Subsequent FDI Investment in the Chinese Mainland

According to the world investment report (2002) issued by the World Bank, by 2002, China has been the largest and fastest-growing foreign direct investment (FDI) recipient. This article examines the patterns of second stage investment by foreign MNEs in China. Chinese companies that are moving from being suppliers to foreign companies into being multidimensional MNEs show an interesting process of developing the internal market in China for FDI based companies, and the external market for Chinese companies all as a part of the process of globalization in China.