China Centre of Excellence

Headquartered in Qianhai, Shenzhen, PwC’s China Centre of Excellence offers technology-led business solutions and latest global insights to help our clients grow and transform through innovation. Collaborating with its network of Innovation Centres in Beijing and Shanghai, we are well positioned to lead our clients forward into the future.

The Qianhai and Shekou Area of Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone has become a convenient strategic platform and an indispensable economic engine within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay area.

PwC's China Centre of Excellence has set up its headquarters here to strengthen the innovation ecosystem in China South, help businesses transform through disruption while contributing to Qianhai's development as an international technology and innovation hub.

Core functions

Innovation

The Qianhai-based China Centre of Excellence and its network of Innovation Centres in Beijing and Shanghai collaboratively offer non-traditional services to create value for businesses. These include start-up incubation, acceleration and transformation programmes leveraging sophisticated technologies.

Strategic research

The Strategic Research Group (SRG) of the China Centre of Excellence is dedicated to promoting a better understanding of the evolution of the Chinese economy. Given the importance of China in the global economy, we identify business trends and generate insights that help our clients and audiences to think strategically about critical management and policy issues and its implications for their sectors.

Education

PwC is dedicated to cultivate talents spanning across different industries and age range in broadening their global mindsets, and equipping them with relevant knowledge to drive our society forward into the future.

Our business solutions

The China Centre of Excellence features special highlights and interactive demonstrations of our technology-led business solutions as outlined below.

Belt and Road

The Belt & Road (B&R) initiative is a development framework promoting Eurasian trade and integration. The B&R region spans three continents and includes a total of 69 countries from Lithuania to Indonesia.

Over US$490bn of projects and deals were announced in 2016 across seven core infrastructure sectors (Utilities, Transport, Telecoms, Social, Construction, Energy and Environment). A third of all these were in China, with the remainder spread across the rest of the B&R region.

PwC launched our first B&R Watch, with analysis and review for 2016 and insights into five key themes shaping the outcome of 2017.

CP&I demand supply analysis

A series of fundamental economic changes have significantly altered the near-term capital projects and infrastructure (CP&I) landscape, making it more important than ever for companies to understand the potential range of scenarios they might face and remain agile in their business approach.

PwC's CP&I network serves both public and private clients to deliver value to the full spectrum of CP&I stakeholders. Throughout the whole project lifecycle, we have the ability to quickly assemble the right mix of subject-matter and asset class experience necessary to meet and navigate specific challenges and this is what enables us to bring a unique, well-informed perspective and is what enriches the value we deliver.

Cybersecurity

The business world is continually evolving, and cybersecurity is no longer just an IT challenge. It has become a business imperative. Cyber-threats are now a clear and present danger to all organisations – large or small, domestic or global, public or private.

PwC actively engages risk, forensics and operational teams to help our clients respond rapidly to cyber-attacks, thereby effectively minimising brand damage and financial loss.

Business digitisation

The rapid evolution of digital commerce solutions provides new opportunities for businesses to become more efficient and effective in delivering profitable growth in China and global markets.

We offer end-to-end digital commerce solutions covering strategy, experience design, operations, finance and technology implementation.

Our consulting team creates value by connecting business operations with the latest technology. We possess unparalleled expertise across industries, and are well-positioned to provide unique insights on the latest digital trends, technology and innovative ideas leveraging our global network.

e-Tax

We understand the value of leveraging technology to drive greater efficiency in tax processes and mitigating risks. At PwC, we help our clients build tax functions for the future. Our end-to-end approach to tax management include tax function design, tax technology and compliance delivery. By aligning our clients’ tax strategies with their commercial goals, we will help transform their tax function to maximise its value across the organisation.

Financial crime diagnostic platform

FinTech is a dynamic segment at the intersection of financial and technology sectors where startups and new market entrants innovate on the products and services currently provided by the traditional financial services industry.

FinTech startups need to learn how to work with incumbents or acquire customers directly. Governments need to create the right environment to attract startups. Regulators need to rethink their policies to prepare for new market players. PwC stands at the forefront of these changes.

We work closely with members of the broader ecosystem, from incumbents and startups to regulators and governments, to help them adapt and become leaders in this new normal.

Smart office

Smart Office is a new dynamic ecosystem that will disrupt your office patterns through the seamless convergence of IoT technology.

Intellectualise your smart phone to be the ultimate control device with our wide range of customisable IoT-enabled softwares. You can access to our advanced services from meeting room booking, workspace utilisation management, direct environment control to data analysis.

Smart office is the ultimate solution to optimise office space utilisation. It brings about a digital office with maximised resource usage, low maintenance cost and the least manual procedures.

My start-up programme and academy

The number of start-ups has continued to blossom globally. We understand the journey of turning ideas into real businesses can be daunting. Entrepreneurs seek comprehensive and in-depth knowledge of the investment environment and policies in target markets, as well as professional advice on strategies and implementation support spanning legal, investment, accounting, tax and employment.

Our worldwide industry experts offer professional advice and feet on the ground to help our clients realise their dreams and maximise growth through their entrepreneurial journey.

You Plus

Guided by research and industry experience, You Plus aims to develop market-ready professionals who are self-aware, savvy, knowledgeable and adaptable. The programme bridges the gap between formal academic education and practical work experience.