Western business analysts are skeptical that the Chinese will come up with well-known brands that can compete with the west any time soon. According to them, building up an international brand takes not only quality but time and patience.
Not very many Chinese brands are known to westerners. Among the few are PC manufacturer Lenovo and mobile phone producer Huawei. Both have acquired a portion of the consumer market in western countries. One of the big problems of Chinese brands is that they still have a single image attached to them: “Made in China” relates to cheap products.