Pros and Cons of China's development strategy

Strategies: Top-down, Government directed, Urbanization, Industrialization, Export-oriented, Resources input, Special Economic Zone, Privatization, high investment/savings, education, taxation on trade

 

Pros:

  • Central planning makes decision making faster and more coherent
  • Economic sources from agriculture-dominated to diversified with focus on industry - high value added products and services
  • Infrastructure construction
  • Relatively cheap labor force
  • Better education system than India makes the future generation more knowledgeable and productive

 

Cons:

  • Current dependence on other economies given its trade imbalance
  • Inequality between coastal area and inner area
  • Overcapacity in downstream of value chain - lack of innovation
  • Investment inefficiency - restricted foreign capital inflow
  • Ethics reputation
  • Rise of the middle class that will eventually seek for political reform and more freedom - future uncertainty



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