由杰克· Perkowski

即然我们计数下来对2008个奥林匹克运动会，首次和没有，那么最近访客向中国是无疑义想知道什么他们将看见，当他们在北京登陆明年8月时。 在迅猛增长对比赛，我们将利用每机会描述在中国发生和绘画的变动怎样国家在另一年将看。

以在财富的中国的持续的经济繁荣和增量它为成千上万的中国人，迅速地改变和从访客期望的猛击得到增加的推动明年是服务的一个区段意味。 中国做了它的标记，至于制造业大力士，但某些成长最大的范围和最佳的投资机会前进可能在提供被升级的和更大的服务给中国顾客越来越富有类。

某一消费者和经营业务例如食品供应、住所、空中运输、后勤学、发行、医疗保健和秀丽是基本的到所有经济。 当这些服务几年时存在了于中国以某种形式，提供服务的质量显著被升级。 作为空中运输。 在90年代，机场是50年代葡萄酒，并且找到在一架老图波列夫飞机上是异常的在许多国内航班。 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