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China
Projects: Corporate Sector
The following are selected Chreod Ltd. assignments in support
of domestic and foreign corporate investment in the financial
services, telecommunications, infra-structure, retain, housing,
and real estate sectors in China since 1988.
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Life Insurance Market Segmentation:
Chreod was retained by a major North American financial services company to conduct a detailed market segmentation analysis in one of China's three largest cities. This market segmentation analysis included geographic, demographic and behavioral assessments at the neighbourhood level across the metropolitan region. It provided the basis for the design and introduction of a market-responsive portfolio of life insurance products into this market in 2000.
Financial Services Market Assessment:
A North American insurance and financial services company was recently given permission to establish in China. It was offered six city options from which one was to be selected for initial market entry by the company. Chreod was retained to advise on the city selection based on a detailed assessment of economic, demographic and institutional trends that are likely to occur in these urban markets over the next five years.
China Strategy for Industry Canada:
Canada’s Department of Industry retained Chreod Ltd. in early 2005 to consolidate and integrate the strategic planning, market analysis and related work prepared by Industry Sector Groups over the past 3 years as the Department’s contribution to the Government of Canada’s China Market Strategy. The Industry strategy was prepared from the perspective of industry clients.
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East China Telecomm Market Assessment:
A North American telecommunications company, already established in a joint venture in one province, retained Chreod to conduct a market assessment of a second major provincial market in East China for potential expansion. Using its GIS-based market information at the county and city-level, Chreod analysed ten large urban markets in the province in terms of economic growth prospects, purchasing power, and market saturation. The cities were ranked in terms of their desirability for additional telecomm services, and a market entry strategy was prepared.
Market Opportunities in the Road Transport Sector in the Yangtze Delta Region:
Chreod was commissioned by Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade to identify and describe overall development trends in the Yangtze Delta Region, government programs and plans for major highway/bridge and Class I and II road con-struction in the delta, and to identify product and services export opportunities for Cana-dian firms in the roads sector, including BOT. Infrastructure Investments in Tianjin: Chreod was retained by the Tianjin Economic Development and Technological Development Area (TEDA) to manage the preparation of feasibility studies and initial prospectuses for a coal-fired generation plant, a wastewater treatment plant, and a combined road/light rail transit connection between TEDA and the urban area of Tianjin.
Cross-Canada Seminar Program on Yangtze Delta Region:
Together with the Canada-China Business Council and the Conference Board of Canada, Chreod co-sponsored a series of seminars in Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa focusing on develop-ment trends, market trends, and investment opportunities in infrastructure in the Yangtze Delta Region. Chreod's analytical work on the Delta was the focus of the first half of these day-long seminars. The Vancouver seminar was launched by Shanghai Vice Mayor Hua Jianmin, and the Toronto session was addressed by Guo Dongpo, Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. These seminars were modelled on similar presentations on the Yangtze Delta given by Chreod in Tokyo, Taipei, Hongkong and Singapore in 1995 in conjunction with the American Chambers of Commerce in these cities.
Water Supply Infrastructure in Shanghai:
Chreod was commissioned by a syndicate of foreign investors to conduct a market assessment and feasibility analysis of a new water intake for metropolitan Shanghai, and three water treatment plants. This assignment included the evaluation of cooperative joint venture, BOT and BOO arrangements for these facilities, and the identification and review of non-recourse project financing op-tions. Flue Gas Desulphurization Technology Transfer Market Assessment, China: Chreod was retained to conduct an assessment of economic, technical, financial and institutional constraints to the commercial transfer of proprietary flue gas desulphurization technology from a large Canadian utility to China. This assessment included a review of potential joint venture partners; commissioned by the Province of Saskatchewan Power Corpora-tion.
Flue Gas Desulphurization Technology Transfer Market Assessment, China:
Chreod was retained to conduct an assessment of economic, technical, financial and institutional constraints to the commercial transfer of proprietary flue gas desulphurization technology from a large Canadian utility to China. This assessment included a review of potential joint venture partners; commissioned by the Province of Saskatchewan Power Corpora-tion.
China Regional Market Trends Report:
Canada’s Department of International Trade commissioned Chreod Ltd. at the end of 2004 to prepare a report on economic, social, and governance trends in China and their implications for Canadian business. The 56-page report described 14 key trends and their manifestation in 28 Regional Markets identified by Chreod through extensive analysis at the county and city level.
Infrastructure Investments in Tianjin:
Chreod was retained by the Tianjin Economic Development and Technological Development Area (TEDA) to manage the preparation of feasibility studies and initial prospectuses for a coal-fired generation plant, a wastewater treatment plant, and a combined road/light rail transit connection between TEDA and the urban area of Tianjin.
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Regional Market Trends:
Pearl River Delta: Chreod was commissioned to assess demographic, economic development, foreign investment, settlement and infrastructure trends in the Pearl River Delta region adjacent to Hongkong, with a focus on the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. The study also assessed the changing role of Hongkong relative to Shenzhen and the Pearl River Delta; conducted for Trammell Crow International (Dallas) and China Merchants Group (Hongkong).
Master Plan and Facilities Development Program:
International Trade Center, Shenzhen: Chreod was subsequently commissioned to prepare a waterfront redevelop-ment plan for Shekou on the western edge of Shenzhen, and a detailed facilities develop-ment program for a major international trade center, convention center, and mixed use commercial/residential development in Shekou; commissioned by Trammell Crow Inter-national and China Merchants Group.
Review of Real Estate Sector Trends in Shanghai:
Chreod was retained to review market conditions, land leasing trends, transport developments, infrastructure plans, construction industry conditions, and institutional aspects of real estate development in Shanghai for a major Hongkong developer. The study examined commercial office, medium and high-standard housing, retail, and foreign-involved industrial developments in Shanghai over the most recent two year period, and recommended a very targeted investment strategy; conducted for Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd., Hongkong.
Feasibility Assessment of Proposed Canada Low Cost Demonstration Project, Shanghai:
As part of bilateral cooperation between China's Ministry of Construction and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (Canada's national housing agency), a demonstration project of 200 units of low cost, domestic housing was proposed for Shanghai Pudong using Canadian commercial housing technology. Chreod Ltd. was retained to: 1) analyse market potentials for low cost housing provision in China generally, and particularly in Shanghai; 2) advise on the suitability of commercial terms proposed by the Ministry of Construction to Canada; 3) conduct a technical and financial feasibility assessment of a proposed site in Shanghai-Pudong; and 4) advise on an overall strategy for project structuring and negotiations among commercial parties.
Real Estate Market Assessment and Site Identification, Shanghai:
Chreod was retained to conduct field research on overall economic development trends, and real estate development trends in the commercial office and residential sectors in Shanghai. This assignment included the identification of key sites suitable for re-development in the city's central core, and introduction to local planning and development approvals authori-ties; commissioned by the Trump Organization, New York. High Technology Industrial Park, Pudong, Shanghai: Chreod was retained to prepare a feasibility study and concept development plan for a major high-technology industrial park in the Zhangjiang District of the Pudong New Area in Shanghai; commissioned by CITIC-Power Zhangjiang Co. Ltd., Shanghai.
International Business Campus Site Selection, Shanghai:
Chreod was commissioned to assess two potential sites for the construction of an international business school in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai; commissioned by the China Mission of the European Union, Beijing (in association with Ausino Engineering Pty Ltd.) Market Research and Feasibility Analysis of Mixed Use Residential Complex, Shanghai: Chreod was retained to conduct market research, technical and financial feasibility analysis, approvals coordination, and master planning for a 500-unit mixed use residential complex in Shanghai's Pudong New Area, and to provide advice on marketing strategies and debt and equity financing (through Hongkong); commissioned by Lincolnberg International, Canada.
Feasibility Analysis and Site Selection Study, Major Retail Centre, Shanghai:
Chreod was commissioned to analyse retail market demand and supply in central Shang-hai and to identify potential mixed use development sites (with a major retail component). The project included extensive evaluation of sites relative to transport and infrastructure capacities, land prices, institutional factors, and regulatory approvals; commissioned by Hudson's Bay Company, Canada's largest retailer.
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