China’s Unified National Market and Local Protectionism

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为了降低国际市场不确定性带来的风险,中国企业越来越注重国内市场,以覆盖14亿潜在消费者。然而,中国市、县级及其他地区政府偏袒本地企业的保护主义做法,给外地企业带来了挑战。为了解决此问题,中国国家领导层加大了建设“全国统一大市场”的力度。该国有关部门最近启动了一项为期六个月的行动,预计此行动将取得成效,也将惠及那些寻求突破中国市场准入壁垒的外国企业。Read more

China’s Unified National Market and Local Protectionism

Image: Gerd Altmann, Permission Granted (Publicdomainpictures.net)

The need to mitigate risks associated with uncertainty in the international market has forced Chinese businesses to increasingly focus on their domestic market to reach 1.4 billion potential consumers. However, protectionist practices by various municipal, county-level, and other regional jurisdictions in China favoring local businesses have presented challenges to non-local businesses. To solve the problem, the Chinese national leadership has stepped up its effort to establish a “unified national market”. A six-month campaign recently launched by national authorities is expected to produce results that will also benefit foreign businesses seeking to overcome market access barriers in China.Read more