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SAFE (foreign exchange administration authority) 271, 272

SAIC (Shanghai Auto Industry Corporation) 295

SAIC (State Administration for Industry and Commerce) 139 “40

sales and distribution management 206

sales practices 236

sampling practices, consumer research 225

Sanjiang Aerospace Co 312

savings rates 40 “42, 41

SBR latex production 369, 370 , 373

SBS rubber production 369, 370, 373

secondary sector 31, 243

securities market 282 “87, 283

security industries, opening up 88

self-reference criterion (SRC) 181

server market 333, 333, 334

service ( tertiary ) sector 5, 31, 87 “89

foreign investment regulations 9, 10

services, regulation of trade in 14

SFJSC see Sino-foreign-invested joint stock companies

SFTEs see state-owned foreign trade enterprises

Shaanxi Province 463 “65, 463, 464, 465

Shandong Province 428 “30, 428, 429, 430

Shanghai 413 “15, 413, 414, 415

Shanghai Auto Industry Corporation (SAIC) 295

Shanghai Shipping Exchange 121

Shanghai Symphony Telecom 376

Shantou City 519 “21, 519, 520, 521

Shanxi Province 394 “96, 394, 395, 396

Shenyang Jinbei 311Shenzhen City 513 “15, 513, 514, 515

shipment terms, import contracts 205

shipping guarantees 267

shipping orders 122

Sichuan Province 452 “54, 452, 453, 454

Sino-foreign-invested joint stock companies (SFJSCs) 139, 142 “43, 145

SIPO see State Intellectual Property Office

social environment differences, consumer research 226 “27

social functions, relations with people of different 259

social insurance system 131

social medical health care 354

social quality supervision 65

sodium benzoate production 321

sodium isoascorbate production 321

SOEs see state-owned enterprises

software market 334 “35, 334, 335

sole proprietorships 31 “32

sorbitol production 322 “23

special engineering plastics production 318

standards of living 5

State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) 139 “40

state bureaux 24 “25

State Council 23, 25, 26

State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) 164, 166

state-owned enterprises (SOEs), restructuring and development 49 “52

state-owned foreign trade enterprises (SFTEs) 93 “94, 97 “100

state trading requirements, WTO 18 “19, 91, 92 “93

statistics development 53 “59, 226

analysis 58

functions 54 “55

National Economic Accounting System 57 “58

publication and provision of data 58

surveys 55 “57

'stepping out' strategy 68, 99

stevioside production 322

stock dividends , foreign exchange payments 274

subsidies for employees 131

surveys, statistical 55 “57

sweeteners production 322

synthetic rubber industry 346 “47, 347, 350 , 369 “73, 369 “72