Overview:

China Country Analysis Report analyzes the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure of China. The report provides a holistic view of the country from historical, current and future perspectives. Insightful analysis on critical current and future issues is presented through detailed SCPT (strengths, challenges, prospects and threats/risks) analysis for each of the PESTLE segments. In addition, the PESTLE segments are supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.

Uses of Country Analysis Reports:

Understanding gained from country profiles can be used to plan business investment or market entry in a particular country. The insights provide ideas about key business opportunities. The profiles also provide an overview of the legal and regulatory framework to start or operate a business in the country. Typical uses of each PESTLE segment are:
• Political section provides understanding about the political system and key figures relevant to business in the country and governance indicators.
• Economic section deals with the economic story of a country that provides a balanced assessment of significant macro-economic issues.
• Social section enables understanding of customer demographics through income distribution, rural-urban segmentation and centres of affluence, healthcare and educational scenario.
• Technological section provides strategic information on technology and telecom, technological laws and policies, technological gaps, patents and opportunity sectors in the country.
• Legal section provides information about the legal structure, corporate laws, laws to start a new business and the tax regime.
• Environmental section provides information on the country’s performance on environmental indicators and policies.
 

Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
Key facts and geographic location 9
Key facts 9
Geographical location 10
PESTLE analysis 11
Summary 11
Political analysis 12
Economic analysis 16
Social analysis 22
Technological analysis 26
Legal analysis 30
Environmental analysis 33
Political landscape 37
Summary 37
Evolution 37
Structure and policies 39
Performance 44
Outlook 45
Economic landscape 46
Summary 46
Evolution 46
Structure and policies 48
Performance 52
Outlook 63
Social landscape 64
Summary 64
Evolution 64
Structure and policies 64
Performance 68
Outlook 71
Technological landscape 72
Summary 72
Evolution 72
Structure and policies 72
Performance 73
Outlook 77
Legal landscape 79
Summary 79
Evolution 79
Structure and policies 79
Performance 85
Outlook 86
Environmental landscape 87
Summary 87
Evolution 87
Structure and policies 87
Performance 90
Outlook 90
APPENDIX 91
Ask the analyst 91
Datamonitor consulting 91
Disclaimer 91

TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Map of the People’s Republic of China 10
Figure 2: Unemployment status in China, 2003–13 19
Figure 3: Carbon dioxide emissions in China, 2002–13 36
Figure 4: China – political events timeline 38
Figure 5: China – key political figures 39
Figure 6: China – government structure 40
Figure 7: China – provincial structure 41
Figure 8: Evolution of GDP growth in China, 1971–2009 48
Figure 9: Market capitalization of Shanghai stock exchange 51
Figure 10: GDP and growth rate in China, 2000–13 52
Figure 11: Sectoral composition of GDP in China, 2009 53
Figure 12: China’s agricultural output, 2001–09 54
Figure 13: China’s industrial output, 2001–09 55
Figure 14: China’s services output, 2001–09 56
Figure 15: China’s external trade (merchandise), 2003–09 58
Figure 16: China’s external debt, 2000–08 59
Figure 17: Consumer price index and CPI-based inflation in China, 2002–13 61
Figure 18: Employment levels in China, 2000–13 63
Figure 19: Expenditure on healthcare in China, 2001–13 69
Figure 20: Government expenditure on education in China, 2002–12 71
Figure 21: Telecommunications market growth in China, 2002–13 74
Figure 22: Number of internet users in China, 2002–13 75
Figure 23: Annual additions to the stock of science and engineering graduates 77
Figure 24: China – judicial structure 80

TABLES
Table 1: China – key fundamentals 4
Table 2 China – key facts 9
Table 3: Analysis of China’s political landscape 12
Table 4: Analysis of China’s economy 16
Table 5: Analysis of China’s social system 22
Table 6: Analysis of China’s technology landscape 26
Table 7: Analysis of China’s legal landscape 30
Table 8: Analysis of China’s environmental landscape 33
Table 9: Mid-year population by age (millions) 65