Resources > Trade Resources

Kompass - www1.kompass.com/kinl/static/en/home/index.html
Worldwide business purchasing and marketing directory

Thomas Register - www.thomasregister.com
Thomas Register is the most comprehensive online resource for finding companies and products manufactured in North America.

Hoover's Online - www.hoovers.com/free/
database of 12 million companies, with in-depth coverage of 40,000 of the world's top business enterprises, is at the core of our business tools and services that customers find vital to their business operations.

Trade IQ ™ - www.zepol.com
This is a very unique database that collects and analyzes approximately 25,000 ocean Bills of Lading daily, representing U.S. waterborne import activity with over 200 countries around the world.

- Links related to China Business -

• Department of Commerce, US (DOC)
  DOC's website includes US census, defense conversion, and budget statistics. Other departments include the Patent and Trademark Office and the US Trade Agreements with China
  www.commerce.gov

• Export-Import Bank, US (Ex-Im)
  http://www.exim.gov

• US Embassy in China
  http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn

• International Trade Administration, US (ITA)
  http://www.ita.doc.gov

• ITA's China Gateway Homepage
  http://www.mac.doc.gov/china/chinagateway.html

• US Foreign & Commercial Service, which offers trade statistics and industry sector briefs.
  http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/fcs

• American Chamber of Commerce in China
  http://www.amcham-china.org.cn

• China Development Gateway (chinagate.com.cn) is a comprehensive website established jointly by the Chinese government and the World Bank.
  http://www.chinagate.com.cn

• Kompass China
  http://www2.kompass.com/kinl/en

• Business China trade show information
  http://www.cbw.com/business/exhib

• China's Tenth Five-Year Plan
  http://www.china.org.cn/e-15/index.htm

• PRC National Bureau of Statistics
  http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/index.htm

• Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum
  http://www.apecsec.org.sg/apec.html

• State Development Planning Commission (SDPC) (Chinese only)
  http://www.sdpc.gov.cn/

• State Economic and Trade Commission (SETC)
  http://www.setc.gov.cn/index.htm