Jan-Willem van Schaik

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Taipei Cycle d&i awards 2016 will be held for the fifth time. Seven experts will gather in Taipei on 13 to 14 January to assess the entries and select the winners. Registration is open until 18 December 2015.

中國，北京- 2016年12月11日在中國製自行車和其他產品上強加並/或延續反傾銷稅將會困難許多。中國在2011年加入了世界貿易組織(WTO)，在此會員條款下，中國將在15年後自動被視為一「市場經濟體」。

台灣，台北- 明年台灣將會成為史上第一次兩個大展自然接軌舉行的地點-自行車產業優質展會之一的台北國際自行車展和國際規畫自行車最重要的研討會自行車城市大會，兩者的結合。

BEIJING, China - The imposition and/or renewal of anti-dumping duties on the import of China made bicycles and other products will be more difficult as of December 11, 2016. In 2001 China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) and under its membership terms, it would automatically be treated as a 'market economy' after 15 years.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Last year a total of 436,549 new bicycles were sold in Belgium through IBDs; up 30,000 (+7.5%) compared to 2013. This is concluded by a study at Belgian bike dealers commissioned by the organizer of the Velofollies bike show.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Next year Taiwan will be the location for the premiere of a natural pairing - combining one of the leading bicycle industry shows, the Taipei International Cycle Show and the foremost important international planning conference on cycling, Velo-City Global.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - In the 13th year of the 'Taiwan brand survey' Giant has entered the top five in the ranking of most valuable international brands from Taiwan. This puts the bicycle manufacturer amidst brands like Asus, Acer and HTC.

德國，BAD SODEN- 自行車的安全標準正在全球化。這是由產業利益相關者、測試機構、來自歐洲、美洲和亞洲大學的專家長期討論後的結果。第一個ISO 4210-2在2015年9月1日已經公佈。這是城市/旅行/登山/公路和年青人自行車所適用的安全標準。

德國，BAD SODEN- 就像普通自行車一樣，適用於電動自行車的安全標準也將全球化。然而，自行車適用的標準已經生效，但電動自行車的全球化標準距離實現仍有一段很長的路要走。還有個問題就是電動自行車的哪些類別適用於新ISO標準?

BAD SODEN, Germany - To provide an insight for retailers on what's permitted or not when exchanging CE approved 25 km/h e-bike components in their workshops, the German industry associations agreed on an uniform guideline. Though without a legal base this document could be pose an important standard for other European countries as well.