The Chinese invasion - this is not the end

However, this does not mean that the march of companies from the Asian giant has been halted. As is revealed in our main article, there are already a number of Chinese companies over here that are coping perfectly well on the Polish market. Furthermore, if we take a look at the CEE region, we can see that Chinese firms are increasingly winning major contracts. How are they getting on with these projects? Sometimes better, sometimes worse. Cultural differences are inevitably causing some problems. And western companies accuse their Chinese counterparts of price-dumping. However, some experts believe that the lower prices offered by the Chinese may turn out to be a good thing if they lead western companies to calculate their offers more carefully. Chinese companies, strengthened with cheap financing from Chinese banks, are currently targeting Poland, Hungary, Romania and Serbia. They are also looking to use the experience gained in Central and Eastern Europe to help them to storm the western markets of the European Union. How should we treat this new competition from Asia? Should we embrace the new possibilities - the cheaper construction and secure financing? Or worry about the greater competition, which, let us not forget, is supported by a totalitarian regime?

Radosław Górecki