This chapter discusses several emerging globalisation models: the Springboard Model; its variant, the Leapfrog Model; the Mixed Model, a hybrid globalisation approach that leverages the combined benefits of administrative and market systems; and the Effectual Model, an appropriate for entrepreneurial firms. The discussion delineates the advantages and challenges of each model as well as the motivations for firms to adopt these models. Similar to , this chapter also traces the development of various exemplary firms (and their respective industries) that have successfully adopted these models. They include: China Merchants Bank (Springboard Model), Huawei (Leapfrog Model), CRRC (high-speed rail) (Mixed Model), and Techno (Effectual Model).

Twenty-five years after Chinese firms began their globalisation process, some of them have become global game changers and represented in the Fortune Global 500. This chapter begins by discussing the nature, types, and extent of changes these firms have brought about. Then, the chapter points out the growing challenges, including the challenges posed by Chinese firms’ overseas operations and merger and acquisition activities that would affect the perceptions of these firms in the international market. The third part of the chapter takes a futuristic lens and proposes how ‘Chinese firms going global’ will evolve, including a discussion on the extent the world accepts globalising Chinese firms and the impact world acceptance may pose on these firms’ future and growth.