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Deloitte

Deloitte & Touche is the largest professional services firm in the world, and one of the Big Four auditors, along with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, and KPMG. In addition to its accounting practice, Deloitte is one of the largest business advisory firms in the world, providing strategic and operational management consulting, tax advisory, and financial advisory services to many of the world's largest companies.

Volkswagen

Volkswagen is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany. It forms the core of Volkswagen Group and is the world's fourth largest car producer after Toyota, GM and Ford, respectively. Porsche has announced it will increase its stake in Volkswagen, thus making Porsche the majority shareholder.

DFJ Dragon Fund

DFJ DragonFund is a leading venture capital firm in the People’s Republic of China. It is the exclusive China affiliate fund of the internationally recognized venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson. As a joint venture between DFJ and DragonVenture, DFJ DragonFund leverages an unparalleled track record of experience, knowledge, and success in venture capital both internationally and on the Chinese domestic and grass-roots level. At DFJ DragonFund, we focus on China-centric companies in the technology market. As an active early-stage investor, we work closely with companies in developing their business strategies.

Chinavest

Founded in China by Americans over a quarter century ago, ChinaVest is a leading merchant bank that has operatedin China longer than almost any other firm. ChinaVest operates in two main segments—as a financial intermediary, assisting foreign multinational companies, local Chinese firms, private equity funds and other investors evaluateand execute cross-border transactions, and as a principal investor.

L’Oreal

The L’Oréal Group, headquartered in Clichy, France, is the world's largest cosmetics and beauty company with consolidated sales totaling €15.8 billion in 2006. As a global leader in cosmetics, L’Oréal distributes 19 unique brands in 130 countries worldwide, with offices in 58 countries. L’Oréal focuses on 5 key expertises: hair care, hair color, skin care, make-up, and fragrances.

Bain

Bain & Company is a global business consulting firm founded in 1973 on the principle that consultants should deliver results - not just reports - to their clients. Bain serves over 3,300 clients in virtually every industry, and these clients have historically outperformed the stock market by 4:1. Bain employs over 2,400 Bain consultants worldwide, and has 33 offices in 21 countries around the world.

Mingsheng Bank

Founded on January 12, 1996 in Beijing, China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. is the first national joint-stock commercial bank in China with stocks mainly held by non-state-owned enterprises. It is also a standard joint-stock financial institution set up strictly in accordance with the Company Law and the Commercial Bank Law, which distinguishes itself significantly from state-owned banks and other Chinese banks.

William Morris Agency

Founded in 1898, the William Morris Agency is the largest diversified talent and literary agency in the world, with offices in New York City, Beverly Hills, Nashville, Miami, London, and Shanghai. The Agency represents clients in all segments of the entertainment industry, including film, television, music and personal appearances, broadway theatre and theatrical touring, publishing, commercial endorsements, sports marketing, video games, digital media and corporate consulting.

Saatchi and Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is an advertising agency founded by brothers Maurice (now Lord Saatchi) and art collector Charles. It has offices in over 80 countries around the world, with worldwide headquarters in New York City. It is now 12th worldwide in terms of revenue and is valued at US $593m.

Geely

Geely Holding Group is a large business group mainly engaged in the production and sales of automobile and its components. Founded on November 6th, 1986, it now has a total assets of over RMB 9billion and an annual production capacity for 200,000 complete vehicles. In particular, since the company entered the automobile manufacturing field in 1996, it has rapidly grown into a key brand for the economical car in China through its flexible operation mechanism and continuous concept innovation, achieving an average annual growth rate of 117%.

Wahaha

Established in 1986, Hanghzou Wahaha Group Co, Ltd. is the leading beverage producer in China, boasting a total of 36 subsidiary companies, total assets of ¥4.4 billion and 10,000 employees. In 2000, it produces 2.24 million tons of beverage with a sales revenue of ¥5.4 billion and ¥1.27billion profit and tax. It accounts for 15% of the total beverage production of the country, and 37% of the "leading-10-beverage-producers".