自从中国加入世界贸易组织以来,随着中国汽车市场近几年的迅速发展,越来越多的汽车跨国公司为了降低采购成本,纷纷组织采购队伍来中国寻求机会。排在全球汽车零部件行业前五名的外国企业均已在中国设立了合资公司进行产品生产并返销本国市场。更令人振奋的是,美国福特公司于2002年在上海成立了中国采购中心,并承诺从中国采购汽车零部件的金额在2005年达到100亿美元。美国通用 Since China’s accession to the World Trade Organization, with the rapid development of China’s automobile market in recent years, more and more automobile multinational corporations have organized procurement teams to seek opportunities in China in order to reduce procurement costs. The top five foreign auto companies ranked in the global auto parts industry have set up joint ventures in China to produce products and sell back to the domestic market. Even more exciting is that Ford Motor Company set up a China purchasing center in Shanghai in 2002 and promised that the amount of auto parts purchased from China will reach 10 billion U.S. dollars in 2005. US common