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6 Special Report on the State of Business in South China
5. The Business Environment in South China
50% Outstanding Q: How would you rate the overall busi-
40% Very good ness environment in South China?
30% Good/acceptable
20% Needs improvement This year, as in years past, most participants rated the over-
10% Poor all business environment as “Good/acceptable”, “Very good” or
“Outstanding”. This year that grouping accounts for 83 percent
0% of the participants while a new historical high 17 percent report
2016 feeling that the overall business environment as either “Needs
improvement” or “Poor”.
2015 2014
50% Improved greatly Q: Compared to 12 months ago, in your
40% Improved opinion the overall business environ-
30% Remained about the same ment in South China has…
20% Decreased
10% Decreased greatly Responses to the question “Compared to 12 months ago, in
your opinion the overall business environment in South China
0% has…” show that majority of the participants feel that the busi-
2016 ness environment either remained about the same or improved
somewhat. 6.6 percent felt that the business environment had
improved greatly while 23.7 percent felt that it had declined ei-
ther somewhat or greatly.
2015 2014
50% To a very great extent Q: To what extent do you believe China’s
40% To a great extent economic reforms in the past year (2015)
30% To some extent have positively affected your business in
20% South China (including new legislation,
10% opening of industries, etc)?
0% Not at all This year, almost half of the participating companies report-
2016 Don’t know/no basis to judge ed that China’s economic reforms in the past year (2015) to
some extent positively affected their operations in South China,
2015 2014 and over 30 percent of the participants feel that the China’s eco-
nomic reforms positively influenced their operation to a great
extent or a very great extent. The percentage of participants
that reported China’s economic reforms didn’t bring any posi-
tive effect to their operation at all dropped to 8.9 percent this
year, signaling improved sentiment toward China’s economic
reforms.
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5. The Business Environment in South China
50% Outstanding Q: How would you rate the overall busi-
40% Very good ness environment in South China?
30% Good/acceptable
20% Needs improvement This year, as in years past, most participants rated the over-
10% Poor all business environment as “Good/acceptable”, “Very good” or
“Outstanding”. This year that grouping accounts for 83 percent
0% of the participants while a new historical high 17 percent report
2016 feeling that the overall business environment as either “Needs
improvement” or “Poor”.
2015 2014
50% Improved greatly Q: Compared to 12 months ago, in your
40% Improved opinion the overall business environ-
30% Remained about the same ment in South China has…
20% Decreased
10% Decreased greatly Responses to the question “Compared to 12 months ago, in
your opinion the overall business environment in South China
0% has…” show that majority of the participants feel that the busi-
2016 ness environment either remained about the same or improved
somewhat. 6.6 percent felt that the business environment had
improved greatly while 23.7 percent felt that it had declined ei-
ther somewhat or greatly.
2015 2014
50% To a very great extent Q: To what extent do you believe China’s
40% To a great extent economic reforms in the past year (2015)
30% To some extent have positively affected your business in
20% South China (including new legislation,
10% opening of industries, etc)?
0% Not at all This year, almost half of the participating companies report-
2016 Don’t know/no basis to judge ed that China’s economic reforms in the past year (2015) to
some extent positively affected their operations in South China,
2015 2014 and over 30 percent of the participants feel that the China’s eco-
nomic reforms positively influenced their operation to a great
extent or a very great extent. The percentage of participants
that reported China’s economic reforms didn’t bring any posi-
tive effect to their operation at all dropped to 8.9 percent this
year, signaling improved sentiment toward China’s economic
reforms.
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