Bureaucratic procedures are complex and slow, corruption is rising, and housing is in short supply. IBM in Peking is forced to rent 70 rooms in a hotel in lieu of no office space, with the total bill coming to a figure of over US $ 7000 per day.
少得可憐的公寓常成為搶手貨；由於辦公大樓有限，迫使許多外商公司改租旅館，例如 IBM 在北平租了七十個旅館房間當辦公室，每個房間的租金一天就要一百美元以上。