China has become an emerging economic power after the US and Japan. Its fast economic growth have attracted more and more foreign investments. Many big companies and firms have chosen China as their new strategic growing point and setup their Asian headquarters in China. Some of them have invested further into the China provinces to cope with the increasing internal demand.

In order to show the presence of the company in different provinces in China, it is common to use a map to denote branches in major and minor cities. The map sample here is a showcase of a business located in all parts of China, and it has the following charactertics:

• Introduction of the map includes a rotating globe and shows China on the global map
• China is divided into several regions, based upon the official provinces
• Mouseover effect to show the regions, and the provinces the region includes
• Major cities are shown as pulsating points and more prominent than the minor cities
• Click on the location to open an infobox for the city name and their branches