-- Helps investors determine whether to invest in inner China or coastal cities such as Shanghai.
-- Analyzes the comparative advantages and disadvantages of foreign owned enterprises, joint ventures, and other options.
-- Presents case studies of important joint ventures, including Puyi-Briggs and Stratton Engine Corporation.
-- Substantial coverage of the region's extensive electronics industry.
The Chinese economy is expanding at unprecedented speed. While much is known about the expansion taking place in China's coastal cities, this book assembles previously hard-to-find information about the important growth taking place in inner China, especially in the fast-growing cities of Chengdu, Chongqing and Wuhan. Based on translated documents, seminars, discussions and personal interviews in Sichuan Province, this is an unprecedented first-hand guide to Sichuan's remarkable business opportunities, local financial and tax policies andincentives, and locational advantages.