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7 White Paper on the Business Environment in China

Overall Business Environment in South China

In general, most of the respondents considered the 24% 22.8%
current business environment in South China as Very good Neutral
“good” or “very good”, accounting for 24.5% and 52.68%
respectively, an unpresedentedly high percentage 0.5%
compared to the past three years. Poor

52.7%
Good

Comparision of Overall Business Environment in South China (2015 & 2016)

Improved greatly 12%

Improved somewhat 49%
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Remained about the same 31%

Decreased somewhat 8%

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Compared to 2015, most of the companies responded that the
overall business environment in South China has improved in
some ways, which is identical to last year’s study. While this indicates
continuous improvement, it also suggests room for further innovation.

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