The China boom is by now a well-documented phenomenon. Who hasn't【1】the Middle Kingdom's a

stounding economic growth (8 percent annually} , its tremendous consumer market (1.2 billion people), the investment enthusiasm of foreign suitors ($40 billion in foreign direct investment last year【2】)？ China is an economic wonder.【3】Nicholas Lardy of the Brookings Institution, a Washington D．C．-based think tank, "No country【4】its foreign trade as fast as China over the last 20 years. Japan doubled its foreign trade over【5】period; China's foreign trade was quintupled(使成五倍). They've become the pre-eminent producer of labor-intensive manufacturing goods in the world. "

But there's been【6】from the dazzling China growth story-namely, the Chinese I multinational. No major Chinese companies have yet established themselves, or their brands,【7】the global stage. But things are now starting to change.【8】100 years of poverty and chaos, of being overshadowed by foreign countries and multinationals, Chinese industrial companies are starting to make a mark on the world.

A new generation of large and credible firms【9】in China in the electronics, appliance and even high-tech sectors. Some have【10】critical mass on the mainland and are now seeking new outlets for their production-through exports and by building Chinese factories abroad, chiefly in Southeast Asia.

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