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Among the companies attempting to lure foreign investors are phone company China Netcom, China Construction Bank, Air China, China Power and carmaker Dongfeng Motor.

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The beneficiaries of that policy are China's "Big Three" automakers--Shanghai Automotive Industry, First Automotive Works and Dongfeng Motor--and a handful of other large, state-owned companies.

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In an early warning of a possible return to a downturn in February, Kimiyasu Nakamura, head of Nissan's joint venture in China, Dongfeng Motor Co.

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As FAW, Nanjing Automobile Works, and Second Auto Works (now known as Dongfeng) were busy turning out trucks, not many cars were being manufactured in the country.

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On Saturday morning he flies off to Beijing, arriving Sunday morning, to visit the joint venture that Nissan has set up with China's Dongfeng Automotive to make commercial trucks.

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Vowing to sell 4 million cars a year by 2006-a 23% increase over his goal for 2002-Folz has inked a deal with Dongfeng, a local partner, to return to Chinese production after five years.

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