2. Introduction
Capital:- Beijing
World's second-largest country by land area,and the third- or fourth-largest
in total area.
Area:
14,500 kilometres
Population:(over 1.3 billion)
Currency: 1 chine's Yuan = 15.80 Pakistani rupees
3. Political factors
Government type:
Nominally Marxist–Leninist single-party state. The People's Republic of China
is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party of China.
• tariffs are high, but on decreasing slope.
• stable political environment
4. Economic factors
GDP:- $11.316 trillion
GDP growth:- 9.5%
Per capita:- $8,394
Unemployment Rate:- 6.1%
Inflation rate:- 3.2%
Population below poverty line 10%
Tax rate for foreign investments 30% national & 3% local rate for production business
and 20% for others(interest, rent, license, utilization)
Current account balance : $296.2billion (2009) world’s largest
Reserves of foreign exchange :$2.206 trillion (2009)
5. Economic Factors
Labor force: 815.3 million (2010); agriculture 10.2%, industry
46.9%, services 43% (2010 est.).
Labor costs are low
Exports: $1.581 trillion
Imports: $1.327 trillion
Revenues:$ 972.3 billion
Expenditures:$ 1.137 trillion (2009)
The industrial production growth rate is 8.1%(2009).
6. Socio-cultural factors
51.27 percent male & 48.73 percent female of the total population.
Literacy rate:- 92.8%
Religions:
Buddhism(50%), Taoism(30%), and Chinese folk religions &
others(Muslim 1.5-2%,Christian 3-4%)
16.6
70.14
13.26
Age structure (Yrs)
0-14
15-60
60+
7. The average income in east china is
2.26 times then west of china
9. Environmental factors
Over reliance on coal which produces
acid rain.
Water shortage
Climate vary from region to region
Natural disasters
(floods, earthquakes)
Clean energy, low carbon technology
10. Technological factors
Internet users:-500 million (2011)
Airports :- 482(2009)
Railway worlds third largest system
Roadway 3583,715km(2007) world second largest
China Telecom alone serves 55 million broadband subscribers
Tianhe-1A world’s fastest supercomputer
In 2011, China unveiled a prototype train
Technology is becoming cheaper
Telephone system is on world’s number one