Tuesday, May 14, 2013

software related to international trade

And software related to international trade, not all of them are exempt from customs duties, but taxed not download, but as software and hardware together tax carrier. In 1995, the Commission issued "on the WTO customs valuation software customs valuation decisions", on imported computer software allows members of tax based on two factors: the hardware carrier itself price or value; or the vector hardware plus software transaction price (paid or need to pay the price). China uses second methods to tariffs, the carrier and the database or software with price tax. In 2006 the "Chinese way" Customs dutiable value of import and export goods have stipulated in the third paragraph thirteenth: First: "containing text, software, music, pictures, images or other similar content of imported goods, including tape, disk, CD or other similar medium in the form of"; thirty-seventh: "the import of carrying for the data processing equipment for the software medium...... Should take the medium itself value or cost basis determine the dutiable value".

Apple's app download does not match the machine does not need to pay taxes

But hundreds of thousands of software for the Apple App store is not binding on the hardware products enter China Apple Corp. According to the "Customs Law", the customs of the means of transport of goods and articles, and entry and exit regulation of tariffs. Carrier of the Apple App store software service is not practical, do not belong to the category of customs supervision.

The domestic software developers rather than App Store the pay value added tax

China in the Apple App Store upload application software development company is independent distributors, 17% of the value-added tax to pay for their sales practices

The Apple App store business model, the Apple Corp does not play the usual "cost price - the price of commodities sales, earn price difference" role supermarket type distributor. Application software developers will be uploaded to App Store, can independent operation platform of their own products or applications, free pricing, independent adjustment of prices. Because the Apple App Store developers is the independent distributors, according to China's Ministry of finance, the State Administration of Taxation in October 13, 2011 published "on the policy of value-added tax software product notice" in paragraph 1 of Article 1: "value-added tax general taxpayer sells their own development and production of software products, according to 17% tax levy value-added tax policy, i.e. tax refund on value-added tax burden of more than 3% part."

Company registered in China business behavior pay value added tax, land value-added tax Chinese government cannot run App Store Luxemburg

Apple China customer service App Store isn't actually operating directly by the United States Apple Corp, but by AI Beth affiliated company located in Luxemburg is responsible for the operation and management. Ai Tongsi is the Chinese app store operators. Application stores provide information storage services to developers, and entrusted to collect fees from the end user, will all return to the developers in the deduction standard commission. Chinese judicial departments at the recent 2013 April "Apple Corp sued for copyright infringement" case never questioned the identity and deny the apple App Store operators of the Luxemburg company, natural Chinese government also can not exceed the statutory scope to impose a Luxemburg company's value-added tax.


rules with WTO in the first set of international service trade

"(GATS) is a multilateral rules with WTO in the first set of international service trade, legal effect, the implementation of WTO Service Trade Council is responsible for the supervision of the GATS, WTO members without a specific modification covenants, it must apply to all the all the rules. "General agreement on trade in services" made a clear definition of international trade in services between WTO members, there are four kinds of services provided by the way: cross-border supply, consumption abroad, commercial presence, movement of natural persons.

"Cross-border" refers to the provision of services from a party to any other contracting party within the territory of the territory, the service does not constitute a personnel cross-border, across the border or boundary is the service itself, not the goods. "Consumption abroad" refers to the provision of services from a party to any other contracting party at the service consumer, example of such a typical consumer for tourism or school or doctor into service territory. "Commercial presence" refers to a contracting party service providers and service in the territory of any other contracting party through business. Including through the branch or agency set up, such as banks, to provide legal consultation or communication services. "The movement of natural persons" refers to a natural person of a party to provide services in the territory of any other Contracting Party, in general is to allow foreign nationals to provide service to enter its territory. As a country doctor, artist, Professor, engaged in individual service to another country. In accordance with the "general agreement on trade in services", the Chinese government can only in the trade between States parties "commercial presence" and "movement of natural persons" service trade tariffs.

App store online digital service transaction is "general agreement on trade in services" typical "cross-border" accession to the WTO, China may not have behavior tariffs

According to the WTO panel provides measures of "the United States influence gambling service cross-border case" the ruling of the report, "the general agreement on trade in services" "cross-border" refers to the "service from the territory of a member within the territory of any other member to provide service consumers". According to the WTO universal "technology neutrality" principle, in any way possible cross-border the providing mode should include the territory of a member from within the territory of any other member services. This means that the service provider can pass through any delivery services, including through the combination of written or e-mail, telephone, fax, Internet online form, any other ways or methods. If a member intention exclusion provide one or several ways in the cross-border mode of market access, the member should be clearly stated in the schedule of specific commitments.

Apple's App Store (App Store) business behavior, as the whole world each software development company of intermediary business and technical assistance, will developers upload software royalty in the Apple App store release, belongs to the typical "cross-border delivery". China as a member of WTO, and not in the general agreement on trade in services "" signed a specific change commitment or not applicable scope clause, not behavior service for App store digital tariffs.


Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Nokia investors on Tuesday to CEO Stephen elop

Nokia investors on Tuesday to CEO Stephen elop (Stephen Elop) said, for Nokia chase Apple Corp and Samsung speed, they have gradually lost patience.

On Tuesday at the Nokia annual shareholder meeting, many shareholders questioned Mr elop decided two years ago to use Microsoft Windows Phone operating system strategy.

Nokia was planning to Windows Phone system from Symbain system with two years. According to the plan, this stage should have ended now. However, recent results from Nokia, although equipped with WP8 system for Lumia sales has increased, but still can not with the Apple Corp, Samsung's flagship model match, and Nokia feature phone sales have dropped. In addition, Nokia fell to 2.72 euros, while the peak in 2000, its share price was as high as 65 euros.

Nokia achievement is not ideal, and suspend the annual dividend, but some investors did not let go of Nokia stock. Some of the older participants admit, they still have feelings for nokia. The early nineteen ninties, after the disintegration of the Soviet Union Finland reborn, is a symbol of rebirth and Nokia Finland. But institutional investors on Nokia is not so good. Nokia second largest shareholder of Finland pension fund Ilmarinen recently announced the first quarter of the fund, reduce the proportion of Nokia 27%.

No plan B
Elop reiterated on Tuesday, the company will continue to adhere to the strategy of using WP system. He said: "we will be adjusted in the process. In the present ecological system in the competition, our Lumia product line focused on WP platform, it is quite a clear decision. And we will by competitive Android system this decision and rival Samsung and Google."

Danish investment agency Danske Capital senior fund manager Juha Wallis (Juha Varis) said, elop may make a wrong decision. Wallis said in a telephone interview: "elop closed the door, Nokia has no new ideas, they will all future bet on WP." Some analysts also believe that, Lumia sales cannot let Nokia recovery. The first quarter of Lumia sales of 5600000 units, a quarter to 4400000, but its market share is still only about 5%, while the Apple Corp and Samsung's market share has reached more than half.

Low-cost mobile phone strategy
Analysts believe that, in the absence of a B program, the best way is Nokia low-cost smart mobile phone sales in emerging markets, or similar intelligent mobile phone feature phone, such as the Asha series of mobile phone.

According to the British "Financial Times" reports

According to the British "Financial Times" reports, Microsoft is ready to modify the key elements of the 8 Windows, indirectly admitted this operating system setbacks.

Nearly 30 years ago, Coca Cola Co launched the "new coke (New Coke)" formula, but is reviled, forced to change back to the original formulation. "Financial Times" that, some properties of Windows Windows 8 to pick up the previous generations, let Microsoft became a home in the intention to bring forth the new through the old failed miserably in the public consumer company.
Microsoft Windows marketing and finance director Tammy Reller (Tammy Reller) to accept the "Financial Times" interview, Microsoft will be launched in this year Win8 upgrade edition, some "key elements" of its use will change. When it comes to many users have difficulty in mastering the operating system time, Lei Lei admitted that "learning really spend some effort".

Analysts warn, for Microsoft CEO Steve Bulmer (Steve Ballmer), modified Windows 8 equivalent to admit defeat. He said, Microsoft will be the fate of the company in charge of the release in October of last year's Windows 8, hope to deal with apple iPad.

Independent technology analyst Mark Anderson (Mark Anderson) said: "the flagship product happen really terrible, this is a blow to Ballmer. But he let the Microsoft Corp internal once again, at present this kind of adventure and innovation atmosphere is two years ago no."

"Financial Times" that, Windows 8 is an aspiring attempts, intended by the new PC tablet computer touch interface to keep up with the pace of the times. However, critics of the compatible operating system PC and the tablet computer widespread repercussions bad, some analysts have blamed the products increased PC sales slump. In the prior to the launch, apple CEO Tim Cook (Tim Cook) said, Windows 8 will be a touch interface, and the traditional desktop together,

If you must say no way, also is a bit down on microsoft


If you must say no way, also is a bit down on microsoft. Although this is a out of action and reaction are very slow, but at the same time, he also is the industry with the company strategy implementation will count as one of the very best.

To Microsoft, he now faces a choice. On one side is the hundreds of millions of daily cannot do without Windows users, on one side is the application of millions cannot do without the original system.

Once in Windows Phone 7, Microsoft made a similar choice. He completely abandoned the application of Windows Mobile accumulation, and transformed a new system. But this behavior not only brings a Microsoft desired result, but to a large number of application developers away from a WP system. After all, who wants to work on a ship will sink to the ship? Eventually, even Microsoft have abandoned WP7, and start a new WP8.

The same mistake, Microsoft is absolutely not in the core of their own business, Windows system to recommit the same error. Therefore, only one choice is Microsoft, etc.. While the application development to keep up with the market, while also accept Metro.

Time and friend discussion, a friend mentioned the subject. No other company rose up, beyond the Microsoft? Yes, of course, there may be, but it is only a theoretical possibility. Throughout the world, even Microsoft will not do anything, wait for 10 years, and several companies guarantee can catch the Microsoft today? And this is the Microsoft style, so he dared to wait.

However, Microsoft doesn't really sit down. Microsoft has the enough energy to ensure that, even if there is a failure of the products, will not damage to any base. And so, as to overturn their. This subversion, is today's Windows 8.

The emergence of Windows 8, not only let the market understand, what is the future direction of Microsoft, also tell the application developers, is the time to master new things.

This is the choice of microsoft. So in my opinion, Windows 8 may be even a transitional product are not, because, he is just a starting point

optimization is all the details

IPhone to achieve the "ultimate" in the optimization is all the details, the innovation of iPhone multi-touch experience and minimalist user UI experience, let consumers around the world is crazy, update the iOS system almost every year, Apple released a major version, to improve and increase the function of iOS system, to bring more rich experience to the user.

Android mobile phone in many details, such as SMS lock screen display interface, text messages, phone mail list interface, folder, experience is poor, the name is even more confusion, the sdcard directory is stored inside the mobile phone, the real SD directory is sdcard2, all sorts of chaos name lets the user feel puzzled and confused.

However, due to closure of the iPhone system, there are two important localization problem for Chinese users: incoming call, the black list and Chinese input method, of course, if the iPhone jailbreak can solve these two problems. Android mobile phone open mobile phone a lot better than iPhone. Can be installed in various Chinese input method and call management software. From this point of view, Android mobile phone user customizable than iPhone mobile phone.

In the screen size, iPhone 5 version before is 3.5 inch, 5 inch iPhone reached 4, while the Android mobile phone is generally above 4 inches, is the size of the screen, the size of Android is bigger than that of iPhone, and more selective. Large screen size of the mobile phone will occupy a certain advantage in the game, office, video applications.

The app store, Android electronic market now is a mess, download some popular applications from inside, you will notice the bar does not stop the pop-up advertisements, but ordinary users do not recognize these ads from which applications, can only be installed in the electronic market in some security software to detect and remove.

Many of the domestic Android application shop operators are not regular, some even from Google's official Andorid market download some hot application, then the new packaging, embedded in their own ad code, ads through the form of a notice, hidden strong, and some even secretly in the mobile phone users to malicious suck, forming a black the interests of the chain.

Is generally believed that the number of low quality, application of Android platform of large, and even the existence of many malicious applications, for a large number of third party applications store in China, the situation worse.

The number of applications on the iPhone although not as good as Android, but the application of quality can be guaranteed, rarely appear malicious applications, Apple store in the application of management is very strict, if developers use damage the interests of the user function, usually by apple under the frame.

Monday, May 6, 2013

In China, this is wrong, it's wrong, the United States of America better

In China, this is wrong, it's wrong, the United States of America better. In China the government do not trust the people, people do not trust the government, the media do not believe that ordinary people, ordinary people do not believe that the United States of america. So it is in the United States, the poor do not happy, the rich are not happy. Why? We are in a time of change. The development of China's economy 30 years ago, I also believe that Deng Xiaoping 30 years ago this decision, also did not think China will become like this. 30 years ago today entrepreneurs didn't think they could look like this, China will be like this, now China has been surprising changes, China 30 years ago this year North Korea not to go. Worse. But the 30 years changes. This 30 years we never thought of economy so quickly, 30 years without thought of environment to destroy, didn't think people become so impetuous, did not think of forever, wealthy people began to want better, no money people want more money, China is changing the future 30 years to 30 years.

But every one of the changes of the times, the contradiction of any society, young people are the opportunity, if you do not change, not all of you a chance, if you do not change, the industrial age will go down, people will be promoted according to status, not you any chance. Only change is an opportunity for young people. The people I love the challenge of change character, my dad had wanted me to focus on one thing, but I never focus too, I don't think the focus is the biggest focus. Calligraphy, I Oracle style of calligraphy, I own a set of, because I was so ugly, I am writing to draw, because the regular writing will write but others, drawing, painting can. What is the reason? We must adapt to the changing times, you don't change must die, no chance, you may have the chance to change. So I thank you for this wonderful times.

Sometimes we regret, boys when always want to I don't born in the years of war, that time I may be general, that I can do. In fact, think, war really? That the worst thing in the world is war, but we can not through war today, through the development of the economy, innovation of China's own, you can the influence of an era, a social impact, you can not prime minister minister, improper, inappropriate governor today, you can influence tens of thousands of, a small software, small function, small idea, when you really identify with the idea to do, the world will change, it is very interesting.

So I'm on the creative one idea, if Ma Yun can successfully, 80% of young people can be successful. I really want to prove this point, I read seven years of primary school, really, because our primary school is too poor, not to our middle school, read a year, Hangzhou has a school only for a year, called thousands of water in middle school history, may have no name, one year in our school graduation out, no one will, the teacher said the school became a middle school. My college entrance examination test three times, a lot of people know. Standford, I can't even think of. To date, we think sometimes their own efforts, to live in a good times, some good friends with, some good chance and luck, very important, no luck, you can't do this.

But luck how? Is walked, luck will come, luck is very interesting, fortune is like the kind of outside, everyone in this world of luck and wealth, some people believe in God, some people say that people in this life is doomed, you can earn much money, you more than the money, you this lifetime earn one million, you are over two million, you will have bad luck began, there are five others luck, you have seventh, you're out of luck began. If you're lucky much, to share it with others, in others it, this luck like this down beans, one day grow up, and then you may be a little more.

Until today, I very admire our company engineer

Until today, I very admire our company engineer, because do not have a code is written by me is my check, but today it affects tens of thousands of people, I think they are, to our dreams into reality. I really respect, is an engineer you changed the world, so the Engineer in our company, all the time, all the people think that Alibaba is not technology, is the reason why I don't understand technology, actually our company engineer humiliated, but I also feel that someone asked me this sentence you, Ma don't understand technology, I said Wang Shini is a Real Estate Company, you will build a house?

It is not a concept, the layman can lead experts, the key is to respect the professional, because do not understand technology, I became the only one detection inside the company technology products, I can detect this thing works or not, because 80% of the people is the same as me, we are in awe of Technology, we are afraid of technology, as long as the works line. If Ma Yun said not to use, it is again good, also. The premise of Alibaba products, we help medium and small businesses to do e-commerce, if good complex, look at the instructions, couldn't survive. So I at that time is a product tester.

The reason why I retired, I now even test are not tested, it is too fast development. I believe that more young people to test is doing better than me, why are you when this CEO, I really old. Don't understand technology, respect, appreciation, the fear of technology, especially the technology is important, but the people behind the technology becomes more and more important, because there is no faith, technology is only a tool, if the use of people, these technology into productivity, becomes innovation, become influence society. So we don't understand technology. I have another point of view, I believe that China, the world is not lack of technology, lack is appreciation of technology, fear of technology.

Third, we have no plans. I did not write a business plan, once in Silicon Valley, home to go to, just to write a business plan, is a risk investment to say NO, you have to give me write a formal, not written from that, for 95 years, 96 years, 97 years, let you write the Internet business plan, to you in deceiving investors, myself in you deceive either, you don't know what will happen, some risk investment let you write very detailed business plan, how could that be? I don't know myself, looking for Standford MBA can write such beautiful (plan) to work?

Doesn't work, use action to write out. I then plans don't write, our life is slowly execution plan. Embrace change, change is the best plan, but you don't lose your own sense of direction. So many years we adhere to these, but today, I want to tell you, a lot of people listening to half, I at Harvard, I never plan, but did not say we never plan. All of our other people have very good plan.

I never thought Ma Yun would have today, I never thought that Alibaba will be today, but never thought Taobao there today, pay treasure to have today, I hadn't thought of Chinese Internet today, really the truth, Ma Yun's property 99.9999%. Today, I think all away, the remaining 0.0001%, for me is a lot of. Because I didn't have a chance of success. Do Alibaba, we will have to pursue, but I didn't want to be so high, far beyond my imagination. So I was thinking, why? Why do we have today, in fact, we are in the good times, although this time period is very interesting, this era is about most of the times, we are the best of times and the worst of times, this time no one is happy in China, may also not much difference in the world on, you will be much better than you think, went to the United States, the United States of America this is wrong, it's wrong, Chinese better.

Over the years, from small to large, no one ever

Over the years, from small to large, no one ever said I can do, said I was smart, said Ma, one day you will accomplish anything, but I really feel very curious, he can go for so many years, and was still alive. I'm from the beginning of 1995, started by the end of 1994 to do the Internet, more than half a year as early as seaing Hai Wei, Chinese Internet should be the first. When I wrote "the Chinese are far from the highway" this brand in Beijing Zhongguancun, actually I already start ah for half a year, I went to see the view, when he was in Beijing venture building, of course, money, we at that time only fifty thousand dollars. Chat with him for half an hour, I think the Internet first must have hope, but hope is not on him, because I think if he must die, die earlier than I, I just become death is the last one, I think the opportunity.

Muddleheaded go for so many years, I feel grateful the era of Internet, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving this way many many friends, but a special Thanksgiving is the Silicon Valley gave me a lot of inspiration. 95 years of Internet in China, everyone thinks that you are a liar, you don't know what to say, of course, I mean don't know what to say, because I do not understand the computer, do not understand completely, but each time here, feel all weekend, parking lot, car with every night, back, traffic jams, even you see in all building weekend all is well lit, and tell people, everyone's eyes full of future daydream. So back to China, always feel Oh, people doing so much, we should find something, finally do the internet.

That gratitude is more and more big, I remember the first time I went to Harvard, at that time thought he was very successful, Harvard asked me to speak, to go to Harvard, certainly very successful. So I first at Harvard than this site also big place to tell why the Internet in China, we live, 2001 survived, and now want to good childish, ignorance, about three reasons why live, three reasons really justified. First we had no money, second we don't understand technology, third we never planning. Of course, the Harvard professor listened very angry, the students listened very happy. The speech I estimate that video, I haven't said a thing, I applied to Harvard are rejected out. Is really second survived, because there is no money, we really have no money, then do the Internet, I have worked as a teacher was born, later to start their own business, and then in the Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation work, also took four thousand pieces of money wages, it is temporary.

Started only 50000 dollars, we spend every penny may die, my competitors all stronger than me. Later I understand a truth, many entrepreneurs to die, but because too much money, because you think money to solve the problem, you have problems. I think the money to solve the problem, not the problem. Money is just to solve the problem of an important means. So many people that I have money, I can do this. This day is the failure to start.

To date, Alibaba may be China's Internet, but also in the world of the Internet cash reserves more companies, we still keep it that way, we hope that we should know how many years ago, I said, a company's money is like a national army, not easily, but once moving, must strictly. Money is not squandering, think that money to solve the problem. Second we do not have the technology, I do not know, I really don't understand technology. I did not know until today, coding is how to return a responsibility, I till today, still do not understand the Internet what technology do not understand technology, does not mean you do not respect the technical. In Ali there may be technical personnel to quarrel with me, I think only 14 years without a fight, not noisy, we won't quarrel, I think Ali, tragedy is CEO don't understand technology, the most lucky thing is CEO don't understand technology, if CEO really understand technology, every day sitting beside you, you do not good, because I don't know how to do, so I admire looked at them.

Alibaba chairman of the board and CEO Jack Ma

Alibaba chairman of the board and CEO Jack Ma Saturday in the United States California Stanford University to participate in "the Silicon Valley elite dialogue" activities. The main purpose of this activity is to attract more overseas talents to join alibaba. This is Ma Yun before the resignation of CEO last public speech. In May 10th, he will resign from the Alibaba CEO position, as chairman of the board of directors of a job.

Ma Yun's speech "thanksgiving" as the keynote, says there is no Silicon Valley would not have alibaba. He reviewed his Alibaba founder of journey in the speech, that is the time and the team created their own success; say she is a completely don't understand CEO technology, so the admiration, respect and reverence and technical personnel. Ma Yun also encourage the students to work in the overseas Chinese talents to work, think the changing Chinese society has brought more development opportunities.

The following is a speech recording:

Ma Yun: I was yesterday in the Nature Protection Association (TMC) conference in Losangeles, today (this) I may be in when CEO few days, b
efore leaving the last time, I feel very meaningful. Just below sat in thought, not Silicon V
alley, there may be no Alibaba, there are old friends, many of our friends are together for 10 years.
I seated myself in here think, this is really very interesting times, Wang Jian just told me the story, this is a true story. I remember in 96 years, 95 years, I am night riding a bicycle to work, in the Hangzhou two street. Several people were stealing manhole cover, I do not have any martial arts, look is so big, I can beat them, I rode a bike everywhere find people, to see if there is no police. About five minutes later, did not find the police, because I mind that manhole cover, a child fell into the manhole cover a few days ago, in the manhole and drown.

I think the impact is not small, I return to the past, riding a bicycle, also on the bike, that you carry it back, some of them looked at my one eye, I estimate that this time they come, I have to run. But I don't know where the courage, I still say you to give it up. Suddenly, this time to man, what do you say, suddenly someone help, I say they are stealing manhole cover, must give it back. I chatted very excited, and later it was discovered that a camera on the edge, they (TV) when doing the test. That night I said Hangzhou was the only one who pass this test. (laughter)

I think this is very interesting, sometimes the world changes, if you don't take a little action, this change never mind with you. If you take a piece of the action, you just might be the change of beneficiary. So that, later on they took, put out the result, Hangzhou TV set, this movie also find, put out the results, all people said Ma Yun looks like a bad guy. (laughter) that was the first time on TV, no experience. The second television stations, now outside like a movie, the first time on the CCTV program, is called "Oriental time the story of people", I was a home run the national ministries, hope they use the Internet, has been rejected. After the film finished, now the man has died, is the East space-time producer, guide speech when the film, this film can not be used, the first Internet is very sensitive, second Ma looks like a bad guy, so you can't use.