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PassageMaker is a US-owned boutique firm providing a comprehensive and customized service to clients who wish to outsource aspects of their manufacturing and supply chain management. We have our own ISO certified manufacturing facilities in Shenzhen and are member or contributor of the following:
China sourcing: Contract Engineering Services
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyWhen we had the idea for an Endorsed Service Provider network several years ago, the first company I approached was Contract Engineering Services (CES). Over the last 6-7 years I’ve worked with CES on dozens of projects and cannot recommend their work highly enough. The one mistake I see clients make over and over (twice […]
China’s leading the green energy revolution
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyI actually had a fellow throw this bit of wisdom at me during a recent cocktail party, by which he meant solar and wind power generation. He of course had never been to China, but he read it somewhere, so it must be true. I told him that all the green energy projects in China […]
A big China sourcing scam to watch out for!
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyMy friend Renaud Anjoran of the Quality Inspection Blog (which is fabulous, you should subscribe if you have not already done so) posted an instant classic today. Just when I think the chutzpah and sleaziness of Chinese trading companies can’t get any worse, it does. Forgive me for quoting at length: My friend Gaetan, from […]
America’s new patent law
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyAs a patent holder myself and someone who works with inventors daily, I was concerned by the move to change America’s patent law. All the articles I read said that we were moving from a first-to-invent (FTI) to a first-to-file (FTF) system. Aside from the bureaucratic delays inevitable with any government agency, FTI seems to […]
Father of the shipping container passes
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyWhen I began this blog two years ago, my first post was about the passing of Norman Borlaug, the Father of the Green Revolution. Mr. Borlaug’s research created varieties of wheat, maize and rice that helped feed literally hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest people, including the pre-reform People’s Republic of China. Mr. Borlaug’s […]
Thoughts on China sourcing: Despair is a sin
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyI don’t fit in well in my home town in America anymore. Oh, I was born and raised here, have friends here, go to the church where I was baptized, confirmed and married, but having been an expat, spending a couple months a year in China, having a workday that spans the globe, and making […]
The importance of parallels in supply chain management
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamySince I suck at blogging on a regular basis, you should really read Dan Smith at China Law Blogand Renaud Anjoran at Quality Inspection Tips. It’s not that I don’t see two dozen things each day I want to blog about – I have hundreds of articles archived that I fully intend to blog on […]
VAT rebate in China: Reclaim on sales to China?
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyJose wrote in with and interesting question about how the VAT rebate in China is processed on goods that are imported into the mainland. My focus is on exporting out of China, but as I deal in VAT everyday, I offered the following comments to Jose. I welcome feedback to confirm if my assessment is […]
Understanding VAT in China: Today’s perspective on the 2007 changes
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyDouglas in the USA wrote in with the following question: “I’m having a little difficulty understanding VAT in China and which products are eligible for VAT rebate. In 2007 there were a lot of products who’s VAT rebate was changed. Is there somewhere where I could find this list to see which VAT rebates at […]
Poka yoke, or Why a solid design database matters
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamySo we have had a very hot summer thus far here in southwest Virginia. Not that it was any cooler or less humid when I was in Shenzhen for six weeks in late spring, but given that I am renovating an old home without central air while living in it, I am allowed to comment […]