{"id":305017,"date":"2026-02-27T15:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/305017\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T15:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:03:15","slug":"as-chinas-firms-go-global-foreign-expertise-is-becoming-a-hot-commodity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/305017\/","title":{"rendered":"As China\u2019s firms go global, foreign expertise is becoming a hot commodity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China\u2019s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints in search of new, more lucrative markets. <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/series\/3334991\/china-inc-goes-global?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In this series<\/a>, we examine China Inc.\u2019s next phase of \u201cgoing global\u201d and the complex, challenging international environment its companies have chosen to enter.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">It is the middle of the night in Dongguan, one of China\u2019s biggest export hubs, but Peng Biao is still editing videos.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In the footage, a factory owner from the city steps off a plane and greets a Bangladeshi client, before launching into a discussion about the purpose of his trip in slightly hesitant English.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The camera is a bit shaky, but Peng says that gives the scene a more authentic feel. Minutes later, she will upload the video to Facebook, YouTube and TikTok, with artificial intelligence automatically generating English voice-overs and subtitles.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Peng has found a lucrative niche over the past few years helping companies in China\u2019s southern factory belt expand their overseas client bases. Her studio now works with more than a dozen firms in the region, filming videos for them, managing their overseas social media accounts and connecting them with international influencers.<\/p>\n<p>Her business is part of a broader shift quietly unfolding across China\u2019s manufacturing heartlands. With Chinese producers <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/economic-indicators\/article\/3336420\/chinas-consumption-and-investment-show-weak-performance-november?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">facing slowing growth<\/a> and intense competition at home, many are <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3334925\/factory-factories-chinas-manufacturers-join-wave-overseas-expansions?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">seeking to ramp up their overseas sales<\/a> \u2013 and that is creating a huge amount of work for a range of contractors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China\u2019s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[365,166931,4177,138,607,166930,4444,110399,219,11720,2024,4636,166934,4422,166932,111,139,69,166933,613,4139],"class_list":{"0":"post-305017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-bangladeshi","10":"tag-beijing","11":"tag-business","12":"tag-china","13":"tag-china-vietnam-industrial-service-alliance","14":"tag-chinese","15":"tag-dongguan","16":"tag-economy","17":"tag-eu","18":"tag-europe","19":"tag-facebook","20":"tag-gao-zhendong","21":"tag-guangdong","22":"tag-liu-kaiming","23":"tag-new-zealand","24":"tag-newzealand","25":"tag-nz","26":"tag-peng-biao","27":"tag-tiktok","28":"tag-youtube"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}