BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Internet companies secured the best image among Latin American respondents, according to a survey based on 133 Chinese enterprises running business or selling products there.
As high as 94 percent of respondents from five Latin American countries of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru gave recognition to Chinese internet companies, said the Latin America version of the 2019 Chinese Enterprise Global Image Survey Report released Tuesday on the Chinese Enterprise Global Image Summit held in Beijing.
Coming second and third in terms of the rating on corporate image were the auto industry and home appliance sector, respectively, the survey said.
Latin American respondents said they welcome Chinese companies bringing them advanced technologies, it said, showing that an average of 51 percent expects cooperation in biotechnology and 49 percent in the infrastructure sector.
The survey was conducted by the China Report magazine in partnerships with the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies and the London-based market research firm Kantar from June to August 2019.
A total of 2,500 people from five Latin American countries rated the images of the polled Chinese enterprises whose lines of business spanned 13 sectors including energy, transportation, construction, automobile and home appliances, the survey said.