Corporate governance in China: No quick fix, No fixed solution

• Main Author: Knowledge@SMU
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Accounting; Business; Finance and Financial Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/44; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1043&context=ksmu
• Institution: Singapore Management University

China offers a multitude of business opportunities, but international investors often find themselves stumped with a range of issues, many of which boil down to the country's distinct system of corporate governance. Here, the lines between interests and relationships are less clear-cut, and links to the government seem to serve as a proxy to accountability. This is a system that exists for a reason, said TJ Wong at SMU's Ho Bee Professorship in Chinese Economy and Business lecture series. However, foreign investors, used to international norms of transparency, are calling this into question.