3/04/2008

Critical Issues for the Overseas Investors in Mainland China Today

1.At present, human capital has become a critical issue for many businesses in the mainland and executives based there are learning the hard way the amount of time that must be dedicated to human resources related issues

(The aforesaid remarks are said to be reflected in the newly released mere title of “The Little Red Book of China Business” by Sheila Melvin who spent seven years at the United States-China Business Council advising executives on politics, economics and the practicalities of doing business in 2008

2. China ranks 53rd out of 68 jurisdictions on the Fraser Institute’s Policy Potential Index of attractive investment destinations. The low ranking is partly due to paranoia. Almost 75 per cent of mining companies cited restricted access to geological data as a deterrent to investment.

The big problems, according to the report’s author, Fred McMahon, are mainland shortcomings on the rule of law. “Different departments or levels of government try to impose conflicting regulations, making life impossible,” he notes. And even where central government do not forbid foreign investment, local government paranoia and hostility combined with ambiguous and inconsistent regulations act as an effective deterrent.

The aforesaid contents are reflected in the South China Morning Post of 3 March 2008

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