China is located in East Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam. Its capital and largest city is Beijing. With over 1.3 billion people, China has the world's largest population. It has a diverse landscape, with deserts, mountains, rainforests, and grasslands. Politically, China is a single-party socialist republic led by the Communist Party of China. It has a growing economy but also faces issues like income inequality and environmental degradation. Key business opportunities for foreign investment include real estate, energy, IT, tourism, and manufacturing.
2. Introduction
Location:
It is Northwest of the Tibet. The greater part of the country is
mountainous. Its principal ranges are the Tien Shan, the Kunlun chain, and
the Trans-Himalaya. These separating China from South and Central Asia. Mt.
Everest (8,848 m), lies on the China–Nepal border, while the world's second-
highest point, K2 is situated on China's border with Pakistan.
Capital:- Beijing
World's second-largest country by land area,and the third- or fourth-largest
in total area, depending on the definition of total area.
Area: Coastline:
9,596,960 sq km 14,500 kilometres
Population: 1,336,718,015(2011 est.)(over 1.3 billion)
Currency: Renminbi (yuan) (¥) (CNY)
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.
President:- HU JINTAO
Prime Minister:- WEN JIABAU
Independence:- 1 October 1949(People's Republic of China )
4. Economic factors
GDP:- $11.316 trillion (2011 est.)
GDP growth:- 9.5% (2011 est.) (CIA World fact book)
Per capita:- $8,394(2011 est.)
Unemployment Rate:- 6.1%
Inflation rate:- 3.2%
Population below poverty line 10% (2010 est.)
5. Economic Factors
Labor force: 815.3 million (2010); agriculture 10.2%, industry
46.9%, services 43% (2010 est.).
Exports: $1.581 trillion (2010 est.): machinery and equipment,
plastics, optical and medical equipment, iron and steel.
Imports: $1.327 trillion (2010 est.): machinery and equipment, oil
and mineral fuels, plastics, optical and medical equipment, organic
chemicals, iron and steel.
6. Socio-cultural factors
Population: 1,336,718,015 (2011 est.)(over 1.3 billion)
Age structure (Yrs)
13.26
16.6 0-14
15-60
70.14
60+
Sex ratio:- 0.95 male(s)/female
51.27 percent male & 48.73 percent female of the total population.
Literacy rate:- 92.8%(2010 est.)
Religions:
Buddhism(50%), Taoism(30%), and Chinese folk religions & others(Muslim 1.5-
2%,Christian 3-4%)
7. Languages
The official language of the People's
Republic of China is Putonghua
(Mandarin). The population of China is
so great that Mandarin is spoken by
over fourteen percent of the people in
the world.
8. ENVIRONMENT
China has a variety of forest types. Hardwoods such as teak and
mahogany are cultivated as commercial crops, as are pine and other
softwoods. Bamboo is a very fast growing plant which can grow up
to one metre a day. An interesting tree found in China is the ginkgo
or maidenhair tree which is used in Chinese medicine. It is one of
the world's earliest surviving plant species and first grew 160 million
years ago.
China has a wide variety of wildlife: tigers, snow
leopards, monkeys, yaks and giant pandas. The birdlife includes
peacocks, parrots, cranes and storks. Cormorants are used by some
fishermen on the rivers to catch fish for them.
China's natural environment has been adversely affected by human
intervention in a number of ways. Deforestation has gone on for
many years. In 1978 steps were taken to protect the environment.
There is now a programme of tree planting and a national
conservation organization looks at the consequences for the
environment of using pesticides and chemicals.
9. Technological factors
Internet users:-500 million (2011)
Internet hosts: 15.251 million (2010).
China Telecom alone serves 55 million broadband subscribers
Tianhe-1A world’s fastest supercomputer developed in 2010.
China has been pioneering the deployment of pebble bed nuclear
reactors, which run cooler and safer than conventional nuclear reactors.
In 2011, China unveiled a prototype train capable of reaching speeds of
310 mph (500 km/h), the first ultra-high-speed train developed solely by its
domestic railway industry.
10. Cont…
In September 2011, the first Chinese space station module, Tiangong-
1, was successfully launched, marking the first step in a decade-long
project to construct a large manned space station.
made its first attempt at the robotic exploration of Mars in November 2011.
China conducted a successful test of an anti-satellite missile.
JL-2 missile, a new submarine-launched nuclear ICBM with multiple-
warhead delivery capabilities.
11. Business opportunities
There are whole a lot of investment opportunities for the FDI.
Following are the different sectors in which investment can be made
and profits can be earned.
Real estate
Energy
Information technology
Tourism
Environment
Manufacturing and production