BanksonthemoveMidwesternChinatheregionalservicedeliverylocationofthefuture?Managementsummary1Generaltrends3Traditionalandemerginghubs5Therisingmidwest8Tyingeverythingtogether:locationstrategyconsiderations11Authors13Endnotes14ContentsBanksonthemove|Managementsummary1Chinasaimofattractingmultinationalcorporationstoestablishservicedeliverycenters—offshorecentersthatperformdesignatedfunctionsfororganizations—isembeddedaspartofthe13thFive-YearPlanforEconomicandSocialDevelopment(2016-2020).Thisgoeshandinhandwithitsstrategytoshiftfromaheavyindustrialandmanufacturingeconomytoaconsumptionandservicedriveneconomy.ManagementsummaryFrominternationalbanksperspective,MainlandChinahasremainedanalluringandviableservicedeliverycenteroption,duetoitswell-educatedlaborpool,risingin