Questionnaire for Foreign-invested Enterprises in Dalian
1．Basic information of your company：
Total investment USD; Industrial sector: ;
Number of Employees ; Country (or region) of investor .
2． Since 2008, your company’s overall operation can be described as:
A. Increasing profitability B. Decreasing profitability C. Balanced D. Decreasing loss
E. Increasing loss
3．Major problems your company encountered in the process of construction (multiple choices):
A. Project approval, industrial and commercial registration, foreign exchange examine & approval; B. Examine & approval of land-use plan C. Environmental protection procedures D. Water, power and gas supply E. Quality control, fire control F、Project tendering, bidding and supervision
4. Major problems your company encountered during your operation:
A. Employee Recruitment B. Logistic cost C. IPR protection D. Land resources restriction E. Policy stability (such as export tax rebate) F. Public security G. Judicial impartiality
H. Exchange rate I. water, power and gas supply J. Transportation ( for people & logistics) K. Bank financing L. Related enterprises` supporting capability M. Raw material
N. Account receivable return
O. others, please specify:_________________________________________________
5. What should government departments take measures to improve in their policy implementation, service attitude and working efficiency?______________________________________________
6. Are the services convenient and efficient in the departments like the Customs, and the Inspection & Quarantine? What’s kind of improvement needed? _________________________
7. Do you think the current taxes and fees for your company to pay reasonable?
______________________________________________________________________________
8. Does the foreign investor of your company have investments in other cities of mainland China? What’s percentage of its investment in Dalian accounting for in its total investment in mainland China? ___%
9. What’s the most important element that has effect on your enterprises’ profitability or cost?
______________________________________________________________________________
10. The percentage of the raw materials imported____ %; the percentage to be purchased in China___%; the percentage of local purchase in the total domestic purchase___%; the percentage of non-local purchase in the total domestic purchase__%.
11. Major problems your company has encountered when you purchase domestically (multiple choices):
A. Price B. Quality C. Quantity D. Delivery period E. Settlement conditions F. Purchasing channels G. Logistics H. Others ____________________________________
12. The percentage of the production equipments to be imported ___%; the percentage of those to be purchased in China___%; the percentage of local purchase in the total domestic purchase___%; the percentage of non-local purchase in the total domestic purchase __%.
13. Major problems your company has encountered when you purchase equipments domestically (multiple choices):
A. Price B. Quality C. Quantity D. Delivery period E. Settlement conditions F. Purchasing channels G. Logistics H. others ____________________________________
14. What are the restricting factors when your company purchases raw material or equipments locally?_______________________________________________________________________
15. Are the local supporting manufacture capabilities enough to meet your company’s demand? What is the proportion of local support that your company has acquired? .
16. What are your major requirements for the local supporting industries?
17. What are the measures or policies you expect most from the government to help the local supporting industries?
18. Is the current number of employees enough to sustain your company’s production? if not, what is the gap?
19. What kind of employees your company is in urgent need of?
A、general staff B、technically specialized workers C、mid-level management staff D、senior management staff
20. Through what channels does your company recruit employee?
21. What are your common practices in training employee?
22. Any ideas or suggestions you would like to give to the Administrations in HR such as working staff’s selection, recruitment and training?
23. What is your company’s future business strategy in Dalian? (one choice only)
A、capital withdrawal B、investment decrease C、maintain status quo D、investment increase E、increase industrial sectors F、decrease industrial sector G、decrease product category H、increase product category I、relocate to other areas in China J、relocate overseas K、others, please specify
24. What are the major factors for your company’s decision-making on increasing investment in Dalian or not?
25. If your company plans to increase investment, the investment might be put into through：
A、spot exchange B、profit C、equipment D、capital reserves E、external debt
26. What are the policies you wanted most from the government to support your company’s sustainable growth?
27. Any aspects of the city’s business environment that you are dissatisfied with?
28. Any suggestions on further improving the city’s business environment?
