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Chinese manufacturers of telecoms equipment are winning back domestic market share from foreign suppliers and signing lucrative deals abroad.

An increasingly affluent China represents a potentially vast market for gold products and the sector is starting to open up to foreign investors.

Faced with a stagnant home market, Qingdao’s leading manufacturers have maintained growth levels by concentrating on the export market.

The Chinese government’s insistence that all market research projects be approved by the State Statistical Bureau adds to the catalogue of obstacles that continue to face foreign businesses operating in China.

Following agreement with the US, China looks set to join the troubled WTO some time in 2000 and it appears intent on becoming a champion for developing nations.