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China’s Future Development and Economic Relations with Asia and Latin America. Justin Yifu Lin Peking University and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. China’s Growth Potential. The current stage of China’s growth is about that of Japan in 1960. Table 1.doc.
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China’s Future Development and Economic Relations with Asia and Latin America Justin Yifu Lin Peking University and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
China’s Growth Potential • The current stage of China’s growth is about that of Japan in 1960. Table 1.doc
Is China’s Labor Cost Low? • China’s wage rate is about 1/50 of that in U.S. and Japan • Labor productivity is only 1/25 of U.S. and 1/26 of Japan • US wage level is only 1/3 higher than China per dollar output
China’s Trade Balances • The pattern of China’s trade balance changed around 1992.Table 3.doc
Sources of FDI to China • The changes in trade pattern is related to the relocation of labor-intensive manufacturing industries from East Asia to China through FDI. Table 4.doc
Concluding Remarks (1) • China has the potential to maintain dynamic growth in the coming decades • To realize the growth potential, China needs to complete the transition to market economy • WTO accession will facilitate China’s transition to market economy • China will continue to attract large inflow of FDI. However, the same will be true to other developing countries.
Concluding Remarks (2) • More than half of China’s exports is processed manufacturing goods. • The more is China export, the more China’s import of intermediate products from Asia. • The dynamic growth in GDP and trade will increase China’s import of natural resources from natural resources rich countries in Asia Pacific and Latin American countries