The Advantages and Disadvantages of China's Current Foreign Investment Environment

On the other hand, knowledge of the political and legal environment of China will be fundamental. Information on their laws and regulations, such as foreign trade policies, product standards, tax laws and requirements, trade barriers, labor laws, etc. are extremely important when assessing China as a potential market for our company. Finally, a thorough research on China’s market conditions, such as potential competitors, market trends, market opportunities and threats, potential risks, unique market characteristics, etc. will be necessary to obtained a complete evaluation of the country before entering the market.

Globalization to China is both pros and cons because China is developing country. Economic globalization has made the contradiction between the ecological environment and sustainable development of developing countries increasingly acute.The entry of transnational capital increases the speculative and risk of financial markets, making it easy for short-term speculative capital to hit the weak domestic market in developing countries.Economic

The United States is both the world’s largest foreign direct investor and the largest beneficiary of foreign direct investment. While there may be many positive advantages to foreign investments, such as: increased productivity and economic development simulation, there are and equal amount, if not more, disadvantages. Direct foreign investments cause less domestic investments to occur within the United States and they could possibly even lead to Modern-Day Economic Colonialism. The United States Foreign Policy is a guideline that limits and allows overseas trade within the country. It is used to as a form of security to protect the United States' well-being, to make sure that trade with other countries and organizations won't jeopardize the

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The Chinese government is highly involved in business practices, unlike the American government. Their government plans China’s economy; therefore, it can be difficult for Americans and other foreigners to understand and work with them. Those making major business decisions need to understand Chinese government regulation and involvement in business practices. Chinese law lacks consistency and the their government has the right to change the standards at anytime without notice.

Even some changes are taking place, many tasks needed to be accomplished to construct the legal system which benefits market economy. The existing legal basis, legislation procedure and operating mechanism are not fully suitable with the requirements of market economy (Rongala, 2007 see in Tarun, 2012).

According to Oxford Dictionary, Globalization refers to the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. China, with the implementation of economic reforms in 1978, has had a growing number of interactions with other countries in different capacities, ranging from economic and political to environmental and cultural. With the expansion of globalization, whether it has brought China more good than harm is widely debated. Deaton (2016) claims that globalization has done more good than bad. China certainly receives more advantages than disadvantages through globalization by increasing quality of life, economic growth, the advent of cultural diversity and the alleviating measures launched.

The WTO accession expected to benefit the status of U.S. exports to China as it would be accelerated due to decreased tariffs and increased market access. President Clinton also anticipated that “this agreement will create jobs for the U.S., it will create jobs for labor union members” (Casey, 2012). A detailed study of trade statistics from 2000 to 2011 establishes the following trade patterns in U.S.-China since China’s WTO accession:

China is on its way to attaining mega market status as a consumer of technological goods and services. Countries unwilling or unable to compete for a share of this market place put themselves at a substantial competitive and economic disadvantage. The admission of China into the WTO will greatly benefit many companies across the board in the United States. The potential for computer makers, software makers, internet providers and internet service providers are immense and American companies could gain tremendously from their potential. These benefits will not be limited to the big name companies of the United States either. Smaller start-up companies will be on the same grounds now and receive the same benefits as larger firms. The small companies will now be able to sell their products in China where as they could not do so before because of the numerous obstacles that only the larger firms were equipped to maneuver around in China. Thus all businesses working from within the United States will have the fair opportunity to extend their reach into China.

I found this article "Foreign direct investment: Companies rush in with the cash" on the financial times website (www.FT.com) published December 11, 2002 written by John Thornhill. The reason for choosing this article is my personal interest in the Chinese economy and its attractiveness to the foreign investors. Apart from the foreign direct investment this topic has also helped me in understanding the impact of Chinese economy on the global market.

We will begin our analysis of these questions by examining China’s economy at the time of Deng Xiaoping’s accession to power in 1978 and the economic growth strategy he and his successor implemented which ultimately led China to ascension into the WTO. We will then review various conditions imposed upon China by the WTO and how China reacted to those changes and to what extent these lead to China’s current status and interaction

With China emerging as a global power in business within the last decade, knowing about doing business in China has become more important than ever. There are both many advantanges and challenges with doing business in China in this modern era, and understanding both sides of this coin is the key to being successful in China. Some aspects to keep in mind include the cultural barrier, the price of the work force in China compared to the United States, and have the “made in China” brand be accepted back in the United States.

There are different levels of income and consumption in the different areas of China. Dissimilarities in education, consumption, power, personal habits and tastes lead many multinational companies to view China as one nation, but certainly not one national market. While overseas companies focus on the premium market, China's domestic consumer goods companies compete in principal for middle and low income consumers. Also, the new labor law introduced in January 2008 has improved labor protection and wage regulations, but most importantly it has raised China's factory labor cost substantially causing foreign investors in labor intensive, low margin industries to reconsider their Chinese establishments. China made products are also put under scrutiny with respect to quality, hygiene and safety problems. In a global environment, which is driven by trade friction and financial insecurity, these problems may make it even more politically difficult for China to net result a good year.

China’s accession to the WTO in 2001 has helped shape its economy to becoming a more predictable environment for trade and foreign investment. Corporate governance and frameworks for business operations and interactions have improved, providing a much more transparent environment. (Deckers, 2004)

Political & Legal environment: The political system of a country is an important part of a companies marco-environment. ‘Who governs the country?’ ‘What does the government follow?’ and ‘What legal regulations follow from these policies?’. The most important factors a company is subject to are policy uncertainty, macro instability, and tax rates. Considering China is a country in transition all of the above factors are subject to change, to a degree substantially larger than it is in stable developed countries. We have recently seen changes happening in China on all of the above factors. One example is the new regulations regarding copying, which turned out in favor of Starbucks. However, what will happen in the (near) future is hard to tell. Whatever happens though, Starbucks will be subject to the consequences, whether positive or negative.