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About 20 percent of China's oil fields have been opened up to foreign firms.

Many foreign firms in China are making very large profits.

Foreign firms are found in almost all sectors of the economy.

Every major industry was either owned or managed by foreign firm and they had full support from the government.

The economy, in the national sense, was controlled by rich foreign firms.

New offices can only be a branch office of the foreign firm.

The acquisition of a foreign firm could be based on a global business strategy.

"Hopefully, this will turn into a learning experience for all of us," said an executive at one foreign firm.

Eight foreign firms, of 40 over all, are now primary dealers.

He said that companies are more willing to look to a foreign firm if it offers the best deal or advice.

Foreign firms were eligible to 49% of the total stake.

So foreign firms have an edge in some areas, but they won't take everything."

Plans to allow the listing of foreign firms have been under discussion since 2007.

It is far from allowing foreign firms free access to its markets.

"We are giving foreign firms a chance to present themselves to these managers, to make a first impression."

There has been no major change in foreign firms' strategy for using China as an assembly base.

However, China is considering opening up their capital markets to foreign firms in 2010.

We hope that the foreign firms will come in.

Once an order is issued, the department does not keep foreign firms "under economic house arrest for the next 15 years."

Will foreign firms get a piece of the action?

The insurance industry has grown rapidly since a market reform in 1997, with the help of foreign firms.

Larger foreign firms with global experience can set up operations in Mexico readily.

As China pulls down its walls, many analysts say the foreign firms will no longer need this help.