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this report, conducted a separate and comprehensive 撣????銝支遢??弦蝏????蛹?啣?摰嗅?雿?????餈??慦??
analysis of the study to determine the reasons for ?典??交?7鈭踹?隡???其?????啗???1.86鈭踹?隡????銝?
companies?? preference for this vibrant city. 隞賢?????賢??唬???之???瘜具???????2021撟渡????
??????粹???賒憭找?????????弦餈??蝷綽?雿?蛹銝??銝?
On February 26, AmCham South China released its two 蝚??銝??憭???輻?銝餉?蝏??雿??銝??????唳腹餈????
major annual publications, the 649-page bilingual 2021 White ?????蒂?亦???漲?圈?嚗????憭批??啣?霈蹂?銝??銝??
Paper on the Business Environment in China and the 148-page 撣?????閫????漲??
bilingual 2021 Special Report on the State of Business in South
China. This year?? release was attended by over 400 interested 撟踹?嚗??隤?蛹銝?????銝?????憭折?嚗??銝?銝??
parties including government officials, business executives ???銝?之?賢???遞??漱???蝥賬???雿??鈭?云?啣????
and members of media. Over fifty foreign consulates were 雿?葉敹??瘥????絲??葛瞉喋???銋??蝎斗葛瞉喳之皝曉????
represented ?? the majority of them by their consuls general. 敹??撣??銝????撣??頝??銝????嘀撌??銝箔?銝??瘚?撩
The results of the two studies were covered by over several 撣??蝳颱?撘?摰??撘??整???撅????????憭??????賢?隡?
thousand media outlets with an audience reach of 700 million ??????銝?歇蝏?僎撠?誧蝏??撟踹?餈?????韏????餌???
in China and an additional 186 million around the world. Both 霂湛?撟踹?銝箔?隡?????隡??霂?蛹??雿單?韏?????銝???
publications received considerable attention. According to 敺??霈函?????????????賢?隡??銝箇?韏??銝?????
the results of our 2021 Special Report, opportunities continue 撅??蝥賢蒂嚗??????賢?隡???2021撟游嘀撌??瘚???萇???
to outweigh challenges. The studies also showed, that China, ?亙????撠?蛹?典??Ｗ??唬?銝??蝛??????萸??
as the first major economy to begin recovery, successfully
navigated the extreme hardship brought by the COVID-19 ?寞???2021撟游?????箇?瘚???萇?????????蝏?
and that most of the companies studied see a bright future 憭折????霈蹂?銝?歇摰???典??????78%???霈蹂?銝?”
in China?? market. 蝷箏??典??颱?????????蛹甇�?潦??偷蝞∠?鈭???????
??????????函?蝏??隞??銝港?蝖???找?????????
Guangzhou, China's southern gateway, is an ?踝?雿?之?典?隡??撖孵嘀撌???箇?憓??隞?????閫????
international business metropolis and an integrated 摨???95%隞乩????霈蹂?銝?????撟踹?雿?蛹????????
transportation hub. It is located in the geometric 銋??嚗???57%???霈蹂?銝???嗉?銝箏嘀撌???嗅????韏?
center of the Asia-Pacific area, adjacent to the South 霈∪?銝??擐????43%???銝??颲??2019撟游??????
China Sea, Hong Kong and Macao. It is also one of 蝛????????嚗?????啣????隞亙??嗡??????蔣???
the core cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao 隞?20%???銝??撠????????蝑??憟賣?隡?????撟踹?
Greater Bay Area and the hub of the Belt and Road. As ???韏??????????漲銝?????隡??銵函內?冽??乩?撟?
an economic powerhouse, Guangzhou is inextricably 撠??撟踹????撅???⊥?蝏????????????????隡??
linked to the qualities of openness, development, and 霈支蛹撟踹??亙???????憟賤?????末????
innovation. Many of AmCham South China members
have invested and continue to re-invest in Guangzhou. 2021撟湔??瑟????蝣??銋??銝?撟氯??????????
In general, it is worthwhile to probe into the reasons 鈭?????銝???曹漣???蝡???曉?撟渡?韏瑞???2021撟?4
why Guangzhou is the number one reinvestment ???銝???賢??Ｗ??餌??拇??典嘀撌??撖???澆?嚗????
destination for them. And AmCham South China, the 摰??蝘餃?瘛勗??寥?撘??橘??刻?擃?捶???撅?????箄?撖?
heartbeat of American business in China, will provide 鈭箏ㄚ摨??憸???唳?蝑??憸??銝??鋡??銝??蝔??隞亙???
you with a relatively comprehensive picture of doing 銝??靽梯?????????????港?甇歹????撟踹???????
business in Guangzhou by virtue of this 2021 Special 憓??蝏??皛∩縑敹????蛹撟踹??交?摰?????蝖?霈暹????
Report on the State of Business in Guangzhou. 頞喟??輻??????噶?瑞??踹??????嘀撌???踹???賒瘛?
????輻??????撟喟?蝞∪???????????抬?雿踵?隞??
According to this 2021 Special Report on the State of ?函?隡??隡??????????縑嚗?嘀撌???冽????銝?誑撣?
Business in Guangzhou, a majority of studied companies ?箔蛹撖澆???誑瘜??銝箏?蝖?????????????嚗?僎??賒
report to have already made profits in Guangzhou. 78% ???韐豢????韏?噶?拙?瘞游像嚗?誑?詨??游????韏???
stated their overall return on investment were positive.
Despite the fact that global economy remains subject to 隞??憭???Ｘ????2020撟湔?隞支犖憭望????撟湛?餈?
uncertainties and setbacks owing to COVID-19, most of 銝?撟游?鋡??銋??霈啜????????賑鈭?葬鈭??嚗??皜⊿??喋??
the companies take a sanguine view of business outlook
in Guangzhou. More than 95% of studied companies select
Guangzhou as one of the investment destinations while
57% of the respondents consider Guangzhou as the top spot
in their global investment plan. Compared with 2019, 43%
of companies report that they increased their reinvestment
in Guangzhou in 2020 while only 20% decreased their
investment under the influence of COVID-19 and other
factors. Preferential policies is an important reason for
keeping their reinvestment in Guangzhou. About 70% of
the companies have expansion plans in Guangzhou in
the next three years. 80% of studied companies rate the
business environment in Guangzhou as very good or good.

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