Gerard Lyons, chief economist of Standard Chartered Bank, has famously said that the three most important words in the past decade were not "war on terror" but "made in China".
It seems impossible that a start-up cleaning company, mainly engaged in producing chemicals to wash boilers and tea urns, becomes one of the top 500 companies in the world, but Ren Jianxin did it.
Despite the impact of the unrest in North Africa, the African continent remains one of the most important investment destinations for Chinese companies, experts said.
After graduation, He Liehui's ambition was to become a judge. But nagged by his father, he took a flight to Africa and his whole life changed thereafter. He is today a successful businessman whose ambition is to be at the helm of a Chinese enterprise that ranks among the top 500 companies in the world.
Eric Zhang, the general manager of China's largest air conditioner maker Zhuhai Gree Electric Appliances Inc in Brazil is not worried about customer numbers. Rather he is worried whether his factory in Brazil would be able to cope with the flood of orders.
The results achieved by China in the 10 years after it joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 have been beyond its expectations, according to former WTO trade negotiator and former vice-minister of foreign trade and economic cooperation Tong Zhiguang.
Being a WTO member in the past 10 years, China had remarkable steps which are also new steps for all other countries and business partners Can we think about growth, stability and a sustainable world without China? You got the answer to the question, so let's take it as an opportunity. Alstom will continue to invest in China, for the future growth in China and international businesses outreach.
It is difficult to say whether the World Trade Organization (WTO) membership has triggered an aviation boom in China, but it has certainly helped improve the prospects for foreign airlines, especially after 2001, said Frederic Kahane, general manager of Air France-KLM Group in Greater China .
German automaker Daimler AG considers China its second home as it is the only other global market where it is present across the entire automobile spectrum with its products.
It is a good sign that the large billboards advertising Standard Chartered Bank (China) Ltd's housing loan service are still hanging at the busiest financial street in downtown Beijing.
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