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OVER STORY

2018 White Paper &
Special Report Released!

We released our 2018 White Paper on the will be treated equally. We applaud President
Business Environment in China and 2018 Xi’s words and thoughts as we look forward
Special Report on the State of Business in South to a more level playing field where we can all
China on March 1. Consuls General and senior profit together.”
officials from nearly 20 Consulates General in
Guangzhou attended. The 2018 White Paper shows that so
far, Guangdong government is the most
The 533-page 2018 White Paper, now in its responsive with the December 2017 release
tenth year, presents a highly researched, of “Policies and Measures of Guangdong
exhaustively cited account of the on-the- Province on Further Expanding Opening-
ground business environment in China. The up and Actively Attracting Foreign Direct
2018 Special Report, meanwhile, aggregates Investment (FDI)”, commonly known as
and analyzes the experiences of 244 companies Ten Measures for Attracting FDI. Guangdong
who participated in the Chamber’s annual government is showing a more open approach
Study of the State of Business. toward foreign investment, particularly in
attracting high-level talents.
“The good news is that foreign companies are
cautiously more optimistic as the central and Among many topics, the 2018 White Paper
local governments are giving signals that they discusses the impact of foreign-invested
will open up the market and welcome more enterprises on China’s economy. For example,
foreign investment,” said AmCham South foreign companies help generate one-third
China President Dr. Harley Seyedin. “It is of China’s GDP and over one-quarter of
expected that all businesses registered in China its employment. U.S. companies and their

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