China: In-depth PESTLE Insights
September 2018
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About the Report
About the Report
China: In-depth PESTLE Insights
Summary
This PEST country analysis report on China provides a holistic view of the country, with insightful analysis of current and future issues, supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.
Key Highlights
- The political landscape section discusses the evolution of the political scenario in China, as well as the country's economic, social, foreign, and defense policies. The section also discusses the country's performance according to World Bank Governance Indicators.
- The economic landscape section outlines the evolution of China's economy, as well as the country's performance in terms of GDP growth, composition by sector (agriculture, industry, and services), fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, credit disbursement, banking sector, and employment."
- The social landscape section analyzes the government's social welfare policies, as well as the country's performance in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education.
Scope
- Understand the political system in China through analysis of key figures in the country and governance indicators.
- Understand the economic situation in China through a balanced assessment of core macroeconomic issues.
- Understand customer demographics in China through analysis of income distribution and the rural-urban split, as well as healthcare and education.
- Understand the technological landscape in China through analysis of relevant laws and policies, as well as patents data.
Reasons to buy
- What is the outlook in China in terms of political stability, policies towards business, and the popularity of the government?
- How does China perform in terms of GDP growth, its fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, and employment?
- How does China perform in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education?
- How does China perform in terms of technology-intensive sectors like IT, life sciences, and R&D expenditure trends?
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Overview 2
Catalyst 2
Summary 2
Key findings 2
PESTLE Highlights 4
Key Facts and Geographic Location 13
Key Facts 13
Geographical Location 14
PESTLE Analysis 15
Summary 15
Political Analysis 17
Overview 17
Current strengths 17
Current challenges 18
Future prospects 19
Future risks 20
Economic Analysis 22
Overview 22
Current strengths 22
Current challenges 23
Future prospects 26
Future risks 29
Social Analysis 31
Overview 31
Current strengths 31
Current challenges 32
Future risks 34
Technological Analysis 36
Overview 36
Current strengths 36
Current challenges 38
Future prospects 38
Future risks 40
Legal Analysis 41
Overview 41
Current strengths 41
Current challenges 42
Future prospects 43
Future risks 44
Environmental Analysis 45
Overview 45
Current strengths 45
Current challenges 46
Future prospects 48
Future risks 49
Political Landscape 52
Summary 52
Evolution 52
Pre-1950s 52
1950-90 53
1991-2017 54
Structure and Policies 54
Key Political Figures 54
Structure of the government 55
Structure of legislature 55
Key Policies 56
Performance 57
Governance indicators 57
Outlook 58
Economic Landscape 59
Summary 59
Evolution 59
1949-86 59
1986-2017 60
Structure and Policies 61
Financial system 61
Performance 62
GDP and growth rate 62
Agriculture 64
Industry 65
Current account 66
Exports and imports 67
Credit rating 68
Monetary 68
Inflation 69
Employment 69
Outlook 70
Social Landscape 71
Summary 71
Evolution 71
Structure and policies 71
Demographic composition 71
Ethnic composition 71
Religious composition 71
Education 72
System of education 72
Healthcare 73
Social welfare 73
Performance 73
Healthcare 73
Education 74
Outlook 75
Technological Landscape 76
Summary 76
Evolution 76
Structure and Policies 76
Intellectual property 76
Performance 76
Opportunity sectors 76
Research and development 76
Outlook 78
Legal Landscape 79
Summary 79
Evolution 79
Structure and Policies 79
Judicial system 79
Labor law 80
Social security charges 80
VAT and business taxes on exports 80
Performance 81
Effectiveness of the legal system 81
Outlook 81
Environmental Landscape 82
Summary 82
Evolution 82
Structure and policies 82
Environmental regulations 82
Environmental actions 83
Participation in global efforts, agreements, and pacts 83
Performance 83
Outlook 84
Appendix 86
Ask the analyst 86
Disclaimer 86
List of Figure
List of Figures
Figure 1: Map of China 14
Figure 2: Foreign direct investment inward flows in select major economies, 2017 23
Figure 3: Gross fixed capital formation in select major economies in 2017 24
Figure 4: Household consumption expenditure in select major economies in 2016 25
Figure 5: The industry and services sectors' contribution to GDP as percentage of gross value added, 1990-2017 27
Figure 6: Residential property price index (RPPI), Q1 2013-Q1 2018 29
Figure 7: Floating population in China, 2010-16 33
Figure 8: Average wage of employed persons in urban units, 2007-16 33
Figure 9: Birth rate in China per 1,000 people, 2007-16 35
Figure 10: Old age dependency ratio as percentage of working-age population, 2008-17 35
Figure 11: Number of researchers and R&D personals in China, 2000-16 37
Figure 12: Government expenditure on R&D in China, 2000-16 37
Figure 13: First university natural sciences and engineering degrees, 2000-14 39
Figure 14: Natural sciences and engineering doctoral degrees, 2000-14 40
Figure 15: FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, 2017 42
Figure 16: Sector-wise FDI Restrictiveness in China, 2017 43
Figure 17: Energy production and consumption in China, 2016 47
Figure 18: Household electricity prices, 2017 50
Figure 19: Revealed technology advantage environment-related technologies, 2013 51
Figure 20: PM2.5 air pollution (mean annual exposure), 2010-2016 51
Figure 21: China-Political Events Timeline 53
Figure 22: China-Key Political Figures 55
Figure 23: Evolution of GDP growth in China, 2008-2017 60
Figure 24: GDP and growth rate in China, 2013-22f 62
Figure 25: GDP composition by sector in China, 2017 63
Figure 26: Agricultural output in China, 2013-17 64
Figure 27: Industrial output in China, 2013-17 65
Figure 28: Services output in China, 2013-17 66
Figure 29: China's external trade, 2013-17 68
Figure 30: Consumer price index and CPI-based inflation in China, 2013-22f 69
Figure 31: Unemployment in China, 2013-22f 70
Figure 32: Expenditure on healthcare in China, 2008-17 74
Figure 33: Public expenditure on education in China, 2011-15 75
Figure 34: R&D expenditure in China, 2007-16 77
Figure 35: Internet users in China, 2007-16 78
Figure 36: CO2 emissions in China, 2006-15 84
List of Table
List of Tables
Table 1: China-Key Fundamentals 6
Table 2: China-Key Facts 13
Table 3: Analysis of China's Political Landscape 17
Table 4: Analysis of China's Economic Landscape 22
Table 5: Analysis of China's Social System 31
Table 6: Analysis of China's Technology Landscape 36
Table 7: Patents Granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office, 2010-15 38
Table 8: Analysis of China's Legal Landscape 41
Table 9: Analysis of China's Environmental Landscape 45
Table 10: Mid-year Population Age by Gender (as a percentage of total population), 2017 72
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