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r Members, 浜茬???????
The opening of the Chinese economy in 1978 provided
opportunities for foreign investors, such as the members of the 1978骞达?涓??缁??瀵瑰?寮??撅?涓哄??芥?璧???甫?ヤ?
American Chamber of Commerce in South China (AmCham ???锛??涓虹?涓???瑰甫?ヤ??卞????涓????????缇????
South China), to develop businesses that benefited both sides. 浼??涓??绉扳???????????????涓??????朵腑????诲?
Business has thrived for the past few decades, and China has ??勾?ワ?????????????2010骞翠互?ワ?涓??宸叉?涓轰???
been the second largest economy since 2010??irst in purchasing 绗??澶х?娴??锛????2014骞翠互?ワ?涓??宸叉?涓哄????涓?璐?
power parity since 2014. 涔板??姐??

As fruit of its reform and opening-up policies, China
became the manufacturing hub for the world. Foreign companies ?归?寮??句娇涓????负浜???????腑蹇??杩??澶??浼??
could produce their products much cheaper in China than they ?戒互浣??姣???????????浜т骇??????戒?涓??浠?滑???
could in their home countries. Foreign businesses shipped ?????璁°??????????????甫?ヤ腑?斤?骞剁?涓??宸ヤ汉瀹?
their technologies, designs, management, and sometimes raw ???缁??浜у??堕????ぇ??氨涓??浣??娑??锛??涓???ㄥ?澶?
materials to China where factory workers built the final products. 绋?害涓???ㄤ?????藉????璐?汉?ｇ???Η骞村?灞???????
As a result of the influx of jobs, China largely drove the United ?朵?浣垮???复??タ?逛骇????????腑浜ч?绾ф???．澶с?? ??
Nation?? millennium goal of halving extreme poverty while 姝わ?澶?????瀵逛腑?界?娴??澧???????病??
simultaneously creating a growing domestic middle-class that
is hungry for Western products and services. China?? growth can ??滑??????????????虹?娴???电?????????涓??
therefore be attributed largely to foreign investment. 绉般???????????????腑?借????澧????功???涓??绉般??
?界?涔?????????氨??府?╁?浼??????版???????????
??????????功??凡缁??涓轰???滑骞村害???澶存????涓ゆ?
We originally created the Special Report on the State ?虹??╀唬琛ㄤ???滑浼??浼???ㄥ?????ユ????????锋???
of Business in South China and White Paper on the Business ?х?甯??涔??????腑?界?缁??????????????骞达?244
Environment in China to help foreign businesses navigate the 涓?????琛??涓???????妯＄?浼?????浜???疯??ャ???杩?
domestic terrain. The publication of our Special Report, and its ?绘?骞翠腑锛??浠???撮??卞???腑璧??涓??澶??浼??涓????
incorporation into our White Paper, have become an annual 浜??浠??缁?????娣变俊锛??浼????滑浠?腑寰?????璁烘???
milestone for us. These two publications represent a distillation 浜烘繁????
of our members?? experiences, plans and insights in one of the
most dynamic??nd sometimes challenging??arkets in
the world. This year, 244 companies participated in our survey ???璋??涓?濡??寰??板????涓??缁???ㄥ??????
study, a group that spans every type of enterprise of every size. ??????浠???ｅ????缁?????璐瑰????缁???????浆
In the past several years we have encouraged domestic Chinese ????2003骞达???滑????ヨ〃??????涓??23锛?????浼??
companies to share their experiences alongside those of foreign- ?ㄥ?涓烘??板??虹?浜у??????????锛??骞寸?璋???剧ず锛?
invested ones, and I believe that we can draw more interesting 璇ユ?渚?????73.3锛???
conclusions as a direct result.
涓??浠????????璧????杩??绌跺????????ㄥ????
This year?? study continues to reflect China?? changing ?轰腑????挎??????浜?ぇ澶?????浼??锛?53.3锛?????锛?
economic dynamic and its intentional movement from an export- 涓???ㄥ??ㄧ????璁″?涓??灞??棣?????绾?10锛?????浼?
based economy to a consumer-based economy. While in 2003 涓??涓轰腑?藉??跺????璧????腑????ц?浣???ぇ澶??澶??
our study showed that less than 23% of surveyed companies ???浠??娑??浜哄?????辫锤???浼??澶???板????涓??澶?
were selling their goods and services produced in China to China, ??????甯?腑锛?????璁夸?涓?????????板?浠??涓?绾垮?
this year?? study shows that 73.3% of them are now primarily 甯??????涓?箍娣便???瓒ｇ????浠?勾骞垮??ㄤ腑??44涓??甯??
producing goods and services in China for the Chinese market. ??????涓??棰????锛??涓烘????杩????????锛?繁?炽??
涓?捣???浜?揣???????箍宸??娣卞???????棣??姒?????
China remains popular for international investment ?笺??????璋???板?涓?????浜??甯?????娉ㄤ??跺?灞??
due to its potential for global market growth. For most of the 澶??浼????伐涓???拌????虫?灏俱???浜??甯??????垮?浜?
respondents (53.3%), China accounted for the top spot in their 寮???腑???蹇?????????捐????锛?????浜??璧??涓??
global investment plans, while only about 10% of respondents 寮???舵??扮??????????
viewed China in a lower position in their global investment
plan. Most foreign investments are still heading toward those

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