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"Malaysia's labor cost is 10%-20%lower than Shanghai, and the cost of labor in Vietnam is basically half of Shanghai. This year, the headquarters has begun to find new opportunities in Malaysia and once allowed Italian factories to digest Chinese orders. . "Ning Shuchuan, General Manager and Operation Director of the Greater China District of Kaifu (Shanghai) Power Technology Co., Ltd., told the Global Times reporter. This is a company that is headquartered in Switzerland and listed in Sweden. It mainly provides shore electricity systems for large ships. Data released by the Ministry of Commerce on September 19 showed that from January to August this year, the actual amount of foreign investment in the country was 892.74 billion yuan, an increase of 16.4%year -on -year, equivalent to USD 138.41 billion, an increase of 20.2%year -on -year. In the context of the new coronary pneumonia's epidemic, geopolitical conflict, and slowing global economic growth, foreign investors' investment in China will not decline. In addition to reflecting the continuity of the Chinese market Enter a new stage.

High -tech investment becomes a growth point

According to data from the Ministry of Commerce, from the perspective of foreign -invested industries, the actual amount of foreign investment in the service industry increased by 8.7%year -on -year, and the actual use of foreign investment in the high -tech industry increased by 33.6%year -on -year, of which the high -tech manufacturing industry increased by 43.1%year -on -year. The high -tech service industry A year -on -year increase of 31%.

Lan Qingxin, a professor at the National Institute of Foreign Opening of Foreign Economic and Trade, told the reporter of the Global Times that with the upgrading of China's industrial structure, the market effect continues to appear, foreign capital is mainly concentrated in the service industry and high -tech manufacturing industry. The trend, scientific research and technical service industry, and the information technology service industry have become hot areas that attract foreign capital, and the proportion of foreign investment has continued to rise.

According to the German "Business Daily", the largest investment in Germany in the Chinese market in the first half of the year was the BMW Group's acquisition of equity with 3.6 billion euros in the first quarter, and controlled BMW Brilliance. Another major investment comes from chemical company BASF, with more than 1.7 billion euros in construction bases in southern China.

The British Hao Mai Group is a group company with nearly 50 subsidiaries under its group. Its group executive board member, chairman and president of the Asia -Pacific region Wang Chunwen told the Global Times reporter that the Chinese market is their focus of investment. The subsidiaries enter China for sales, production and operation. "For example, companies that focus on commercial radar solutions have entered China and can be applied in multiple fields. Carry out research and development. " He revealed that under the guidance of China's "Fourteenth Five -Year Plan", they will increase investment in China in urbanization, environmental protection and advanced technology. A German company executive in the field of construction machinery told the Global Times reporter: "Compared with other Asian countries, the higher -end industries, the more competitive China is in China." At the same time, he believes that foreign companies only have product quality in product quality , Price, Delivery Speed, take up at least one advantage to win the market.

So what is the situation of foreign SMEs in China? Li Xuelong, an international business negotiating expert and a guest attendant of the University of Hong Kong. The impact of market competition is greater. But those companies that can be embedded in the ecological chain in different industries can still develop well in China. "

Foreign strategy focuses on "minimal risk"

A report provided by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in 2022 in China (hereinafter referred to as the "Business Information Survey") shows that although the political pressure of European companies with China is increasing, in order to ensure global competition in the world For more companies, more companies choose to develop Chinese business to minimize the risks of current and future geopolitical impacts.

The German enterprise executives in the field of construction machinery believe that the uncertainty brought by the trade protection policy has caused the long -term influencing factors that foreign companies have transferred production from abroad to China. Optimize 'transition to' minimum risk '". He said that China is a market with huge consumption potential, so transferring all industrial chains including production to China is the "optimal solution" of foreign companies. At present, 95%of his companies are purchased in China and assembled in the factory in Beijing. Lan Qingxin told the Global Times reporter that China's business environment has continued to improve the marketization, legalization, and internationalization level of China's business environment, and has gradually become a "shelter" and growth pole for investment in multinational enterprises.

Foreign business and China explore new development issues

"Business Information Survey" shows that for large multinational companies, China is a hotbed for research and development business. 40%of the respondents believe that China's current R & D environment is better than the global average. In the era of scientific and technological changes, the development of new technologies brings new problems. According to the "Business Information Survey", 75%of the respondents are realizing the localization of IT and data storage infrastructure. The head of a Japanese automobile company in China ’s government affairs department said that the company has technical accumulation in many technical fields, but it is also looking forward to the legal rules in the field of“ data security ”to be promoted and clarified as soon as possible. At the same time, they also expressed their hope that more entrances are involved in the construction of smart transportation, and uses their technical reserves in the battery field to participate in the construction of the grid. The Global Times reporter found in an interview with a number of foreign companies that the foresight of the policy and the compliance of laws and regulations are two aspects that foreign companies value. In addition, Li Xuelong also said that foreign companies' investment was not as radical as before, and at the same time, more staged and countermeasures would be added to the investment negotiations to face the uncertainty of the global environment.

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