ジャックPerkowski著

私達が中国への2008人のオリンピック大会の数えているので、1回目のおよびない従って最近の訪問者に北京で次の8月上陸するとき疑いの見る何を疑問に思うことはない。 ゲームへの値上りでは、私達は塗るために国が別の年をいかにの見るか中国で映像を起こっている変更を記述するあらゆる機会を取り。

富の中国の継続的だった経済繁栄そして増加によってそれは数億の中国人、急速に変わって、訪問者の期待された猛攻撃からの原動力を来年であるサービス追加されている1つのセクターのために意味した。 中国は中国の顧客のますます豊かなクラスへサービスの改善され、より大きい配列を提供することに製造業の発電所、成長の最も大きい区域の一部および前に進む最もよい投資機会があるためにが本当らしいが限りでは印を作った。

フードサービス、宿泊設備、航空輸送、兵站学、配分、ヘルスケアおよび美のようなある特定の消費者そしてビジネスサービスはあらゆる経済に基本的である。 これらのサービスが形態の中国に数年間ある間、提供されているサービスの質は劇的に改善されている。 取得航空輸送。 1990年代初期に、空港は50年代型であり、古いTupolevの平面のあなた自身を見つけることは多くの国内便で全く珍しかった。 Today, nearly every major city in China has a modern airport built within the last five years, and China boasts one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world. In a post-9/11 environment, travel around China is in many ways much easier than in the United States.

In addition to the general upgrading of basic services that is taking place, enterprising companies are now segmenting the market to appeal to different classes of consumers. Haircuts, both women’s and men’s, is a good example. Ten years ago, you could get a haircut for a few yuan at hundreds of shops or streetside barbers in any decent sized city, or you could pay 1,000 yuan in a Western-oriented beauty shop, most likely in one of the city’s five-star hotels. There was nothing in between. Today, a wide range of prices to fit any consumer’s pocketbook can be found in beauty shops scattered across the same cities.

Finally, services previously unheard of in China are now being offered. One simple example is getting a shoeshine. In a country where it has been easier to get a foot massage at 10 at night than a shoeshine at 10 in the morning, I was pleasantly surprised to see a shoeshine stand near my gate at Beijing’s Capitol Airport on a recent trip within China. Since then, I have noticed similar stands popping up where none existed before. Beginning my career in the States where “dressing for success” included a pair of clean and well-polished shoes, it took some adjustment to get used to seeing shoes that were anything but that when I first moved to China. This was understandable when dirt roads and walkways were common and everyone came to work on a bicycle, but China has come a long way since then. Anxious to do my part to ensure the success of the new shoe shine stand, I took the extra five minutes to have my shoes polished. The shine was as good as I’ve gotten anywhere, and the price was right at 10 yuan.

Jack Perkowski, Managing the Dragon
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ASIMCO Technologies