The naming of Zhang Yin as China's richest woman has encouraged many enterprises to follow her example by engaging in China's uncultivated recycling industry.  France's Veolia Environmental Services, the world's largest environmental services provider, plans to expand its paper and metal recycling business to China, and to strengthen its investment in e-waste recycling activities.  However, low public awareness about recycling, as well as a lack of industry standardization, will present obstacles that environmental service providers like Veolia will have to overcome.

In 2005, Shanghai was the first city in China to introduce an international green electricity mechanism with the aim of relieving the bottlenecks in the development of green electricity. However, progress so far shows that the mechanism, which requires users to purchase electricity at high prices, is in need of adjustments in order to achieve its goal.

Africa is not only an exotic destination for explorers but also business executives. Since the threshold to enter the market is lower, many Chinese automakers consider the African market as one of enormous opportunity. However, despite comparable easiness to enter, Africa has proved itself to be difficult to achieve success.