1 Printing Industry in China Present & Future Charles Lo Print 05 Chicago
2 Figures of Interest from 2004 No. of printing companies: 94,282 (1893 more than 2003) No. of employees: over 3 million Total printing shipments: USD 34 billion
3 Printing Industry Worldwide : 2004 G-5 US USD 161 Billion per capita $570 Japan Germany UK France China
4 China’s Total Printing Shipments :
5 China’s GDP : China’s GDP :
6 Total Printing Shipments : GDP
7 China’s GDP Prediction :
8 Foreign Printers with Investments in China R.R. Donnelley, Avery Dennison Toppan, Nippo, Nishiguchi Times Printers, SNP Choice, YFY C & C, Hung Hing, Astros, New Island, Midas, Starlight, Golden Cup, Wing King Tong, Luk Ka
9 Application Roadmap 1 Press and Publication Bureau 2 Foreign Investment Authority 3 Trade and Commerce Bureau
10 Laws and Regulations The Law of the People’s Republic of China on Enterprises with Foreign Investment The Law of the People’s Republic of China on Chinese-foreign Equity Joint Ventures The Law of the People’s Republic of China on Chinese-foreign Cooperative Enterprises Regulations on the Administration of Printing Industry Interim Provisions on the Establishment of Printing Enterprises with Foreign Investment Interim Regulations on Basic Criteria and Conditions of Printing Business Ownership (Go to for the English version of these laws)
11 The 4 Business Models 1 Forming new joint ventures: R.R. Donnelley, C&C Beijing 2 Buying out existing foreign invested printers: R.R. Donnelley, SNP, Times Printers 3 Buying controlling shares from a local printer: Choice 4 Forming wholly-owned operations (packaging): Shanghai Toppan
12 Paper Manufacturing and Consumption
13 Total Printing Shipments: A prediction for 2010 & Low: USD 58 billion (=2% of GDP) Mid: USD 63.8 billion (=2.2% of GDP) High: USD 69.6 billion (=2.4% of GDP) 2020 Low: USD billion (=2.4% of GDP) Mid: USD billion (=2.6% of GDP) High: USD 144 billion (=3% of GDP)
14 Opportunities Strong growth of China’s economy and domestic demand China’s world manufacturing base status Government policies Member of WTO: since 2002 Beijing Olympics: 2008 Shanghai World Expo: 2001
15 US Offshore Printing Canada435M767M879M922M China Japan Mexico Germany UK Italy Taiwan HKG France