Structural and Managerial aspects of the expansion of Edscha Automotive Technology (Kunshan)Shanghai, China.

China is still a developing country, and she is currently under a period of economic booming time. This booming situation has provided great opportunities for overseas professionals, experts, organizations, firms, and all other market sectors to establish or expand their businesses in China. With much better technical and economic background, and as one of the largest developing regions in China, Shanghai has become a particularly attractive area to overseas investors. China's 'open-door' policy has been introduced and implemented to the overall context of the economic and social reforms since 1979. The plan was designated to import foreign science, technology, managerial skills, expertise and financial capital to speed-up the economic reform program. For implementing the 'open-door' policy, the Chinese Government firstly set up four 'special economic zones' in 1980, including Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Xiamen, and Shantou. In these zones, foreign businesses were allowed to operate businesses with their investment or by setting up joint-ventures with Chinese organizations. The practice of the four special zones turned out with great success. Following the successful establishment of the four SEZs, the Chinese Government expanded the special zones to other fourteen coastal cities in 1990, in which Pudong New Area in Shanghai, listed as the first one. All these new zones enjoy the same advantageous terms. On the other hand, the Chinese Government has realized that domestic construction industry has for many years suffered as a result of long construction cycles, inadequate programming of projects. Therefore, the Government supports the involvement of overseas contractors in the competition for certain kind of construction projects, from that not only the advanced technology can be introduced or transferred to the Chinese industry, but also the knowledge of good management in construction cost, time, and quality can be obtained or shared.