Global business requires high-performance management

As the annual sessions of the top legislative and political advisory bodies continue, China Daily collected questions on issues that netizens care most about and solicited answers from political advisers, legislators and senior government officials.

The question

The Chinese public and private companies are gradually increasing their global presence as a result of the "go global" directive of the government. It has been noted, however, that most Chinese companies when they operate abroad still tend to bring their own centralized management and organizational model, showing their vulnerability and inexperience. How can the public and private companies improve the general level of corporate governance?

A netizen who goes by the name "Airaldo Piva"

The answer

In CSCEC, we mean not only going abroad but also getting rooted overseas. Our management style varies at each of our branches overseas because conditions vary. Yet they follow some general principles to stay highly efficient.

The first is to inherit the good part of the local management structure. Locals know the most about locals, so we hire a large number of them in our overseas branches and keep a considerable number of local employees after purchasing or merging overseas enterprises.

We also do homework about an economy before deciding to enter it - learning their laws and business values. For example, in some North African countries that follow French-style laws, we send professional legal teams to study local laws so that our managers have a clear understanding of the country they are in.

Last, but no less important, we introduce our management systems that have proved effective. We have high quality standards and we insist on following them in the countries with lower standards. We have strict financial regulations and we continue implementing them in overseas branches.