{"id":10165,"date":"2006-12-04T14:48:23","date_gmt":"2006-12-04T21:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/12\/04\/china-grants-us-firms-direct-selling-licenses-mei-fong\/"},"modified":"2006-12-04T14:48:23","modified_gmt":"2006-12-04T21:48:23","slug":"china-grants-us-firms-direct-selling-licenses-mei-fong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/12\/china-grants-us-firms-direct-selling-licenses-mei-fong\/","title":{"rendered":"China Grants U.S. Firms Direct-Selling Licenses – Mei Fong"},"content":{"rendered":"
From The Wall Street Journal:<\/p>\n
Chinese authorities have granted Amway Corp.<\/a> and Mary Kay<\/a> Inc. direct-selling licenses, ending a years-long wait by the two U.S. companies.<\/p>\n
The licenses were granted Friday, according to a statement posted on the Ministry of Commerce Web site. An Amway China representative confirmed the approval. A spokesman for Mary Kay in China couldn’t be reached for comment.<\/p>\n
The approvals extend a relaxation of curbs on direct sales that Beijing began last year as part of its obligations for joining the World Trade Organization five years ago. Other direct-sales competitors, including Nu Skin Enterprises Inc., were granted official approval earlier this year. Avon Products Inc. the world’s largest direct-sales company by sales, was granted approval in February.[Full Text]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From The Wall Street Journal: Chinese authorities have granted Amway Corp. and Mary Kay Inc. direct-selling licenses, ending a years-long wait by the two U.S. companies. The licenses were granted Friday, according to a statement posted on the Ministry of Commerce Web site. An Amway China representative confirmed the approval. A spokesman for Mary Kay […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4114,982],"class_list":["post-10165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","tag-direct-sales","tag-foreign-companies","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
China Grants U.S. Firms Direct-Selling Licenses - Mei Fong<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n