新年快乐 Happy New Year

17/01/2012 Written by: Matthew Smith 2 comments

兔年徐徐落幕，对于标赫来说，这是非同寻常的一年。2011年5月1日，我们在北京成立了外资独资企业 更多 ，并最终于10月完成了漫长的注册过程。到2011年底，我们已经迎来了第一批员工，甚至还开出了我们的第一张发票(经历过开发票过程的人会理解其中里程碑般的意义！)。

在世界各地同仁欢度圣诞期间期间我们克服了本地市场的需求，艰难的熬过来了。现在,新年已然临近,我们终于可以松一口气。我们的中国同事和朋友终于可以从百忙之中抽出时间与家人团聚(当然春运的难度使他们乘上火车、飞机、长途汽车或者私自驾车的前提下)。

在过去的三年中，依靠最尖端的技术和工艺以及长达35年的创新业绩记录的支持下，我们把重心放在可持续城市设计和低能耗建筑工程 内部杂志Patterns 方面，并且在亚洲获得了极大的成功。市场十分广阔且发展迅猛。

龙年可能将是更富挑战的一年。对于中国国内市场某些方面的不确定性，以及欧元区的衰退带来的恐慌造成了经济上的躁动。毋容置疑，中国的强大力量可以平复这场躁动。有太多令人激动的事情将要发生：甚至连月亮都将令人激动（中国的太空计划）。随着野心勃勃的第十二个五年计划全面展开,政府部门即将推出的变革将导致工作重心的调整。要建造一个现代化的经济体, 让亿万中国人民全部实现城市化，还有很长的路要走。新年伊始，又到了送出祝福的时刻。二十多年来，每一年我们都会送出祝福，因此我们的祝福应该相对直截了当一些。

无论在哪里度假，我们都希望您能够拥有一个轻松、愉快的假期，并在新的一年里身体健康、万事如意。

The Year of the Rabbit has been an exciting one for Buro Happold. We opened the doors of our Beijing office on 1 May 2011, and finally completed the lengthy registration process in October. By the end of 2011 we had our first employees and had even issued our first Fa Piao (those who have done this will appreciate this is something of a milestone!).

Whilst colleagues in Europe and North America eased up during the festive season, we worked through the Christmas period. As the Chinese New Year approaches we can now finally take a breath and join our Chinese colleagues and friends to take time out from mad-cap schedules to spend time with our families (assuming of course they can get a train or a plane or a bus or a car).

Over the last three years, our focus on sustainable urban design and low energy building engineering, supported by the best technology and skills, and a track record of innovation extending over 35 years, has been extremely positively received in Asia, and the market has been strong and has grown fast.

The year of the Dragon may be more challenging. Uncertainty over some parts of the domestic market, and nervousness over the impact of an imploding Eurozone create a backdrop of economic noise. No doubt the China juggernaut will press on. And there is plenty to be excited about: even the moon is in its sights. As the ambitious twelfth Ten Year Plan moves into full swing, upcoming changes in Government may lead to changes of emphasis. There is still a lot to be done to build a modern economy and move literally hundreds of millions of Chinese people into urban areas. Then again, it happens every New Year, so over twenty years it should be relatively straightforward.

Wherever you are over the holiday period, we wish you a very relaxing and peaceful break, and wish you good health and a prosperous new year.