Sticking to plan in firm with diverse portfolio

3M doesn't just produce Scotch Tape: It sees scope in health sector

James McSheffrey, chief executive officer of 3M China Ltd, says, paradoxically, that running a business in China can be "both easy and difficult".

For the record, the industrial conglomerate has a string of well-established brands in the world's second-largest consumer market. Sales in China alone jumped to around 15 percent of its global revenue in 2013.