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Q: What is the form of your company’s legal entity?
Other Other Other
(5%) (5%) (6%)
Wholly-Owned Local Chinese Local Chinese Local Chinese
Foreign Enterprise Company Company Company
(54%) (24%) (27%) (25%)
2016
Rep Wholly-Owned Wholly-Owned Rep
Foreign Enterprise Foreign Enterprise Office
Office (46%) (50%) (5%)
Joint (5%) Rep Office Joint Venture
(14%)
Venture Joint (9%)
(12%) Venture
(14%)
2015 2014
This year the proportion of Wholly-owned Foreign Enterprises rose almost 8 percent, reaching 53.7 percent, while that of Main-
land China-based companies shrank slightly to 24 percent.
Q: Does your company or group have offices in other parts of China? If so,where?
No No No 80% Yangtze River Delta
(32%) (32%) (29%) 70% Northern China
60% Western China
Yes Yes Yes 50% Other
(68%) (68%) (71%) 40%
30%
2016 2015 2014 20%
10%
Over the history of this study, the proportion of participat- 2015 2014
ing companies with offices in other parts of China has consis- 0%
tently been around 70 percent; this year’s results are no differ- 2016
ent. Also similar to prior years, most participants with other
offices in China reported a presence in the Yangtze River Delta cent reaching 78.6 percent this year. A slight rise of 2.9 percent
with successively smaller population reporting offices in North- was observed among companies with offices in Northern China
ern China and Western China. Among the results, proportion while companies with offices in Western China declined by a
of companies with offices in Yangtze River Delta rose 8.5 per- similar amount.
Q: How long has your company been 50% More than 20 years
engaged in business in China? 40% From 10 to 20 years
From 6 to 9 years
Continuing a long-standing trend, older companies are 30% From 2 to 5 years
more represented in this study than in any previous iteration. Less than 2 years
This year just under 84 percent of participants have been in 20%
China for 6 or more years. Interestingly, the percentage of par-
ticipants reporting having been doing business in China for 10 10%
to 20 years rose over 12 percent, while the noticeable difference
has been made up by minor decline in every other options. 0%
2016 2015 2014
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Q: What is the form of your company’s legal entity?
Other Other Other
(5%) (5%) (6%)
Wholly-Owned Local Chinese Local Chinese Local Chinese
Foreign Enterprise Company Company Company
(54%) (24%) (27%) (25%)
2016
Rep Wholly-Owned Wholly-Owned Rep
Foreign Enterprise Foreign Enterprise Office
Office (46%) (50%) (5%)
Joint (5%) Rep Office Joint Venture
(14%)
Venture Joint (9%)
(12%) Venture
(14%)
2015 2014
This year the proportion of Wholly-owned Foreign Enterprises rose almost 8 percent, reaching 53.7 percent, while that of Main-
land China-based companies shrank slightly to 24 percent.
Q: Does your company or group have offices in other parts of China? If so,where?
No No No 80% Yangtze River Delta
(32%) (32%) (29%) 70% Northern China
60% Western China
Yes Yes Yes 50% Other
(68%) (68%) (71%) 40%
30%
2016 2015 2014 20%
10%
Over the history of this study, the proportion of participat- 2015 2014
ing companies with offices in other parts of China has consis- 0%
tently been around 70 percent; this year’s results are no differ- 2016
ent. Also similar to prior years, most participants with other
offices in China reported a presence in the Yangtze River Delta cent reaching 78.6 percent this year. A slight rise of 2.9 percent
with successively smaller population reporting offices in North- was observed among companies with offices in Northern China
ern China and Western China. Among the results, proportion while companies with offices in Western China declined by a
of companies with offices in Yangtze River Delta rose 8.5 per- similar amount.
Q: How long has your company been 50% More than 20 years
engaged in business in China? 40% From 10 to 20 years
From 6 to 9 years
Continuing a long-standing trend, older companies are 30% From 2 to 5 years
more represented in this study than in any previous iteration. Less than 2 years
This year just under 84 percent of participants have been in 20%
China for 6 or more years. Interestingly, the percentage of par-
ticipants reporting having been doing business in China for 10 10%
to 20 years rose over 12 percent, while the noticeable difference
has been made up by minor decline in every other options. 0%
2016 2015 2014
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