THE CPA AUSTRALIA
ASIA-PACIFIC SMALL
BUSINESS SURVEY 2015
BEIJING DATA SNAPSHOT
BEIJING DATA SNAPSHOT – COMPARISON WITH
HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND SINGAPORE
Business and economic growth
Small businesses that expect their business to
grow – Beijing against survey average
Beijing small businesses that expect their
business to grow against small business growth
expectations for China's economy
90%
90%
80%
80%
70%
70%
60%
60%
50%
50%
40%
40%
2014
Beijing
2015
Survey average
Businesses grew in last 12 months
Businesses that expect to grow in next 12 months
Businesses that expect the local economy to grow in next
12 months
2014
2015
Expect their business to grow
Expect local economy to grow
Beijing
76.1%
78.1%
Shanghai
79.5%
76.9%
Hong Kong
63.8%
55.1%
Singapore
58.7%
56.5%
68.4%
71.1%
52.1%
48.1%
Jobs creation
Increased employee numbers over the PAST 12 months
Plan to increase employee numbers over the NEXT 12
months
Beijing
47.7%
Shanghai
39.7%
Hong Kong
32.5%
Singapore
19.7%
58.1%
45.5%
32.8%
27.7%
Beijing
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Singapore
41.3%
25.0%
17.7%
15.2%
Beijing
91.0%
Shanghai
92.3%
Hong Kong
80.4%
Singapore
63.6%
43.9%
29.5%
42.6%
19.4%
96.8%
96.2%
93.2%
79.6%
Beijing
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Singapore
18.7%
10.9%
22.3%
17.7%
Beijing
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Singapore
36.1%
32.1%
20.4%
20.3%
Beijing
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Singapore
44.5%
39.1%
41.9%
36.1%
40.0%
41.7%
41.9%
32.6%
Beijing
60.0%
59.7%
Shanghai
36.5%
57.1%
Hong Kong
31.3%
43.5%
Singapore
15.8%
34.1%
Beijing
72.3%
60.7%
Shanghai
66.7%
64.8%
Hong Kong
58.9%
63.4%
Singapore
65.5%
47.7%
Innovation
Definitely expect to introduce a new product, service or
process unique to their country or the world
Online sales and social media
Earned revenue from online sales
Expect to grow their e-commerce presence to a large
extent in the next 12 months
Used social media for business purposes
Exporting
Expect revenue from overseas markets to grow strongly
over next 12 months
Improved business management
Improved business management had a major positive
impact on their business
Costs
Increasing costs had a major negative impact on their
business
Rent was the cost increase most detrimental to their
business
Access to finance
Definitely will seek external funds over next 12 months
Found it easy or very easy to access finance
Demographics
Business is 10 years old or younger
Respondent is aged 39 or younger