Of late, we've received a large number of orders from the Middle East and South America. Mosquito nets made in China were well received during the Rio Olympics this summer, and it has been the best advertisement for Chinese knitting enterprises."

Zhou Jianquan, general manager of Fuermei Knitter, which has reported a 20 percent rise in export volume on the back of concerns over the Zika virus in the Americas, Africa and Asia.

"We keep improving our innovation system and abilities, putting greater emphasis on business model innovations, to realize a transition from size-driven to innovation-driven growth. When technologies and strategies become the strengths of a commercial bank, size is no longer a problem."

Wang Hongzhang, chairman of China Construction Bank Corp, the country's second-biggest commercial lender by assets.

(China Daily European Weekly 09/16/2016 page24)