Emerging Markets Direct (EMD) announced the release of their latest China Pharmaceutical Industry Report1H11. China Pharmaceutical market has been growing rapidly as the fourth-largest market in the world in terms of size. As one of the pharmerging markets in BRIC, the industry is expected to grow at 12.5% CAGR during 2009 2014. Backed by vast pool of talent, low-cost manufacturing capabilities, and huge market potential, it has attracted several global drug giants to outsource their R&D and invest in China.

While the market size of China Pharmaceuticals in 2009 was USD46.15billion, its overall health expenditure was among the lowest in the world comparable to that of Morocco, India or Saudi Arabia. In 2009, Chinas overall health expenditure was at USD230.7 billion, a 4.7% of total GDP. The industry is well-known for its fragmented nature with 7,664 enterprises in 2009, out of which local domestic enterprises account for 70% of industry sales.

Government policies change the landscape of pharmaceutical industry in China. A three-year health care reform was introduced in 2009 attempting to increase medical insurance coverage, upgrade grassroots medical institution and set up the basic medicine system. These gave a push to the generic pharmaceuticals with measures taken to curb over-prescription of unnecessary drugs. As a matter of fact, high-end drug distributors would be encouraged to consolidate in order to stay competitive.

Over-the-counter pharmaceuticals market is a growing segment in the Chinese pharmaceutical industry and set to double its market share by 2014. Backed by the aging population, increasing disposable income levels, and growth in the awareness of health care. Our analysts expect Over-the-counter purchases to increase along with the growth in the pharmaceutical industry as a whole. Facing the tough competition from hospitals, the market is set to diversify with vitamins, minerals and supplements leading the growth of this segment.
Generic Drugs market will boom for the next 4 years to come as expiring blockbuster drug patents cause a surge in generic drug production. Whats more, Generic segment remains attractive to foreign investments, where multinational companies merge and acquire generic drug companies to compensate for the loss of income from expiring patents. Our analysts think that generic segment will capture a larger consumer base owing to the health-care subsidy put forward by Chinese government.

What are the prevailing problems in the pharmaceutical industry? How is the development of Traditional Chinese Medicine market? What are the competitive advantages of China pharmaceutical research? How does the condition of patent law and intellectual property rights affect the industry? What are the trends and outlook of the China pharmaceutical industry? Which are the top 100 Chinese Pharmaceutical Enterprises in 2009? How about the SWOT analysis of China Pharmaceutical market?

The answers are here in our latest in our latest number. Complete with full analysis of key players including:
-Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Co.Ltd.
-Northeast Pharmaceutical Co.Ltd.
-North China Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
-Beijing Double-Crane Pharmaceutical Co.Ltd.

Profit now from our China Pharmaceutical Industry Report1H11

Table of Content
1. Industry Profile
1.1 Industry Overview
1.1.1 Structure of Chinas Pharmaceutical Industry
1.1.2 Industry Size And Value
1.2 Industry Production
1.3 Government Policies
1.3.1 Healthcare Reform Policy
1.3.2 11th Five-Year Plan
1.3.3 Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
1.3.4 Administrative Protection
1.4 Pharmaceutical Industry Issues
1.5 Global Pharmaceutical Industry Trends
2. Market Trends and Outlook
2.1 Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Market
2.2 Over-The-Counter (OTC) Pharmaceuticals Market
2.3 Generic Drugs Market
2.4 Research and Development (R&D)
2.4.1 Competitive Advantages In China Pharmaceutical Research
2.5 Imports and Exports
2.6 Merger & Acquisitions (M&A) of Companies
2.7 Market Outlook
3. Leading Players and Comparative Matrix
3.1 Leading Players
3.1.1 Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.
3.1.2 Northeast Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (NPC)
3.1.3 North China Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (NCP)
3.1.4 Beijing Double-Crane Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (BDCP)
3.2 Comparative Matrix
3.3 Top 100 Pharmaceutical Enterprises in China
3.4 SWOT Analysis of the Pharmaceutical Market In China

4. Tables & Charts
Table 1: Summary of Chinese Pharmaceutical Market in 2009
Table 2: List of major drug patent expiry from 2010 to 2011
Table 3: Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.: Financial Highlights 2007-2009
Table 4: Northeast Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.: Financial Highlights 2007-2009
Table 5: North China Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.: Financial Highlights 2007-2009
Table 6: Beijing Double-Crane Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.: Financial Highlights 2007-2009
Table 7: Financial Highlights of the Leading Players 2008-2009
Table 8: Top 100 Chinese Pharmaceutical Enterprises in 2009
Chart 1: Gross Industrial Output of Medical and Pharmaceutical Products 2006-2009
Chart 2: No of Pharmaceutical Enterprises In China 2005-2009
Chart 3: 2009-2011Healthcare Reform
Chart 4: Global Pharmaceutical Market Size 2005-2009
Chart 5: OTC Pharmaceuticals Market Value 2005-2009
Chart 6: Total OTC Sales in 2009 by Breakdown
Chart 7: Import and Exports of Pharmaceuticals 2006-2009
Chart 8: China Pharmaceutical Market Projections (excl. HK) 2009-2014(f)

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For this reason, more and more mining enterprises choose to expand into the concrete and stone and sand aggregate industry. Last year, the excess production capacity in the cement industry caused downturn of this market, so that many large-sized cement manufacturing companies are seeking for new market. Some enterprises want to embark on transformation and upgrading, increase the development advancement of the company and strive for new economic increase points. With the approaching of the tide that the cement industry speeds up to integrate the resources and many companies merge and recombine together, many of them are transform and march into the relevant industry and the stone and sand production is one of them.
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When choosing a superannuation fund, a lot of people want to choose the one that charges them the lowest in management and investment fees and gives them the best investment return. Data from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) shows that over the past decade industry super funds have consistently outperformed retail funds by giving its members higher returns*: thats more money for your retirement.

What is the difference between an industry super and a retail super fund? Retail super funds are retirement funds established by financial institutions and insurance companies that were initially for white collar workers. As one may assume, these companies established retail funds with the intent that they generate profit for shareholders. The competing goals of profit and security for its members retirement funds are seen by some as problematic.

Retail funds tend to have a lot of added bells and whistles, for example advice. The chief executive of the Industry Super Network, David Whiteley, said this in an interview with the ABC in March 2010″For every 1 per cent extra paid in fees to a super fund, members are receiving one-and-a-half per cent less in returns,” and that the average retail fund “is an underperforming and expensive fund.”

Industry super funds are non-for-profit organizations that were started by unions and other industrial organizations for workers in the industries they represented. An industry super does not have shareholders to please. Industry super funds dont pay commission to financial advisers and planners or to insurance companies, which are costs that eat into the value of your super.

The figures in recent years paint a clear picture. A 30 June 2009 SuperRatings study compared the net benefit of one of Australias most popular industry super funds to that of the average retail fund over a period of five years. The difference was staggering: the industry super out-performed the average retail fund by a difference of approximately $4000.Another SuperRatings study showed that another leading industry super fund on average returned $4.30 for every dollar deducted in fees over a five year period ending on 30 September 2010; the average retail super on the other hand returned only $1.70.

In March 2010, research by the Industry Super Network found that retail funds delivered 1.8% weaker annual returns on average when compared to their industry competitors. The Australian reported in December 2010 that industry super funds took all top 10 places in industry researcher Chant Wests ranking. These funds on average had an annual return thats 4.3 per cent above the inflation rate over the past seven years.

Industry superannuation has consistently outperformed its retail counterparts over the past decade for another reason. Industry super funds generally invest in unlisted assets like infrastructure, private equity, and direct property. Retail funds, however, tend to invest in liquid assets, like shares, property, and bonds, all of which are tied to credit. This is especially worrisome after the global financial crisis that began in 2008.

Industry supers are a wise option for those who are concerned and cautious about their post-retirement financial security. While industry super funds were previously open solely to those within the industry the fund was started for, industry super funds are generally open for anyone to join regardless of their occupation since 2005.

For centuries now the humankind had been patriarchal in nature. Most religions have been advocating the patriarchal system and this is being found in almost every walk of life. The entertainment industry is no exemption to this type of male domination. It is really interesting to note that in Shakespearean plays it was men that played the role of women. Right from the popular playwrights of the olden days to the modern day movie directors, all of the stories are hero-centered. The term male chauvinism as rightly used by the feminists movements during 1960s meant the belief that men were superior to women. It was during the second wave of feminist movement that women started to resist the male domination in movies. However, women are yet to establish their place in the film industry.

Relatively only a few women were able to outshine men in the film industry. This is mainly due to the unavailability of opportunities for women. Most of the movies, even today a century after the debut of feminism, still are hero centered. But for a few, most heroines are often characterized as glamour dolls that gratify the needs of supposedly heroic males. Although there have been some positive changes in the Hollywood, third world movie dominions, such as Bollywood and Kollywood are predominantly male centered ones.

The are a lot of disparities in the film industry when it comes to the pay of a male artist and a female artist. Even the top heroines are paid much lesser than the least popular heroes in the film industry. Pay is just the tip of the iceberg! The roots of male domination in the film industry go deeper that one may think of. It is true that women are physically weak however, most of them today have proved their talents and have even out paced men at various levels in the industry. Whether it be acting, or direction or any other technical field associated with the film industry. Yet the male domination in the industry has prevailed.

The reasons for male domination in the film industry are many. However, society has a major role in keeping the film industry a male dominated one. People of the developing countries are still unable to comprehend the dramatic changes that have been happening in the West. Hardcore feminists even blame women for the delay in realization of womens place in the film industry. Economists also find fault with governments slow reaction toward the upliftment of women in the film industry.

In order to avail an equal status in the film industry, women should awake arise and stop not until their goal is reached. Someone at some point of time should say enough to the male domination in the film industry. The modern world respects only talents and women have achieved great feats in various fields. It is a pity that the film industry that had been a pioneer in instructing the masses in various situations is yet to provide women their rightful place.

After Hollywood came Bollywood, and with it the dream of many developing countries to benefit from the big film business and its many dollars rolling into the country. One of those regions is the Caribbean, which has all those beautiful different Islands with diverse scenery and with the advantage of being closely located in a very small territory. Apart from that it is in close range to international airports in the US, Canada and Europe. Those Caribbean islands that used to be former English, Dutch, and Spanish colonies are mostly independent countries nowadays and they have fantastic scenery and naturally beautiful landscapes. Those may very well serve as the location background for movies and television shoots. This can turn into a good second income, generated out of the country’s natural resources along with the tourism industry.

Jamaica, Cuba, and Barbados were among the first ones to make efforts to attract international film and television producers to the Caribbean Islands for their movie productions and TV commercial shoots. That is apart from the French Islands St. Martin, St. Barts, Guadeloupe and Martinique which are still part of France and had always been used for French television and film productions. For the other islands, it started on a smaller scheme – the beautiful beaches, tropical gardens, romantic fishing villages and plantation houses along with luxury mansions were first accepted as backdrop by the fashion magazines and catalogers for their fashion photo shoots as a photographic production needs a less developed infra structure than a film shoot.

Even though the Caribbean region is geographically closer to the United States, but it was mostly Europeans who believed in the possibility to turn the Caribbean region into a mayor playground for international film locations. Along with many government agencies, they were the first ones to put money and efforts into the development of this industry.

Today one of the most successful companies providing locations and film, video and photo production service in the Caribbean region is “The Caribbean Production Service Company”, who had started in Barbados in 1998.

After having visited several Caribbean Islands, they had decided that Barbados offers the best possibilities for the start of this kind of support service for the film industry in the region. The main subject was to get Barbadians to open their doors to those foreign film teams and to convince government agencies to be supportive to the new venture. Now in order to save foreign production companies money in bringing in all crew, the company had to train local people to be professional crew and this worked best through learning by doing. The government also supported by paying talented students film schools in the US and the UK.

Today the company can offer a whole list of local film crew. For the production side there are: Location Scouts, Casting Directors, Line Producers, Production Managers, Location Managers, Production Coordinators, Set Coordinators, 1st and 2ND Assistant Directors, Script Continuity, Production Assistants, Set Runners, Hair Stylists, Make up Artists and Assistants, Manicurists, Wardrobe Stylists and Assistants, Pressers, Tailors, Caterers, Drivers, Security, Couriers,.
In the ART DEPARTMENT there are now available Art Directors, Props Masters, Props Builders, Buyers, Set Constructors, Set Dresser, Music Composers, and Musicians. And in d the technical Department: Cameraman/woman video, 2ND Assistant Cameraman/Clapper/Loader (35 mm), Sound Operator, Playback Operator, Gaffer, Spark, Best Boy Gaffer, Key Grip, Best Boy Grip, Generator Operator, Video Casting Operator. So the international clients only have to bring in the minimum from their creative department as well as the movie director, DOP and 1Ac.

As the company has expanded to productions also on other islands, and where there is not enough local crew available crew from Barbados and other, mainly the French islands are joining in.

There is a 2nd office now in St. Martin to better serve the Northern part of the Caribbean. One of the most successful companies providing locations and film, video and photo production service in the Caribbean region is “The Caribbean Production Service Company”, based in Barbados since 1998 and now operating in the entire Caribbean region. They trained numerous young local people in the nature of film making and are now benefiting in having the best choice in Caribbean crews in the region.