Our History
The CPG Journey
From sourcing beginnings to global manufacturing partnerships.
Technology:
Fax machine – worldwide standard.
Business & Supply Chain:
The US started giving China conditional, annual MFN (Most Favored Nation) status.Specialized FTCs lost their absolute monopolies as provincial governments and manufacturing ministries were permitted to operate their own foreign trade branches.
World Events:
Deng Xiaoping (邓小平) Paramount leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) until 1989.
1980
CPG:
1979
CPG started attending the bi-annual Canton Fair (The China Import and Export Fair).
World Events:
Sino-Vietnamese War Feb – March.
Technology:
Fax machine – worldwide standard.
World Events:
The US started giving China conditional, annual MFN (Most Favored Nation) status.Specialized FTCs lost their absolute monopolies as provincial governments and manufacturing ministries were permitted to operate their own foreign trade branches.
1980
World Events:
Ronald Reagan president.
1979
World Events:
Hu Yaobang (胡耀邦) general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
1982
Technology:
Apple introduced the first Macintosh.
1979
CPG:
CPG ended up having more than 30 of these computers in its Beijing office.
World Events:
Reagan visit and speech in Beijing.
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