China trains a million entrepreneurs

The Chinese Government has spent about $40 billion training people from the countryside to run their own business.


The authorities in Beijing are determined to encourage a spirit of entrepreneurship among the millions who are migrating to cities from rural areas .


The Government's scheme provides free skills training, tax free loans of up to $8,000 and two years of support.


A million people have been trained so far, to set up businesses like hairdressing, catering, driving, or running nurseries.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/business/2010/02/100216_chinabiz.shtml

Related Videos

 

Featured Videos

Beautiful scenery around WuSu 乌苏 in XinJiang province
Beautiful scenery around WuSu 乌苏 in XinJiang province
Far north west China ...
The Great Wall 长城 of the Qin Dynasty – video
The Great Wall 长城 of the Qin Dynasty – video
ShanHaiGuan, east of Beijing at the coast, is at the eastern end of the Great Wall. This is located near QinHuangDao and is closely associated with China's first emperor. Qin Dynasty: 221 - 206 BC. Qin Shi Huang joined together walls at China's northern frontier into the first Great Wall. He also ended feudalism and unified much of China. JaiYuGuan, the western-most gate of the Qin Great Wall, where trade along the old Silk Road also took place, lies thousands of kilometers from here.
Happiness
Happiness
With Einzelgänger ... The less one desires, the more one has.
Planning war with China – part 7
Planning war with China – part 7
With The New Atlas ... US sanctions on Cambodia, for declining US interference ... Australian Puppets of American Empire - with Daniel Dumbrill and Robbie Barwick ... Bonus film - with The Grayzone ... Bonus film 2 - with The Moderate Rebels ... Bonus film 3 ... Bonus film 4 ... Bonus film 5 ...
Winter wonderland in JiLin province
Winter wonderland in JiLin province
The life of Garlic – with LiZiQi
The life of Garlic – with LiZiQi
Growing and cooking with garlic in rural SiChuan. Lots of recipe inspiration here.
A trip to ‘The Place’, BeiJing 北京
A trip to ‘The Place’, BeiJing 北京
The Place is a shopping and leisure center in the north of the CBD district. Take a late evening ride from GuoMao along the east 3rd ring; DaWang Lu to YongAnLi.
TaGong 塔公, in a Tibetan part of western SiChuan province
TaGong 塔公, in a Tibetan part of western SiChuan province
Known as Lhagang! Tashi Delek in Tibetan. TaGong Monastery lies within beautiful hilly grasslands ...
NingBo from the air
NingBo from the air
ZheJiang province.

Tag search ?