1999年10月9日 -12日亚洲经济合作组织会议在北京召开。会上澳大利亚代表斯蒂芬·尼古拉斯(StePhenNicholas)先生发言 ,介绍了澳大利亚投资者在中国的经营状况 ,并得出了82%的公司对在中国投资表示满意的结论。而在此前不久 ,英国《经济学家》杂志则载文报导“几乎所有西方公司在中国不能赚钱”。为此 ,本刊总编林凌教授请澳大利亚斯蒂芬·尼古拉斯先生对这两个截然不同的结论作进一步的说明。本文就是斯蒂芬·尼古拉斯先生及另两位先生应邀写出的论文。现在本刊发表 ,以飨读者。 October 9-12, 1999 The Asian Economic Cooperation Organization meeting was held in Beijing. Speaking at the meeting, Australia's representative, Stephen Nicholas, introduced the operating conditions of Australian investors in China and reached the conclusion that 82% of the companies were satisfied with the investment in China. Not long ago, the British “Economist” magazine published an article reporting that “almost all Western companies can not make money in China.” To this end, Lin Lin, editor of the journal, invited Stephen Stephen Nicholas of Australia to give further explanations on these two completely different conclusions. This article is an essay authored by Stephen Nicholas and two other gentlemen. Now published in this magazine to readers.