Report Highlights
The 2007-2008 Annual Report on Investment Opportunities in China's Instruments & Meters Industry aims to serve investors who favor and intend to enter China's instruments & meters industry. It will provide enterprises with reference for drawing up their development strategies. By describing and analyzing the status of industry growth, the report will find out the industry trend and provide recommendation for investment in China's instruments & meters industry.
Europe, the United States and Japan attach great importance to the development of the instruments & meters industry and have listed it as a key industry for development. In recent years, China's instruments & meters industry has not received corresponding support, thus causing its slow growth. In 2006, with the implementation of a series of key national projects, the instruments & meters industry which had long received cold shoulders has now obtained growing Sate support. It is specified in China's Eleventh Five-Year Plan and the No.18 Document of the State Council--Some Opinions on Speeding up the Revitalization of the Equipment Manufacturing Industry that the instruments & meters industry as an interface between information technology and equipment manufacturing technology will play a vital role and become a field for priority development.
In terms of current growth status, China's instruments & meters industry has been growing at an annual rate of over 20% over 4 consecutive years, far higher than the average global growth level. As for profit level, the gross profit ratio in China's instruments & meters industry is higher than the average profit level of the machinery industry by stabilizing at around 20%. In terms of growth trend, increased investment in power, petrochemical, chemical and municipal products in the next 5 years will generate a growing demand for instruments and meters.
The instruments & meters industry is a sunrise industry with bright market prospects. Together with a good policy environment and its own features, the industry offers rather high investment values and growth potentials. Currently, the instruments & meters industry has good growth potentials and presents good investment opportunities. Due to the high investment required, attention should be paid to the existing investment, operation and competition risks in order to get good returns:
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More in-depth and detailed market research data. Based on its analysis of the status and characteristics of the Chinese and global industry and on its in-depth research on industry development, market prospects and key enterprises, our team offers a vivid description of market changes from the various perspectives of industry size, industry structure and industrial environment, and specifies the future directions for development.
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More comprehensive and in-depth analysis of industry competitions. In addition to summing up enterprises' performances from such diversified dimensions as competition pattern in market segments, competition strategies and SWOT analysis, our team draws upon its profound understanding of the instruments & meters market to establish an investment value evaluation system with 10 items in three major categories to assess the investment values in the overall market and market segments.
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More scientific and comprehensive forecast for future growth. Develop regression models, carry out expert validation for all key market segments and perform linkage analysis with related industry links to ensure the presentation of valuable trend analysis and quantitative forecast results.
Report Framework
Table of Contents
Research Object
Main Conclusions
Key Findings
Chapter I Overview of the Global Nonferrous Metals Industry in 2007
(I) Status of Growth
1. Industry size
2. Industry structure
(II) Basic Characteristics
1. Industry distribution
2. Characteristics of competition
Chapter II Overview of China's Nonferrous Metals Industry in 2007
(I) The Growth Environment
1. The policy environment
2. The economic environment
3. The social environment
4. The technological environment
(II) Status of Growth
1. Industry size
2. Industry structure
Chapter III China's Instruments & Meters Industry Chain
(I) Industry Chain Structure
(II) Industry Lifecycle Analysis
(III) Status of Profitability on Various Industry Chain Links
Chapter IV Competitions in China's Instruments & Meters Industry in 2007
(I) Overall competition pattern
1. Competitions between existing manufacturers
2. Potential entrants and substituting products
(II) Leading Enterprises' Competition Strategies
Chapter V Trend of China's Instruments & Meters Industry
(I) Factors Affecting Industry Growth
(II) Growth Trend
1. Trend of product and technology
2. Trend of competitions
3. Trend of industry growth
(III) Forecast for Industry Growth
Chapter VI Investment Opportunities in China's Instruments & Meters Industry, 2008-2012
(I) The Instruments & Meters Industry Investment Value Evaluation System
(II) Results of Evaluation
1. Overall investment values
2. Investment values in industry segments
(III) Investment Opportunities in Key Fields
Chapter VII Recommendations
Tables
Overall Imports and Exports in China's Instruments & Meters Industry, 2003-2007
Instruments & Meters Industry's Percentage of Total Fixed Asset Investment in China, 2003-2007
Macro Industry Policies for the Power Industry, 2006-2007
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Figures
Total Production Value and its Growth in China's Instruments & Meters Industry, 2003-2007
Changes in Earning Power in China's Instruments & Meters Industry, 2003-2007
Enterprises' Average Sales Scale in China's Instruments & Meters Industry, 2003-2007
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