REGIONS
China has huge areas and natural resources, and today it also has the financial means to develop these resources.
Means indeed which are second to none. Up to now, the coastal provinces have had a lead over the western and northern inshore provinces in terms of infrastructural development. However, today, we are departing at the speed of light from the stereotype of the Hong Kong supremacy in economic cultivation and the eminence of the affluent Guangdong industrial belt around it and of Taiwan (however much some folks may still cling to the concept).
In 20 years the regional focuses of Dongfang’s work have moved counter cyclically from the North and Northeast, from Shandong, Hebei, Tianjin, Beijing and Henan towards the “south”. Although we have had been doing business in Shanghai since 1991, it was only in 2007 that the city became our true operational base, with much activity in Zhejiang and Jiangsu. Whatever our own preferences, we always seek the “synergy of the location” for our clients. This may be access to certain natural resources like wind energy in the Northwest. It may consist of abundant human resources and a highly skilled workforce like in Guangdong, centers of Fujian etc., or the proximity of automotive industry centers in Liaoning, Jilin, or indeed an environment of extreme urbanization like Shanghai itself, where planners, architects, suppliers of urban means of transportation and urban infrastructural goods can find a unique playground (?) and endless opportunities.
At all times, we keep monitoring and anticipating the continuous structural change, the extreme volatility of environments in the hot growth zone that China is.
Only by doing so, we can offer good and reliable advice in location matters..
Project Consulting
Experienced advice, Studies and Analyses for Sound Deliberation and Decision Making
Is the intended business at all feasible in China? What is the market good for…? What is the best strategy to achieve swift, sustainable and eco- and sociocompatible profits? Where is the best place to locate the business? Go for it alone or seek local partners? Who could they be? For how long? What is the minimum outlay, what risks remain inevitable? How to secure the business in China against the hazards of regional and structural change, international relations, competition and piracy (to name just a few key questions)?
Dongfang analyses for you the feasibility, strategies, hazards, location, market conditions and dynamics, business partners and (often most important) alternative strategies.
In 20 years, many of our clients in this domain have chosen to remain with us for consulting in the ensuing operational phase. So, obviously, they were satisfied with us in phase one. And our lasting involvement has proved worthwhile in many cases.