Core Tip: China United States Chamber of Commerce believes that although American enterprises in China that labour costs continue to rise, but factors such as quality, cost-competitiveness of China actually has been improved.
China's investment environment and Foreign Affairs again cause business buzz.
22 July, EU Trade Commissioner de Gucht criticized China's independent innovation policies set up trade barriers, UNCTAD investment and Corporate Secretary, Mr Xiao Ning on the media that, "China's investment environment and does not deteriorate." However, Xiaoning Zhan subsequently pointed out that China's industrial structure adjustment, does make some labour-intensive, high pollution, energy intensive industries projects encounter challenges.
At the beginning of this year "Google event" complaining about China's investment environment in the foreign list is getting longer and longer. A few weeks ago, General Electric CEO Yimeierte (JeffreyImmelt) fiercely criticized the wording of the Chinese business environment, Germany Siemens Group CEO Peter löscher (PeterLoescher) and chemical company BASF company President Hebin Kit (JuergenHambrecht) also has voice complaining about China's investment environment.
China United States Chamber of Commerce of a staff told us that a comparison of large foreign-funded enterprises is now worried about government procurement issues, so they do not stop questioning and closely related independent innovation policy; small and medium-sized foreign-funded enterprises resentments of important reason is that foreign enterprises are not like the beginning of reform and opening up, so enjoy national treatment in the "super" they exist certain mental imbalance.
Frequently faced rumblings of foreign companies, the Chinese Government actively clarifying the facts. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said last week, the investment environment of public opinion is not true. He said that an investment in the deterioration of the environment, there will not be a large number of foreign investors flocked to. The first half of this year, the actual use of foreign capital increased 19.6%.
At the same time, the Government has begun to take some measures. July 20th, the Chinese Commerce Department spokesman Yao kin at the news conference, Department of Commerce has heard a foreign corporation is China's investment environment, and will work to improve the investment policy.
Improve the cost competitiveness in China
In the early days of reform and opening, attracting foreign-invested enterprises, foreign direct investment (FDI) is China's developing economy's established policy. To this end, local governments are often introduced tax preferential policy of, that Chinese private enterprises will complain that foreign-funded enterprises enjoy national treatment in the "super."
With the rapid development of China's economy, China has already owned 2.42 trillion in foreign reserves, China has gradually become a major exporter of FDI. As China's legal environment of perfection, for foreign investment in some special tax incentives has already been phased out. Local governments are less likely to attract foreign investment and free to launch the "preference policy".
The United States Chamber of Commerce in China staff told reporters, when some large foreign-funded enterprises to the Government procurement issues complaining, they used the "hyper-national treatment" of small and medium-sized foreign-funded enterprises even if business is not affected by actual impact, are complaining, which led to the deterioration of "China's investment environment," complaining incessantly.
Intellectual property issues and labor cost problems, but also foreign companies complained about the more concentrated areas. Nearly 90% of United States enterprises in China that intellectual property rights on its business are important, of which 70% said that intellectual property rights "very" or "important" to off. The new labor contract law enacted after the foreign enterprise is also aware of the Chinese labor costs rise challenges.
However, labour costs and other factors not on foreign-funded enterprises in China investment decision influence caused too much. Journalists from the United States Chamber of Commerce in China received a copy of the 2010 business environment survey. The report shows that 2010 has 34% of enterprises that China has not been lost because of the cost increase competitive advantage, while the proportion of 2009 only 16%. Thus China United States Chamber of Commerce said: Although enterprise that labour costs rising, but factors such as quality, cost competitiveness in China actually has been improved.
In the gorgeous enterprises first heavy regulatory environment
The 2010 business environment survey also showed that China's regulatory environment becomes United States enterprises in 2010 toughest business challenges. But the Chinese give preferential treatment to its own independent innovation product policy is currently in China, foreign companies complained that the prime objective.
United States Chamber of Commerce President Thomas · Donohue will spearhead China favouring national innovation product policy. Foreign-funded enterprises worry that these policies will impede them in the Chinese Government procurement gets orders.
The Chinese finance data show that the Chinese Government in 2008 the purchase of goods and services amounted to at least scale 5990 (approximately 880 million), government procurement in 2008 amounts to finance expenditure in occupies more than 9.6%, approximately 2% of GDP. If combined with the various levels of local government infrastructure projects, investment, government procurement markets much larger scale.
China United States Chamber of Commerce publication of the 2010 business environment survey showed that 28% of feedback that they have because of the enterprise of China's independent innovation policy business losses suffered. For these policies relate to high-tech enterprises, United States, 57% of companies said they expected to lose as a result of these policies.
The Chinese Government had taken note of these concerns and clarification, and launched a series of policies for foreign-invested enterprises "rest assured". Premier in May this year, visit Siemens in Tianjin, said: "all in accordance with the laws of China's enterprises registered in China are Chinese enterprises, their products are made in China, their products are created in China, should be treated equally, enjoy national treatment. ”
Complaining about China's independent innovation policy, States in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce are currently trying to persuade
China joined the WTO Government procurement as soon as possible.12 July, the Chinese Government has 12 July held WTO Government Procurement Committee meeting, China's accession to the WTO Government procurement agreement of new proposals. Proposed that the central entities and the threshold price and the Service Department, and other terms have been modified.
Although the company did not because these suspicions to stop the pace of investments in China, but China United States Chamber of Commerce of survey: the impact of the financial crisis, 44% of enterprises that 2009 has been postponed or cancelled the investment in China. However, nearly 80% of the United States in China enterprise plan will increase its investment in 2010.
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