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One company who has clearly taken advantage of this situation is China Security and Surveillance Systems (CSCT.OB), which has made several acquisitions including three recent ones and seen revenue growth in excess of 100% in the last year. They have done an excellent job of piecing together many smaller firms who have strong positions in different growth segments to create a more formidable player in the security systems space. Allowing them to offer a wider range of services and products while increasing their distribution and marketing channels.

This type of growth strategy doesn’t come without its own set of risks. In particular the need to find attractive acquisitions targets at reasonable prices to maintain growth will likely become more and more difficult over time. Luckily for CSCT it looks like they are in the early innings of a big game. According to the Chinese Security and Protection Association the security and surveillance industry is growing upwards of 40% a year and by 2010 industry revenues should be in the neighborhood of 12 billion USD. Although we assume their estimates are on the generous side, considering CSCT revenues probably won't exceed 100 million USD for 2007 it looks like they will have no problem finding attractive targets and taking market share from their smaller and less nimble competitors.

Is this flurry of acquisitions a savvy move by management to increase the reach of their advertising platform with its’ richly valued shares and a sign of slowing growth in Focus Media’s core business of out of home advertising? Or does Focus Media see value in a sector that has seen its’ fair share of hard times?

Amy Cheung of The China Perspective talks to Wonder Auto’s Chairman Qingjie Zhao about their current and future growth plans as well as the state of the Chinese auto market.