 47, 336, 337

Internet search for business partners 205

interviewing techniques, market research 224 “25, 227

inventions , patents for 164, 165

investment see foreign investment

investment companies see holding companies

investment partners, relations with 256 “57

investment profits and capital, foreign exchange control 114 “116

investment rates 3, 4

IPOs see Initial Public Offerings

isomaltol production 323

issues management 260 “61

IT see information technology