After more than two decades of progress in market reforms and liberalization, the entry of China into the WTO marks a new era for its integration into the world economy. No global business can now ignore the tremendous potential of China as a massive new marketing and a powerful business partner."Doing Business with China" is a unique and timely guide to business practice opportunities in this dynamic economy. Up-to-date and authoritative, it’s an essential reference source for those engaged in financial services, corporate planners, entrepreneurs and China’s would be trading partners. In addition to detailed economic and trade statistics, there is a mass of invaluable information on the country’s foreign trade activity, business start-ups in China, joint ventures and market research, advice on such matters as business relationships and the impact of Chinese cultural values on them, plus useful historical information on the development and reform of state-owned enterprises.