River Town author Peter Hessler has written a story about plucky Chinese auto company Chery and their home city of Wuhu.

Published in The New Yorker, the story includes some good business advice from a Party official:

When I met with Chu Changjun, the Party deputy secretary of the Wuhu Economic and Technological Development Area, I asked why Chery hadn’t followed the proper channels for establishing a car company.

“It’s like having a child,” he explained. “First you have a child, then you register him. We did it the same way: first we made the cars, and then we registered to make cars.”

Chu was joined by He Xuedong, the deputy director, who added, “If you apply in the traditional manner, you’ll end up waiting for years. During that time, the opportunity may very well pass you by.”

The whole article is on the New Yorker's website: Car Town, by Peter Hessler.