The report said apart from the steady growth expectations, speedy and further reforms of state-owned enterprises, easier financing options for small and medium-sized firms and more free trade zones will promote business travel this year. "Most of these factors are also catalysts for the 'going global' efforts of Chinese enterprises. Other factors like the stable economic growth also have a multiplier effect on business tourism," says Liu Xiexie, marketing director of Ctrip's business travel department. - China Daily/ANN