The first China Business Health Index was jointly released by Zhejiang University and Consulting Group Horizon.
Comprised from surveys taken from over three hundred independent and private businesses, the index aims to explore the current health of Chinese enterprises in areas such as corporate social responsibility, legal frameworks and entrepreneurship.
The President of Shanghai Aroma Fashion Company, Diwu Birong, sees the benefit the index could provide for the longevity of Chinese enterprises and strategy development:
"The index is valuable in the sense of helping the Chinese enterprises to grow in a sustainable way. We used to pay close attention to profits only. At the same time, it provides many detailed indicators of how healthy your business is. We can use these indicators to evaluate our own businesses, find out the problems and then impr
