| Business insider: Private equity to pour 10 bln USD into China in 2007 |
| Monday,May 28,2007 Posted: 05:01 BJT(2101 GMT) Xinhua |
BEIJING -- Private equity funds will continue to seek opportunities in the Chinese market and is expected to pump 10 billion U.S. dollars into the country in 2007, according to a high-ranking summit on finance and the high-tech industry. Statistics show that the 17 Asian private equity funds now allowed to invest in China raised a total of 7.6 billion U.S. dollars in the country during the first three months of the year, more than three times the amount in the same period last year. The overseas private equity funds promote the development of Chinese enterprises, and enhance competition on the domestic equity investment market, said Wang Xiaodong, president of Berun Group, who was attending the summit which was held in conjunction with the 10th China Beijing International High-tech Expo. Private equity, which is usually invested in companies over the long term, not only help expand a company's capital, but also provide expertise and experience in management, technology and marketing, according to Wang. Investment from private equity funds reached 738 billion U.S. dollars globally in 2006, of which 11.7 billion U.S. dollars were invested in the Chinese market, according to statistics from Zero 2IPO, a service provider of China's venture capital and private equity sector. The U.S.-based private equity firm Blackstone Group was rated by the summit as one of the most influential private equity firms in China. Berun Group, a sponsor of the summit, is a private firm that provides financial services in China. |
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