Study On Transnational Corporation Regional Headquarters' Local Choice In China

Multinational corporation is the leading actor in international economic activities today. Also it is the main propellant in economic globalization, especially multinational corporation headquarter and regional headquarters, which take on the function of decision organization management or cooperation in global or regional economic activities. The quantity of multinational corporation headquarter or regional headquarters in a country have become a important factor if the country is able to become an international economy center in an area. Multinational corporations set up regional headquarter based on their strategic consideration, in some extend, which is consisted with the aim and strategy of the host country's economy develop objectively and produces promotive effect. Multinational corporation consider the aim countries conditions including people factors, infrastructure factors, market factors, financial factors and so on to choise the best place to built its reginal headquarter. Multinational corporation's entrance not only bring profound influence to economy structure, employment structure, city develop of the center city, but also put forward new request to the space layout\policy system\related servings and environment building.In Asia area, multinational corporation clustering in HongKong and Sigapore have reached quite number: in Singapore, 3600 of 6000 multinational corporations develop business in the form of regional headquarters, in HongKong the quantity of regional headquarter have extended 1098. There are 2241 foreign companies that found area office. Along with China's economy develop and opening, more and more multinational corporations set up Asia or China headquarters in Chinese Mainland and the quantity is increasd to near 100. Shanghai and Beijing have already become the most concentrative cities to the reginal headquarter. Shanghai is the most active city in economics of China, Beijing is the capital of China, both of them provided with important extraversive economy function. So how to attract multinational corporation, to accelerate industrial upgrading, to push development of our country referring to international successful experience and combining both of their specialty themselves.There are five parts in. this dissertation. The thesis starts from the conception, characters and types. The second part is related theories of RHQs' locational selection. The third part analyse the reasons and factors of multinational corporation setting...