General Motor is an automobile company which origins from Detroit, Michigan America and now the bellwether in the vehicle market. In 2005, the initial public offering they made ranked top 5 of largest IPO all over the world and then turns into profitability same year. GM also sells up to 13 brands of cars such as Buick and Chevrolet in 37 different part of the world.

Like other successful companies, GM also decided to expand their corporations aboard to gain a larger amount of profit. According to the data displayed on the Statistic Brain, China came in second from 16 countries and sold 1,095,000 vehicles in 2008. However, it only holds 12.0% market shares. Therefore, vice president of GM split China out from international market to stand on its own and move its international headquarter to Singapore.

To sum up, it is a wise decision for GM focusing more on China because balancing the supply and demand of the market will ascends the benefit.

References:
“General Motors Company Statistics.” Statistic Brain RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.<http://www.statisticbrain.com/general-motors-statistics/>.
“GM to Move International HQ to Singapore.” BBC News. BBC, 12 Nov. 2013. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24921966>.

Pictures from google