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sident?? Message Dear Members, 浜茬???????

浼???磋? This year, more than 230 companies participated in what has 绛?????甯????????虹?娴???电?????????涓??绠?绉?
become an annual exercise - our Special Report on the State of ???????????宸茬???负???缇?????涓?骞翠?搴?????娲?
Business in South China ?? the results of which always continue to ???浠?勾???????????????疯??ョ?浼??瓒??230瀹讹?
fascinate us, as the Study provides us with intriguing glimpses into 璋??缁??涔??濡??寰??板?浜烘敞?????浜??涓??涓??缁????
the evolving composition and corporate behavior of enterprises ????????????????轰?宸ㄥぇ??础????剁?????靛?缁?
who, in more ways than one, have contributed tremendously to ?ユ椿?ㄥ?杩??涓?骞村?????????滑??互???浠?勾???????
the evolution and growing maturity of the Chinese economy. ?ュ????绐ョ┒绔???

In 2017 the cross-section of participants has continued to 浠?勾???????????????ョ?浼??涔???????箍娉??
broaden. American-invested joint ventures and wholly foreign- 浠ｈ〃?с???浜??璧??璧??涓??澶?????浼??澶?????浼??
owned enterprises are joined by their counterparts from other 杩????????浠??瀹跺??板????璧??涓?互????ヨ?澶??涓?
nations and regions and by a growing contingent of Mainland ?藉ぇ???涓????浼??瑙?ā涓??锛??璁夸?涓?????宸ヤ?瓒?50
Chinese enterprises. We see companies of all sizes, from those 浜恒??勾?跺?浣??涓??句?缇????????锛????勾?跺?瓒??5浜?
with fewer than 50 employees and less than US$1 million in 缇????????宸ヤ?涓?汉??ぇ浼?????琛??绫诲??ョ?锛??璁?
revenue all the way up to companies exceeding US$500 million 浼?????ㄧ?琛??浠??婧?????????板?绔?蒋浠跺?绮惧??堕??
in revenue and with thousands of employees worldwide. Every 涓??瑕??浜?????娴???ㄣ??
sector of the economy is represented, from energy generation
and agriculture all the way to cutting edge-software and high- 浠ュ箍涓??涓洪????????轰??舵?澶???ㄥ???????浣?
precision machinery. ?扮???????浠?2017骞寸????????????缁?ぇ?ㄥ????
浼??瀵瑰????????鸿????澧???讳?璇?环浠??????ソ??
South China, led by Guangdong Province, continues to be the ?????濂解??????讹?澶ч????璁夸?涓??涓??甯??渚????
best location for foreign investment in China as our study shows ??Н??????锛??浠??涓??甯??澧???????负???瑙???
an overwhelming majority of companies consider the current ?????涓轰?瑙?????
business environment in South China to be ??ood?? or ??ery good??.
At the same time, a similar majority proved to harbor positive ?惰????规?浠?勾???????????璋??缁??锛?互???浠?
sentiments towards the China market replying that they feel ?㈤?涓烘?????腑?借????澧????功?????琛???ャ???绌?
??ptimistic?? or ??lightly optimistic?? about the economy. ??????寰?????瑙ｏ???滑???????卞?涓??褰?????
娴???靛?杩??杞ㄨ抗娣辨???咖???浜?腑?芥?搴??琛??缁??
The results of this year?? Study, especially when coupled with ?归?缂轰?杩??锛???ヤ腑?界?娴?????璧板????瀛??涓?‘
the insights provided by the findings, research and analysis 瀹??э???浠ュ????涓??甯????俊蹇???ㄩ?????????浠?
conducted by our team for this year?? White Paper on the Business 澶??浼??濡??锛??涓ラ????锛?腑璧??涓??涓????俊蹇?技
Environment in China, present a stark cause for grave concern 涔?????涓????
about the state of the Chinese economy and its current trajectory.
Because of the perception of the lack of progress of economic 瀵逛?涓?堪瑙??锛??浠??浠ヤ?浠?勾璋?????涓?涓??澧??
reforms by the central government and widespread uncertainty 棰??缁??缁??涓???版??剧????渚?????涓??棰??锛???吹
about the direction of the economy going forward, confidence ???2016骞存????灏?????杞?Щ?板?浠???猴?????ョ?
in China has been steadily eroding, not just among the foreign ???绀猴???2016骞达??界?29.9%???璁夸?涓?〃绀轰?浠?苟??
business community but, more ominously, it seems to us, among 杞?Щ???璧???朵?甯??锛?????褰????????浼??琛ㄧず浠?
Chinese businesses themselves. 浠?凡缁???ㄥ????璧?浆绉诲?涓??涔?????浠??娲插??猴???
涓????13.3%??????璧??涓???11.4%??腑澶??璧??涓??
This is clearly evident when reviewing the result of one of the 26.67%???璧??涓??浜?????澶?????澶ф?渚??17.6%锛?
new questions included in this year?? Study, which stated: ??腑璧??涓?〃绀轰?浠?害宸插????璧?浆绉诲??朵?浜?床甯????
??id your company shift any planned reinvestments to other 杩????????浼??琛ㄧず锛??涓??缁?????涓?定???浠??

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