{"id":21594,"date":"2018-08-08T11:51:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T03:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=21594"},"modified":"2018-08-08T12:00:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T04:00:29","slug":"business-china-report-launch","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/?tribe_events=business-china-report-launch","title":{"rendered":"Doing Business in China Report Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Doing Business in China Report\u00a02017\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2017 Business in China Survey was conducted with the membership of the China-Australia Chamber of Commerce (AustCham) and the Australia China Business Council (ACBC) Victoria in Q3 2017. The survey base comprised Australian businesses operating in or doing business with China.<\/p>\n<p>Responses were received from 100 companies. The survey respondents were predominantly (senior) executive-level leaders who provide strategic leadership in managing their companies\u2019 China business interests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Report Purpose:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Doing Business in China Report is a critical tool for the chamber as it helps Australian businesses understand the opportunities and challenges facing companies in China. This report highlights the present and expected future benefits of the still young China-Australia Free Trade Agreement with Australian businesses indicating real optimism about its impact. While the generally agreed upon difficulty-of-doing-business remains the Achilles\u2019 heel for many an Australian trade venture in China, this survey can help reflect and uncover some of the frustrations and obstacles facing Australian businesses in China.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Findings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the last financial year, 52 percent of survey respondents said their financial performance in China was profitable.<\/li>\n<li>55 percent said that doing business with China was somewhat difficult.<\/li>\n<li>Australian businesses felt increased engagement\/attention from Chinese authorities positively impacted them. For instance, 26% felt optimistic about new IP protection measures, notwithstanding just over 2\/3 were neutral.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doing Business in China Report in the media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, March 15th, CEO and Executive Director of AustCham Beijing,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/beijing.austcham.org\/directors\/nick-coyle\/\">Nick Coyle<\/a>\u00a0spoke live on CNBC highlighting the optimistic findings from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/beijing.austcham.org\/events\/Doing-Business-in-China-Report-Launch\">Doing Business in China Report<\/a>. In the interview Mr Coyle discussed\u00a0the likely increase in investment from Australian business, as well as the\u00a0additional upcoming opportunities\u00a0created by\u00a0China\u2019s\u00a0growing middle class and the Belt &amp; Road Initiative (BRI). Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2018\/03\/14\/china-australian-chamber-of-commerce-head-on-opportunity-in-china.html\">here<\/a>\u00a0to watch the full interview.<\/p>\n<p><b>Full Media Coverage List<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radio\/adelaide\/programs\/worldtoday\/australian-businesses-in-china-remain-optimistic\/9551172\">ABC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/m.cn.apdnews.com\/business\/826989.html\">APD News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2018\/03\/14\/china-australian-chamber-of-commerce-head-on-opportunity-in-china.html\">CNBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinatradenews.com.cn\/daiyan\/201803\/16\/c13353.html\">China Trade News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"LPlnk895819\" href=\"https:\/\/news.cgtn.com\/news\/304d7a4e796b7a6333566d54\/share_p.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Data Sessions: China\u2019s Massive Appetite For Top-Drawer Talent<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/m.cn.apdnews.com\/business\/826989.html\">\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ne-asia.com\/archives\/view-3812-1.html\">East-Asia Commerce \u4e1c\u4e9a\u8d22\u7ecf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mp.weixin.qq.com\/s\/C6inljpnV5BNVe7oDekJ_g\">IBD<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/1093575.shtml\">The Global Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/m.thepaper.cn\/newsDetail_forward_2034008\">The Paper\u00a0\u6f8e\u6e43<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toutiao.com\/i6534927566132740622\/\">TouTiao\u5934\u6761<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/beijing.austcham.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Doing-Business-in-China-report.pdf\">Doing Business in China 2017 Report<\/a>\u00a0for the full release.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doing Business in China Report\u00a02018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Australian Chamber of Commerce will be conducting the &#8216;Doing Business in China&#8217; survey this month, we welcome all\u00a0companies with an ABN (Australian Business Number) to join. Seeking to provide our members with the most up-to-date and important information on the business climate for Australian enterprises in China. Please contact ava.song@austcham.org for the survey link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doing Business in China Report\u00a02017\u00a0 The 2017 Business in China Survey was conducted with the membership of the China-Australia Chamber of Commerce (AustCham) and the Australia China Business Council (ACBC) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":21595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[86],"class_list":["post-21594","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-austcham-events","cat_austcham-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/21594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/21594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21596,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/21594\/revisions\/21596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21594"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftribe_events_cat&post=21594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}