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7 White Paper on the Business Environment in China

Location of Other Regional Offices in China (Outside South China)

2016 73.3%

26.7% Have offices in
other parts of China
2015 68%
Have no office in
32% other parts of China

2014 68%
32%
0%
10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

80% 79% 42% Have o ce in
56% Yangtze River Delta
70% 32% 32% Have o ce in
10% 24% Northern Part of China
70% 2015 15% Have o ce in
Western Part of China
60% 52% Have o ce in
Other Parts of China
50%
2016
40% 36%

30%

20% 12%

10%

2014

Nearly 27% of the respondents have not established offices in other parts of China,
a slight decline when compared to previous years. While we observe that a large
number of respondents have offices in the Yangtze River Delta, interestingly, we find that

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Delta, as well as northern and western parts

70%dofifCfehreinnat. This leads us to conclude that respondents are expanding their businesses to
regions in China.

60%

35800%