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5 Special Report on the State of Business in South China

Q: For the coming 3 years, what is your company’s expected investment volume in China?

30%
Not applicable

25% Greater than $250 million
20% Between $50 million and $250 million
15% Between $10 million and $50 million

10% Between $1 million and $10 million
5% Less than $1 million

0% 2014 2013
2015

is year, we nd that the distribution of 3-year invest- likely to have planned investments of “Between $10 million
ment budgets has skewed toward smaller amounts compared and $50 million,” “Between $50 million and $250 million”
to 2014’s results, but in such a way as to align them more and “Greater than $250 million,” while being somewhat more
closely with results we have seen in earlier years. likely to be planning investments of “Less than $1 million”
over the 3-year time frame.
As in the past more than 20 percent of participants re-
ported that 3-year investment budget amounts were “Not
applicable” and a peak in the “Between $1 million and $10
million” category. Participants this year were modestly less

Q: For future investments, in which areas of China will you likely expand in the next
three years?

50% Yangtze River Delta

40% Northern China
30% Western China (Sichuan)
Western China (other locations)

20% South China (Guangdong)
10% South China (Guangxi)
South China (other locations)

0% 2014 2013 Other
2015
of Sichuan and South China outside of Guangdong, and a
is year’s results show small increases in the proportion of decline in the proportion of companies planning investments
companies planning investments in the Yangtze River Delta, elsewhere.
the northern part of China, the western part of China outside

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