Business Environment and Opportunities in China

Foreign-Owned Enterprises (WFOEs)
- Holdings / Investment companies
- Representative offices (Rep offices)
2.4 Project Approval Process and Related Institutions
- Setting up a Joint Venture (JV)
- Setting up a Wholly Foreign-owned Enterprise (WFOE)
- Setting up a Holding / Investment Company
- Setting up a Foreign Investment Company Limited by Shares (FICLS)
- Setting up a Representative Office
2.5 Labour Law
2.6 Financial Reporting and Auditing
2.7 Regulations on Taxation
2.8 Industrial and Intellectual Property Rights
2.9 Patent Law
2.10 Trademark Law
2.11 Copyright Law
2.12 Transfer of Technology
2.13 Competition Law
2.14 Financial Institutions
- The Banking Industry
- Foreign Banks in Shanghai
- Interbank Borrowing and Lending Services
- Payment Clearance and Settlement
- The three-corner-debt
2.15 The Exchange System and Currency Services
- Foreign Exchange Services in Domestic and Foreign Banks
2.16 Trade Financing Services
2.17 Money Markets and Capital Markets
a) Money Markets
b) Capital Markets
- The Shanghai Securities Exchange (SSE) and Securities Houses
2.18 Business Associations (Chambers of Commerce, Informal Associations)
- 'Guanxi' or the Asian Network in Shanghai
- Western Substitutes for 'Guanxi'
- Official Representations
- Semi-official Institutions
- Informal Clubs
- Commercial Companies
2.19 Evaluation of Policies and Institutions
- Evaluation of the Legal Institutions
- Evaluation of the Informal Associations

III Infrastructures and Facilities in Shanghai
3.1 Transportation
- Airports
- Roads
- Harbours
- Rail
3.2 Communication
- Telecommunications
- Information Technology
3.3 Utilities
- Utilities Development: The 8th five-year Plan 1990-1995
- Electrical Power Supply
- Gas Supply
- Water Supply
- Some Observations
3.4 Industrial Zones
- Caohejing High-Tech Park, Shanghai
- Shanghai Minhang ETDZ
- Shanghai Hongqiao ETDZ
- Pudong New Area
- Jinqiao Export Processing Zone
- Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone
- Zhangjiang High-Tech Park
- The China Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park

IV Opportunities in the Different Sectors in Shanghai's Development
4. Sectional Emphasis of Development Thrust
4.1 Development of the Financial Sector in China
- Financial Sector Policies and Development in China
4.2 Insurance Business: From Monopoly to Oligopoly
4.3 Tourism, Trade and Other Services
4.4 Construction
4.5 Manufacturing
- The Automobile Industry
4.6 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing
- Agriculture
- Forestry
- Fishing
- Mining
- Appendix 1: Brief Case Outlines of Selected Companies Operating in Shanghai Region
- Appendix 2: Foreign Consulates in Shanghai
- Appendix 3: Foreign Trade / Business Organisations in Shanghai
- Appendix 4: Clubs for Foreigners in Shanghai
- Appendix 5: Commercial Information Providers in Shanghai
- Appendix 6: Shanghai's Three Development Zones
- Appendix 7: Banking Services