At the World Economic Forum which took place this past month in the Chinese city of Tianjin, China's Premier Wen Jiabao addressed international business leaders gathered to discuss Asia's emerging economies. In his speech he emphasized that while China plans to maintain its rapid economic expansion, it is committed to balancing growth with sustainability.

Many Western companies are concerned that Asian companies, especially Chinese-based ones, are "cheating" to gain an advantage in the emergence of sunrise industries, such as clean energy and biotech, through government subsidization.