China Business Network is a business consortium specialising in business marketing and targeted promotion for large numbers of Chinese and foreign enterprises as well as other organisations. In its early years CBN London Office focused on providing foreign businesses with consulting services and marketing activities using specialised and the most prominent online projects on the China Wide Web such as http://cn.chinapages.com and Chinaexcite.com, later incorporated into http://chinaww.net on the China Wide Web.

　　China Wide Web is a nation-wide on-line information service system based in the Chinese language, utilising state of the art Internet and Intranet technology to deliver the latest sought-after information and exclusive market intelligence to targeted subscribers. It is used by businesses and private users in China mainly through the China Digital Data Network (ChinaDDN) ensuring fast accessibility and reliability. It is important to realise that not only are computers in China loaded with Chinese operating systems but also the majority of Chinese people can only or prefer using the Chinese language.

　　Chinapages.com was the first and remains a dedicated business information web site in China. It was developed and launched in 1995 by DIFE Communications which was part of China Telecom - the biggest commercial undertaking of China's Ministry of Information Industry, in a joint venture with HOPE Information Service - the leading provider of Internet technology and business information in China, which was set up by Mr. Ma Yun who is widely regarded as the avant-garde of the Internet development in China. The mission of Chinapages was to facilitate business contacts between Chinese and foreign businesses alike by providing a one-stop shop of essential business information for business users throughout China and World-wide. Chinaww.net is the visual presentation of the China Wide Web and indeed it is the only Chinese web site on the China Wide Web exclusively about foreign market and promoting foreign companies in China.

　　In response to the ever increasing number of Chinese students wishing to study abroad China Business Network joined forces with Grace International and a number of partnering organisations in China started providing marketing services and recruitment supports to a large number of foreign Universities, HE and FE colleges as well as other educational institutions from University of Aberdeen, Durham, Kings College London to University of Westminster through the first and still the largest “Studying Abroad Online” project i.e. http://chuguo.cn and now http://liuxue168.cn on the China Wide Web or www.studyabroad168.net on the World Wide Web as well as through the establishment of Sino-Overseas Education and Cultural Exchange Foundation (SOECEF) which is a non-profit organisation set up to promote and facilitate education and cultural exchange between China and other parts of the world.

　　Over the years China Business Network together with its sister organisations has been supporting many groups of Chinese officials and business executives that came to the UK and other European countries for exploring business opportunities as well as to find business partners or attending exhibitions in the UK and Europe. Our clients in China range from the Ministry of Agriculture to the delegation led by the Mayor of Chongqing. We supported delegations headed by Governors of various provinces from Helong Jiang, Hebei, Jiangxi, Jiangsu to Guangdong etc.. And we arranged official and business visits to many British official organizations such as the CMPS of the Cabinet office, Department of Health to London Resilience Team as well as London Development Agency and Visit Britain etc.. At the same time China Business Network provide foreign tourism authorities and travel businesses with specialised consulting services and targeted marketing activities using specialised and the most prominent online project on the China Wide Web i.e. http://lvyou168.cn or www.travel168.net which has been developed specifically for the outbound travel from China.