https://www.scmp.com/rss/314189/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Known primarily as a hub of manufacturing, China has diversified into other sectors in an effort to maintain the country’s strong GDP growth and attract further investment. Whereas factories were once the focus of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, services and people-focused sectors are now attracting greater attention from overseas investors. The numbers in the first quarter of 2015 bear this out. While FDI overall grew 11.3 per cent to US$34.88 billion, manufacturing investment fell 3.6... https://www.scmp.com/article/topics/invest-china/1786520/shift-manufacturing-china-lures-foreign-investment-red-hot-services-sector?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/topics/invest-china/1786520/shift-manufacturing-china-lures-foreign-investment-red-hot-services-sector?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 May 2015 02:15:00 +0000 For years, China’s sports industry has been dominated by basketball, tennis and badminton, driven by homegrown stars such as Yao Ming and Li Na and strong leagues. Yet the most lucrative sport of all – football – has lagged behind. With a previously weak domestic league, allegations of corruption, poor showings from the national teams and intellectual property issues surrounding merchandise, the market hasn’t taken off as it has in other developing football markets such as the United... https://www.scmp.com/article/topics/invest-china/1746914/beautiful-game-finally-takes-china-foreign-clubs-eye-big-profits?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/topics/invest-china/1746914/beautiful-game-finally-takes-china-foreign-clubs-eye-big-profits?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Mar 2015 01:18:04 +0000 Twenty years ago China’s roads were a sea of locally made vehicles, motorbikes and pedal bikes. The country’s car market has flourished since then, attracting huge investment from domestic and foreign firms. In the past decade, the number of cars sold has rocketed from around 2 million to nearly 20 million a year. While this boom was fuelled by sales of cheap local vehicles, the luxury car market has also taken off. Most of the major luxury brands see China as their fastest-growing – and often... https://www.scmp.com/article/topics/invest-china/1694217/flourishing-luxury-car-market-edging-out-chinas-cheaper-domestic-brands?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/topics/invest-china/1694217/flourishing-luxury-car-market-edging-out-chinas-cheaper-domestic-brands?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Jan 2015 01:37:37 +0000 There was initial alarm in some quarters at China’s recent FDI drop, with a number of commentators suggesting that it showed the reduction in appeal of China’s market for investment, amid concerns over an economic slowdown and investigations into a number of foreign firms. FDI fell at its sharpest rate since the financial crisis, down to US$7.2 billion in August 2014 – the lowest monthly total since July 2010. This was 14 per cent lower than the same month in 2013. There are a number of reasons... https://www.scmp.com/article/topics/invest-china/1663523/chinas-fdi-slowdown-just-blip-landscape-reshaped?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/topics/invest-china/1663523/chinas-fdi-slowdown-just-blip-landscape-reshaped?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Dec 2014 01:15:13 +0000