For more detailed information on areas of opportunity in China please refer to our Guide to Doing Business in China

IT and Software
Education
Environmental and Engineering Services

IT and Software:

In the last three years, China decreed a series of policies and measures to promote foreign trade.  China will continue to reform Telecom approval systems, promote government efficiency and create a healthy business environment to attract more IT and software foreign investment.

The following are growth areas where Irish companies might be expected to participate:

• Telecommunications
• Mobile handset and equipment production
• eCommerce and B2B portals 

Education:

China has always sent students overseas, but until the opening up the economy in the early 1980s, it was only the children of Government officials and other well-connected students and researchers who could afford to travel abroad for further education. With an increasingly open society and rapidly increasing wealth, the numbers travelling overseas has increased dramatically in the past ten years. Currently, the best employment opportunities within China are available to those who speak good English, and who have an overseas degree, so families are fully prepared to spend many times their annual income to get a good quality or overseas education for their children.

Environmental and Engineering Services:

As a result of major investments in infrastructure and in environmental protection, EI is encouraging clients from these sectors to investigate the potential, both for services and technology transfer. Enterprise Ireland provides a project advisory service to its clients to brief them on new and upcoming projects.   The Beijing Olympics and World Bank/EBRD contracts have already proved to be lucrative for Irish companies

Other sectors of interest to Irish companies include the general electronics, power industry, biotechnology and food (particularly seafood) sectors. Medical devices (diagnostic test kits, stents, disposables) are also making inroads into Chinese markets.

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