China's businesses have to innovate to survive global turmoil

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China's businesses survived in the global crisis in 2008 hoping that the things will get better. However, economic state has become even worse and now it is a high time for China's companies to restructure their operations and invest essentially in innovation in order to stay competitive in the world markets, said Zhou Haichang, president of Guangdong-based Guoguang Electric Co Ltd.