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6 Special Report on the State of Business in South China

1. Demographics

Other Sanya (1%) Q: Where is your company’s headquarters or main
(6%) Zhongshan (1%) office located in South China?
Dongguan (7%)
While proportion of Guangzhou based companies has in-
Foshan (6%) creased this year to 59.8 percent, the proportion of study par-
Xiamen (<1%) ticipants based in Shenzhen, Foshan and Dongguan are similar
to last year’s results.

Guangzhou Shenzhen
(60%) (20% )

Canada (<1%) Southeast Asia (1%)
Australia or New Zealand (<1%) Japan (<1%)

Other (4%)

2016

European
Union (EU)

(9%)

Other Dongguan (6%) United States
(8%) Foshan (9%) (46%)

Chinese Mainland
(22%)

Guangzhou Xiamen (2%) Hong Kong SAR
(52%) Zhuhai (2%) (16%)

Shenzhen
(20% )

2016

2015 Australia or New Zealand (2%)
Canada (2%) Southeast Asia (2%)

Japan (2%)
Other (6%)

Other Dongguan (7%) European
(9%) Union (EU)
(8%)
United States
Foshan (5%) (40%)

Guangzhou Xiamen (2%) Chinese Mainland
(56%) Zhuhai (2%) (27%)

Shenzhen Hong
(19% ) Kong
SAR
(12%)

2015 Australia or New Zealand (2%)
Canada (1%) Southeast Asia (1%)
2014
Japan (1%)
Other (4%)

Q: Where is your parent or holding com- United States European
pany located? (42%) Union (EU)
(9%)
The share of U.S.-headquartered participants rose to 46.3
percent this year after a minor down turn from 42.4 percent Chinese Mainland
in 2014 to 39.5 percent in 2015. Proportion of Chinese Main- (28%)
land-based companies continued to drop, from its historical
high 28.4 percent the year before to 22.3 percent this year. Hong Kong
SAR
(10%)

2014

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