- China is surrounded by countries with also dynamic economies (Korea, Russia, India, Thailand, even Taiwan and the rest of Southeast Asia).
- It is a huge market of 1.2 billion people.
- The current economic environment fosters foreign investment, strong local entrepreneurship and development of stock market.
- Low-cost labor has earned the country the monicker “factory of the world” due to more developed countries outsourcing some productions to China.
obstacles… inefficient state-owned enterprises; large economic disparity; still large number of poor people (despite data that says 8% are below poverty line); increasing demand for energy; increasing cost of food; increased urbanization/industrialization has led to increased pollution and threats to environment; lack of quality regulation; lack of IP enforcement.

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