What Does China Want?

What Does China Want?

With regular news of the Chinese buying up foreign businesses, from food producers, to cinemas and football clubs, I am often asked what it is that China is looking for.

The simple answer: pretty much everything.  There are a lot of people, and they have a lot of money.  China is attempting to shift its economy from producing and exporting; to creating, servicing and consuming - moving up the value chain to support the increasing expectations of its people in terms of quality of life, job opportunities, and personal wealth - and recognizing that with an aging population, increased costs, and rapid changes being brought about to production, distribution and consumption by technology, the previous economic model could not sustain the required level of economic growth.

The detailed answer: China's 13th Five Year Plan (2016-20) sets out what China is looking to achieve.  In summary, China is looking to evolve the economy towards innovation and sustainable economic growth, in particular promoting certain sectors and technologies, organically and through overseas acquisition: modern agriculture; food processing; logistics & nutrition; biotechnology; next generation IT; advanced manufacturing; new materials; clean energy; modern transport; ocean, space, polar exploration; environment protection & recycling; health; urbanization; disaster prevention & response.

It is a pretty extensive shopping list, so brush up your Chinese, and seize the opportunity.

Or speak to us.

Chris PaRDo

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Guilhem GIRAUD

Expert en cybersécurité et moyens d'enquête cyber Business development ; relations institutionnelles

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La photo me fait furieusement penser à la chanson de Dutronc ... L'article aussi, en fait !

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Merritt Cooke

Founder & Executive Director at ReGen250

8 年

The China Partnership of Greater Philadelphia is laser-focused on the clean energy opportunity. That opportunity is promoted not only by the 13th FYP cited here but also bi-nationally through the Ten Year Framework for U.S.-China Cooperation in Energy and the Environment (2009-18). Drop us a line if you'd like to learn more.

China is employing a one year old Chairman to change everything and delete the past years' burdens.What a one year old baby can do? Can you imagine, reconstruct and understand it? Let's wait and see!

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