China Business Tour 2011

China

– Fun facts

Asia

Population: Too many

2nd largest economy

Communist/Capitalist

Capital Beijing

China

• Triggers of the “Take Off”

process:

– China

Deng Xiaoping´s Reforms in

1978

Corrupt Political system may hold

China back

Guanxi in action

SWOT

Strengths

Plenty of cheap labour

Hungry to work

Low over head costs

Government promoted

Market

WeaknessesNot enough experienced

managersNot enough jobs for

graduatesNot creative or R & D

orientedCorrupt government

OpportunitiesHigher education on the

riseGrowing middle class

Rising GDP

Threats

Aging population

Lack of resources

& pollutionLess

people willing to work in

factories

Corporate & Cultural Visits

Nokia - South East Beijing CITS China Investment and Guarantee Great Wall Forbidden City Eastcom Queensland Government Trade and

Investment Allens Arthur Robinson Zhanjiang High Tech Park Shanghai Integrated Circuit Museum Yangshan Customs free trade port

I also learned…..

Chinese eat everything… And so do I…

Chinese youth really don’t know about Tiananmen Square

Panda’s are people too

Joel is a Jedi

The Great Wall Tastes Good

Don’t believe me?

Just ask Aya

Aya is not camera shy

Taxi’s stop running at midnight in Beijing

How to fly on an airplane

China Loves Kobe and America

Learned about some cool new people

International Relations

• US likes China but Fears them. Love/hate

China USA

Prospects

Scenario 1

Probability :

Time Line :

+ / - :

Scenario 2

Probability :

Peaceful Coexistence?

Scenario 3

Probability : Battle over resources and political differences?

The End