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Takeaways ?抽?瑕??

Th e global economy appears to be emerging 2020骞存?????????????璧蜂??ュ悍涓??
from one of its deepest recessions 娴???猴??ㄧ?缁??浼间?姝ｄ???涓ラ???
followed by the devastating health and economic crisis 琛伴??涓??????ャ??腑?戒?涓哄????涓?涓?????涓昏?缁??浣??
caused by COVID-19 in 2020. As the first major economy ?板凡???浠???????甫?ョ?????伴?涓????腑璧板??ャ???
to show a recovery, China has successfully navigated 澶??????藉?浼?????涓???靛尽浜?????甯????????搴?
the extreme hardship brought by the COVID-19. Many ??奖????负浜??浼版?????????滑浼????奖?????滑浜?2020
AmCham South China members have withstood the 骞?2???娆″?琛ㄤ????????剁?姣??COVID-19锛?????褰卞?
impact to various degrees. To evaluate the impact ?瑰??ュ?????跺???2020骞?3???甯?????????剁?姣??CO-
of COVID-19 on our members, our first study of the VID-19锛??渚???剧?褰卞??瑰??ュ????骞朵???勾9???甯??
subject, the Special Report on the Impact of Coronavirus ??2020骞村?????虹?娴???靛勾涓???????????2021骞达????
was published in February 2020. Then the Special Report ???????ㄧ?澧???跺??ㄨ?澶??纭???э?涓??缁??褰㈠?渚?
on Impact of COVID-19 on Supply Chain was released in ?跺???弗宄汇???????藉?浼??缁??杩?????浼??浼???ㄥ?
March 2020 followed by the 2020 Mid-Year Special Report 杩????奖?????勾搴???瑰??ュ?涔??渚????
on the State of Business in South China in the same year
in September. With the uncertainties of pandemic and
external environment in 2021, the world economic
situation remains complex and severe. AmCham South
China has continued to track its impact on companies
with established operations in China in various ways, and
this report is another one in a series of studies to come.

Key takeaways of this report are as below: ???????抽?瑕??濡??锛?

路None of the companies surveyed showed 路娌℃?浠讳????浼??琛ㄧず瑕???ㄦ?绂讳腑?姐??
willingness to leave China completely.
路缁?ぇ?ㄥ????浼??琛ㄧず?ㄥ?????讳??????负姝ｅ??
路Most companies reported positive overall returns 涓??浜?????璧??讳????????ぇ?ㄥ?浼??瀵逛腑?藉??虹?澧?
on investment (ROI) in China, which were higher than their ?夸?淇??涔??????害????╂?2016骞村?19骞寸??版??告?锛??
global ROI. A majority of companies remain optimistic 涓??涓??甯????俊蹇?????娑??灏ゅ????璧??涓??涓??甯?
towards the business outlook in China, a remarkable ?哄??挎?涓轰?瑙???
increase compared to data from 2016 to 2019. In particular,
American companies see a brighter prospect of China?? 路灏界?涓??浣?负??骇?堕????扮??稿???????涓??锛?
market growth. 瓒??涓???????浼??浠??涓????负?ㄧ????璁″?涓??棣?
????
路China remains the top investment destination
by more than half of the studied companies despite its 路?界??板????绛??绯诲????瀵艰?2020骞村????娴??
decreasing attraction as a manufacturing base. ?颁弗??奖???浣??2020骞翠?涓???????????浠??骞??????
涓?2019?告?锛?17%???璁夸?涓????灏???????????灏??
路While a combination of factors including the ??????浠介???
coronavirus pandemic severely impacted the global
economy in 2020, only a slight decrease in actual 路涓??甯??宸ㄥぇ????挎??????绛??濂戒互???浠??瀹?
reinvestment in China was realized. However, compared to ?板???????纭???у?寮轰?浼???ㄥ??????浆绉绘?璧??涓?
2019, a 17% of companies slightly decreased or significantly ?界??磋叮??
decreased their reinvestment quota in 2020 in China.
路????????????猴??ㄥ?澶??楂???伴????灏??璁″?
路Factors including huge market potential, preferential ???璧??澶ч」???澶у????瀛?????存???郴??ぇ涓?????
policies and uncertainties of pandemic in other countries,
have whetted companies?? interest to increase investment
in China or shift investment to China.

路An interesting finding of the 2021 Special Report
is the direct connection between the reduced number of
expatriate executives in China and the massive reduction

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