ADVISORY/Chinese Private Companies to Make Direct Exports.

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1998--

TOPIC: In an effort to increase export growth, the Chinese government will allow private companies to conduct direct foreign trade beginning next year, a Foreign Trade Ministry newspaper reported Thursday. Current policy forces private companies to export through state-run companies. The new plan demonstrates growing government support for the private sector.

EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story:

Yanjie Bian is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota, and focuses on Chinese business and Chinese business relations with government.

Marina Gorbis is Director of SRI's International Programs Group. The group is part of several programs, including the China Economic & Technology Alliance (CETA), which was established by SRI in 1995 in cooperation with the People's Republic of China.

Dali Yang is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, and concentrates on China industrial policy and the political economy of China.

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