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As more and more Chinese tourists and businessmen venture abroad, often for the first time, the international emergency assistance companies are eager to put their minds at rest.

Research on the Chinese consumer market is becoming more sophisticated, but an expected surge in work undertaken by local firms makes it likely that international groups will have to fiaht hard to maintain market share.

Transport construction is the major source of wealth creation in Yunnan, helping this land-locked province in south-west China to sell its products to a wider regional market.

Shaanxi is a province of contrasts, being among the poorest regions in China and yet its capital Xian is one of the foremost centres for scientific and technological development.

The financial crisis in Southeast Asia is making it more difficult for China to raise international capital, just at a time when funds are needed to reform the country’s state-owned enterprises.