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Q: Which category best describes the primary focus of your business
activities in China?
79.3%
20.7%
Providing goods or services
to the Chinese market
Manufacturing primarily for export
Last year’s responses to this question interrupted a trend trading, whereas in recent years that majority had belonged to
that dated back to 2009, in which each year a progressively the group of companies o ering services to the market.
larger proportion of participating companies reported that
their primary business focus was providing goods or services Participants involved in the manufacture or trade of goods
to the Chinese market. is year’s results see a return to were this year most likely to be in the “Other,” “Electronic
that upward climb, with 79.3 percent of study participants equipment, household appliances and components” or
reporting a primary focus on the Chinese market, up from “Chemicals” categories.
72.9 percent last year.
Participants in service industries, meanwhile, were most
Furthermore, this year’s results nd the proportion of likely to be in the “Professional services,” “Other” or “Business
participants involved in the trade of goods at parity with those services” categories.
involved in service industries. Early iterations of this study had
found a small majority of companies doing manufacturing or
Q: How many people does your company currently employ in China?
30% More than 5,000 is year’s results saw a decline in
25% Between 1,000 and 5,000 participants employing between 50
20% Between 500 and 1,000 and 250 or more than 5,000 employees
15% Between 250 and 500 being o set by growth in the number
10% of participants employing between 250
and 500 or between 1,000 and 5,000
5% individuals.
0%
Between 50 and 250
2015
Less than 50
2014 2013
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Q: Which category best describes the primary focus of your business
activities in China?
79.3%
20.7%
Providing goods or services
to the Chinese market
Manufacturing primarily for export
Last year’s responses to this question interrupted a trend trading, whereas in recent years that majority had belonged to
that dated back to 2009, in which each year a progressively the group of companies o ering services to the market.
larger proportion of participating companies reported that
their primary business focus was providing goods or services Participants involved in the manufacture or trade of goods
to the Chinese market. is year’s results see a return to were this year most likely to be in the “Other,” “Electronic
that upward climb, with 79.3 percent of study participants equipment, household appliances and components” or
reporting a primary focus on the Chinese market, up from “Chemicals” categories.
72.9 percent last year.
Participants in service industries, meanwhile, were most
Furthermore, this year’s results nd the proportion of likely to be in the “Professional services,” “Other” or “Business
participants involved in the trade of goods at parity with those services” categories.
involved in service industries. Early iterations of this study had
found a small majority of companies doing manufacturing or
Q: How many people does your company currently employ in China?
30% More than 5,000 is year’s results saw a decline in
25% Between 1,000 and 5,000 participants employing between 50
20% Between 500 and 1,000 and 250 or more than 5,000 employees
15% Between 250 and 500 being o set by growth in the number
10% of participants employing between 250
and 500 or between 1,000 and 5,000
5% individuals.
0%
Between 50 and 250
2015
Less than 50
2014 2013
274
