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4. Investment Trends

Q: For 2014, what was your company’s realized investment volume in China?

35%
Greater than $250 million

30%
Between $50 million and $250 million

25%
Between $10 million and $50 million

20%
Between $1 million and $10 million

15%

Less than $1 million
10%

No investments made
5%

0% 2014 2013
2015

Results this year showed smaller overall investments, but whatsoever, this year that gure has declined to 5.9 percent.
also fewer participants making no investments at all. Whereas Picking up the slack is notable growth in the “Less than
in 2014, 12 percent of participants reported having invested $1 million,” “Between $10 million and $50 million” and
greater than $250 million, only 6.4 percent of this year’s “Between $50 million and $250 million” categories.
study participants report the same; similarly, 9.7 percent of
last year’s participants reported having made no investments

Q: For 2015, what is your company’s budgeted investment in China?

35%
N/A

30%
Greater than $250 million

25%
Between $50 million and $250 million

20%
Between $10 million and $50 million

15%
Between $1 million and $10 million

10%

Less than $1 million
5%

0% 2014 2013
2015

We see the same across-the-board shift in projected 2015 companies planning large investments and fewer companies
investment budgets that we saw in actual 2014 results—fewer planning no investments at all.

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