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9 White Paper on the Business Environment in China

Meanwhile, more than half of all the ???嚗??餈???唬誑銝??隡???典?餈???園?頞?
respondents have operated in China for 餈??撟湛??嗡葉頞??銝???典?餈??頞??鈭??
more than ten years, among which one third have 撟氬?????????隡????蜓?乩??∩蛹??葉?賢??箸?靘?
experience of operation in China for more than twenty 鈭批?????～???蝏??銝??撟游之雿???氬??
years. Almost 80 percent of the companies report that
their business priority is to provide goods or services to
the Chinese market, which is consistent with the results
in previous years.

Operating Time in China Business Priority in China
?典?餈???園? ?典?銝餉?銝??

Small and middle-size companies with no more 銝???誑銝?????隡??銝粹???犖?唬?頞??250
than 250 employees account for half of all the 鈭箇?銝??隡??嚗?漲銝??銝粹???犖?啗?
respondents, while one third are large-size companies 1,000鈭箇?憭批?隡?????餈?????霈蹂?銝?”蝷箏?憭?
with more than 1,000 employees. Only half of the 蝐????犖?啗?餈??鈭箝????嗅?撟港葉?賜?瘚???踵?
respondents have more than five foreign employees. 蝻??餈????僑?唬?嚗??????????霈蹂?銝??銵函內??
Although the Chinese economy grew at its slowest 2018撟湔???膛?啣?撌伐??嗡葉頞??銝????銝??2018
pace in nearly three decades last year, almost all the 撟渡????鈭箸???50鈭箔誑銝??????????隡??銵函內嚗?
participating companies report that they have hired ?園???????瘥?2017撟湔???憓??嚗??蝥?????霈?
new employees, among which a half of them have 隡??銵函內?園???????撠???
employed fewer than 50 staff. Nevertheless, more than
60 percent of the respondents claim that 2018 has
witnessed year-on-year employment growth in their
companies, and only approximately 10 percent of the
companies have decreased their employment.

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