China’s strategic and planned rise has overtaken Germany in exports, the US in the auto industry, Japan in R&D investments and the UK for number of English speakers at school. The challenge is how to be a positive force alongside turning these achievements into investment value

	CHINA

2nd largest economy in the world, over took Japan in 2010, on course to overtake the US as the world’s largest economy by 2020..  Goldman Sachs BRICs report/PricewaterhouseCoopers

4 of the 10 most valuable companies in the world come from China.  Bloomberg

22% of the global IPOs in 1H 2011 by value, China capital markets dominance is expected to continue.  Bloomberg

80% of state-owned enterprises have been privatised or transformed into publicly listed companies.  Foreign Affairs

US$3.0 trillion of foreign exchange reserves as at March 2011, 28% CAGR in the last five years, largest in the world and 3.0x that of the next largest reserve holders, Japan.  Bloomberg

26% of total US Treasury Securities are held by China as at April 2011.  Bloomberg

Bear in mind that ...

60% of China’s GDP are generated by SMEs, and SMEs employ 75% of the country's urban labour force.  UNIDO

Total savings account for 52% of GDP.  Goldman Sachs BRICs report

10% of China’s GDP is, in effect, government saving.  The Economist

240 million people in China will be over the age of 60 by 2020.  Brookings Institution

66% of the population to live in urban centres by 2020.  Brookings Institution

And ...

China has to sustain 22% of the world population with only 8% of the world’s fresh water resources. China would need to quadruple its internal renewable water resources to reach the US’s per capita availability.  (1)

If China’s services sector share of GDP increases to 49% from currently 42% by 2025, the GDP generated by one dollar of capital invested would increase by 7.5%.  (2)

China has twice as many university graduates as the United States.  (3)

Although China’s human development index rose by 45% between 1980 and 2009, income inequality (Gini-Co-efficient) over the same period increased by over 90%.  (4)

Calculations based on data from:
1. Earth Trends
2. McKinsey Global Institute
3. UNESCO
4. Nationmaster.com