BEIJING TOPS THE WORLD IN NUMBER OF FORTUNE 500 HEADQUARTERS
(People's Daily Online, english.people.com.cn)
24 febbraio, 14:33
(People's Daily Online) As of the end of 2013, 48 out of the
world's top 500 enterprises were headquartered in Beijing.
Beijing overtook Japan for the first time to rank the first in the world in the number of company headquarters, according to Beijing Municipal Commission of Commerce on Wednesday. In 2013, these headquarters created 25 percent of job opportunities in Beijing and contributed near 60 percent of revenue and taxes to the city. In these headquarters, there are eight economic clusters, four economic development zones and six business and service clusters. 280 out of the world's top 500 companies have invested in Beijing and one third of them have set up their regional headquarters in Beijing. Of these multinational companies, about 80 percent of them are investment companies and 20 percent of them are management companies.
Beijing overtook Japan for the first time to rank the first in the world in the number of company headquarters, according to Beijing Municipal Commission of Commerce on Wednesday. In 2013, these headquarters created 25 percent of job opportunities in Beijing and contributed near 60 percent of revenue and taxes to the city. In these headquarters, there are eight economic clusters, four economic development zones and six business and service clusters. 280 out of the world's top 500 companies have invested in Beijing and one third of them have set up their regional headquarters in Beijing. Of these multinational companies, about 80 percent of them are investment companies and 20 percent of them are management companies.
