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Investing in Asia:
An overview of economic factors and investment potentials for seven
countries in Asia.
Table of Contents:
Page Title: Page Number:
Investing in Asia Overview 3
Countries Overview 9
Indonesia 10
Economic Profile 11
Investment Profile 17
China 30
Economic Profile 31
Investment Profile 37
Japan 51
Economic Profile 52
Investment Profile 58
Malaysia 74
Page Title: Page Number:
Economic Profile 75
Investment Profile 81
Hong Kong 94
Economic Profile 95
Investment Profile 101
South Korea 114
Economic Profile 115
Investment Profile 121
Singapore 135
Economic Profile 136
Investment Profile 142
Work Cited 155
China:
Economic and investment overview for China.
Images sourced from: Google images
Economic Profile:
An overview of economic factors; from real GDP growth rate to investment
percent of GDP.
Economic Profile:
Real GDP Growth Rate-
7.7%
7.3%
6.9%
6.5%
6.2%
6.0%
6.0%
6.0%
0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 7.0% 8.0%
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Real GDP Growth Rate:
Compiled by Author from Sources: statista.com Images sourced from: Google images
Economic Profile:
Work Force Indicators-
Compiled by Author from Sources: tradingeconomics.com Images sourced from: Google images
770
773
775
777
766
768
770
772
774
776
778
2013 2014 2015 2016
Employed Persons:
In Millions
4.05%
4.09%
4.05%
4.05% 4.05% 4.05% 4.05%
4.04%
4.05%
4.06%
4.07%
4.08%
4.09%
4.10%
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020
Unemployment Rate:
Economic Profile:
Consumer Indicators-
96.8
98.1
98.7
102.3 102.0
105.0
92
94
96
98
100
102
104
106
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2020
Consumer Confidence
Indicator:
233.0
236.7 237.0
240.5
246.2
252.4
258.3
264.3
215
220
225
230
235
240
245
250
255
260
265
270
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Consumer Price Index:
Compiled by Author from Sources: data.oecd.org & statista.com Images sourced from: Google images
Economic Profile:
Economic Indicators-
3.7%
4.7% 4.8%
4.2% 4.1%
5.0%
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2020
Interest Rate:
2.6%
2.0%
1.4%
1.8%
2.0%
2.2%
2.6%
3.0%
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Inflation Rate:
Compiled by Author from Sources: knoema.com & ieconomics.com & statista.com Images sourced from: Google images
Economic Profile:
Investment Indicators-
$639.1
$646.7
$699.2
$609.4
$669.3
$663.0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2020
Foreign Direct Investment:
In USD HML
47.8%
47.7%
47.4%
47.0%
46.6%
46.2%
46.0%
45.8%
46.3%
46.8%
47.3%
47.8%
48.3%
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Investment Percent of
GDP:
Compiled by Author from Sources: ieconomics.com & tradingeconomics.com & economywatch.com Images sourced from: Google images
Investment Profile:
An over view of investing information from why to future outlook.
Investment Profile:
Why Invest?
Has is the biggest
consumer market in
the world
• 1.3 billion potential
customers
Has a rapidly growing
market
• About a 7% growth rate per
year
Labor costs remain
comparatively low
Infrastructure
development
External accounts
benefitting from
industrial
competitiveness and
diversification
Sovereign risk
contained
• Public debt is mainly
domestic and denominated
in local currency
Gradual move up-
market
Compiled by Author from Sources: santandertrade.com & coface.com Images sourced from: Google images
Investment Profile:
Government Regulation-
Will Encourage Investment:
High Technology
Production of Equipment or New Materials
The Service Sector
Recycling
Clean Production
Renewable Energies
Environmental Protection
Will Not Encourage Investment:
Investments that already have a strong production
capacity and use advanced tecnology
Sectors deemed key to social stability
Sectors for which China seeks to develop domestic firms
into globally competitive multinational corporations
Sectors that have historically benefited from State-
sanctioned monopolies or a legacy of State investment
Investments intended to profit from currency, real
estate, or assets
Investments in resource-intensive and highly-polluting
industries
Compiled by Author from Sources: santandertrade.com Images sourced from: Google images
Investment Profile:
Foreign Investment Protection-
Bilateral
Investment
Conventions
Signed by China
International
Controversies
Registered by
UNCTAD
Organizations
Offering their
Assistance in Case
of Disagreement
Member of the
Multilateral
Investment
Guarantee Agency
Compiled by Author from Sources: santandertrade.com Images sourced from: Google images
Investment Profile:
Government Aid-
Corporate Tax
Reductions
Exemptions of Tax
on Dividends
Reduced Income
Taxes
Reduced Resource
and Land use Fees
Reduced Import
and Export Duties
Priority Treatment
in Obtaining
Infrastructure
Services
Streamlined
Government
Approvals
Funding Support
for Start-Ups
Compiled by Author from Sources: santandertrade.com Images sourced from: Google images
Investment Profile:
Locations to Invest In-
Chengdu (四川省):
Main Industries:
Electronic information,
pharmaceuticals, food
processing, machinery,
petrochemical, metallurgy
and building materials
One of the four main
“science and education”
bases, providing a local
talented labor pool
Shanghai (上海市):
Main Industries:
Retail and wholesale,
financial services and real
estates
A financial capital and one of
the most populous Chinese
cities
Tianjin (天津市):
Main Industries:
High and new technology,
mechanics and textile
Home to China’s National
Supercomputing Center
Compiled by Author from Sources: best-cities-china.org & china-trade-research.hktdc.com Images sourced from: google images
Investment Profile:
Investment Opportunities-
Agriculture Breeding
Forestry and
Fishing
Extraction
Manufacture
and Services
Compiled by Author from Sources: santandertrade.com Images sourced from: Google images
The Key Sectors of the National Economy:
Investment Profile:
Investment Opportunities-
High Potential Sectors:
Chemical Industry
Insurance and Banking
High Technology
Renewable Energy
Environmental
• Telecommunications
• Energy
• Environment
• High-Technology
• Services
Privatization
Programs:
Compiled by Author from Sources: santandertrade.com Images sourced from: Google images
Investment Profile:
Low Investment Opportunities-
Monopolistic Sectors:
• Weapons
• Telecommunications
• Energy
• Environment
• High- technology
• Water supply
• Electricity distribution
• Services
Sectors in Decline:
• Manufacturing
• Suffers from rising prices
of transport and
competition from other
Asian
Compiled by Author from Sources: santandertrade.com Images sourced from: Google images
Investment Profile:
Risks of Investing-
An ever-
changing legal
context with a
complex
bureaucratic and
administrative
system
A lack of
transparency,
high corruption,
and weak
intellectual
property
protection
Cultural business
differences that
may be difficult
to learn and
apply
Middle
management is
often
underdeveloped
with a high
turnover rates
Compiled by Author from Sources: santandertrade.com & coface.com Images sourced from: Google images
High volatility in
the stock market
Significant social
tensions linked to
rising inequality
The share of
consumption in
GDP remains
weak
An aging
population and
gradual drying up
of the pool of
cheap and
abundant labor
Investment Profile:
Risks of Investing-
Compiled by Author from Sources: santandertrade.com & coface.com
Overcapacities
in certain
industries and
high debt level
of corporates
Fragile Chinese
banks
Government’s
strategy is
ambiguous on
arbitrating
between reform
and growth
Environmental
problems
Investment Profile:
Future Outlook-
There are reforms to
rebalance growth in
favor of consumption
and services
These reforms are
hitting the profits of
companies with large
overcapacities and with
high levels of debt
The monetary relaxation
is ineffective and the
volatility of the markets
undermine confidence
levels of investors and
consumers
Exports are expected to
continue suffering due
to the lessoning of
global demand
Compiled by Author from Sources: coface.com Images sourced from: Google images
The economy is expected to continue to slow:
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Investing in Asia Part 2 of 6

  • 1. Investing in Asia: An overview of economic factors and investment potentials for seven countries in Asia.
  • 2. Table of Contents: Page Title: Page Number: Investing in Asia Overview 3 Countries Overview 9 Indonesia 10 Economic Profile 11 Investment Profile 17 China 30 Economic Profile 31 Investment Profile 37 Japan 51 Economic Profile 52 Investment Profile 58 Malaysia 74 Page Title: Page Number: Economic Profile 75 Investment Profile 81 Hong Kong 94 Economic Profile 95 Investment Profile 101 South Korea 114 Economic Profile 115 Investment Profile 121 Singapore 135 Economic Profile 136 Investment Profile 142 Work Cited 155
  • 3. China: Economic and investment overview for China. Images sourced from: Google images
  • 4. Economic Profile: An overview of economic factors; from real GDP growth rate to investment percent of GDP.
  • 5. Economic Profile: Real GDP Growth Rate- 7.7% 7.3% 6.9% 6.5% 6.2% 6.0% 6.0% 6.0% 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 7.0% 8.0% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Real GDP Growth Rate: Compiled by Author from Sources: statista.com Images sourced from: Google images
  • 6. Economic Profile: Work Force Indicators- Compiled by Author from Sources: tradingeconomics.com Images sourced from: Google images 770 773 775 777 766 768 770 772 774 776 778 2013 2014 2015 2016 Employed Persons: In Millions 4.05% 4.09% 4.05% 4.05% 4.05% 4.05% 4.05% 4.04% 4.05% 4.06% 4.07% 4.08% 4.09% 4.10% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 Unemployment Rate:
  • 7. Economic Profile: Consumer Indicators- 96.8 98.1 98.7 102.3 102.0 105.0 92 94 96 98 100 102 104 106 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2020 Consumer Confidence Indicator: 233.0 236.7 237.0 240.5 246.2 252.4 258.3 264.3 215 220 225 230 235 240 245 250 255 260 265 270 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Consumer Price Index: Compiled by Author from Sources: data.oecd.org & statista.com Images sourced from: Google images
  • 8. Economic Profile: Economic Indicators- 3.7% 4.7% 4.8% 4.2% 4.1% 5.0% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2020 Interest Rate: 2.6% 2.0% 1.4% 1.8% 2.0% 2.2% 2.6% 3.0% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Inflation Rate: Compiled by Author from Sources: knoema.com & ieconomics.com & statista.com Images sourced from: Google images
  • 9. Economic Profile: Investment Indicators- $639.1 $646.7 $699.2 $609.4 $669.3 $663.0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2020 Foreign Direct Investment: In USD HML 47.8% 47.7% 47.4% 47.0% 46.6% 46.2% 46.0% 45.8% 46.3% 46.8% 47.3% 47.8% 48.3% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Investment Percent of GDP: Compiled by Author from Sources: ieconomics.com & tradingeconomics.com & economywatch.com Images sourced from: Google images
  • 10. Investment Profile: An over view of investing information from why to future outlook.
  • 11. Investment Profile: Why Invest? Has is the biggest consumer market in the world • 1.3 billion potential customers Has a rapidly growing market • About a 7% growth rate per year Labor costs remain comparatively low Infrastructure development External accounts benefitting from industrial competitiveness and diversification Sovereign risk contained • Public debt is mainly domestic and denominated in local currency Gradual move up- market Compiled by Author from Sources: santandertrade.com & coface.com Images sourced from: Google images
  • 12. Investment Profile: Government Regulation- Will Encourage Investment: High Technology Production of Equipment or New Materials The Service Sector Recycling Clean Production Renewable Energies Environmental Protection Will Not Encourage Investment: Investments that already have a strong production capacity and use advanced tecnology Sectors deemed key to social stability Sectors for which China seeks to develop domestic firms into globally competitive multinational corporations Sectors that have historically benefited from State- sanctioned monopolies or a legacy of State investment Investments intended to profit from currency, real estate, or assets Investments in resource-intensive and highly-polluting industries Compiled by Author from Sources: santandertrade.com Images sourced from: Google images
  • 13. Investment Profile: Foreign Investment Protection- Bilateral Investment Conventions Signed by China International Controversies Registered by UNCTAD Organizations Offering their Assistance in Case of Disagreement Member of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Compiled by Author from Sources: santandertrade.com Images sourced from: Google images
  • 14. Investment Profile: Government Aid- Corporate Tax Reductions Exemptions of Tax on Dividends Reduced Income Taxes Reduced Resource and Land use Fees Reduced Import and Export Duties Priority Treatment in Obtaining Infrastructure Services Streamlined Government Approvals Funding Support for Start-Ups Compiled by Author from Sources: santandertrade.com Images sourced from: Google images
  • 15. Investment Profile: Locations to Invest In- Chengdu (四川省): Main Industries: Electronic information, pharmaceuticals, food processing, machinery, petrochemical, metallurgy and building materials One of the four main “science and education” bases, providing a local talented labor pool Shanghai (上海市): Main Industries: Retail and wholesale, financial services and real estates A financial capital and one of the most populous Chinese cities Tianjin (天津市): Main Industries: High and new technology, mechanics and textile Home to China’s National Supercomputing Center Compiled by Author from Sources: best-cities-china.org & china-trade-research.hktdc.com Images sourced from: google images
  • 16. Investment Profile: Investment Opportunities- Agriculture Breeding Forestry and Fishing Extraction Manufacture and Services Compiled by Author from Sources: santandertrade.com Images sourced from: Google images The Key Sectors of the National Economy:
  • 17. Investment Profile: Investment Opportunities- High Potential Sectors: Chemical Industry Insurance and Banking High Technology Renewable Energy Environmental • Telecommunications • Energy • Environment • High-Technology • Services Privatization Programs: Compiled by Author from Sources: santandertrade.com Images sourced from: Google images
  • 18. Investment Profile: Low Investment Opportunities- Monopolistic Sectors: • Weapons • Telecommunications • Energy • Environment • High- technology • Water supply • Electricity distribution • Services Sectors in Decline: • Manufacturing • Suffers from rising prices of transport and competition from other Asian Compiled by Author from Sources: santandertrade.com Images sourced from: Google images
  • 19. Investment Profile: Risks of Investing- An ever- changing legal context with a complex bureaucratic and administrative system A lack of transparency, high corruption, and weak intellectual property protection Cultural business differences that may be difficult to learn and apply Middle management is often underdeveloped with a high turnover rates Compiled by Author from Sources: santandertrade.com & coface.com Images sourced from: Google images High volatility in the stock market Significant social tensions linked to rising inequality The share of consumption in GDP remains weak An aging population and gradual drying up of the pool of cheap and abundant labor
  • 20. Investment Profile: Risks of Investing- Compiled by Author from Sources: santandertrade.com & coface.com Overcapacities in certain industries and high debt level of corporates Fragile Chinese banks Government’s strategy is ambiguous on arbitrating between reform and growth Environmental problems
  • 21. Investment Profile: Future Outlook- There are reforms to rebalance growth in favor of consumption and services These reforms are hitting the profits of companies with large overcapacities and with high levels of debt The monetary relaxation is ineffective and the volatility of the markets undermine confidence levels of investors and consumers Exports are expected to continue suffering due to the lessoning of global demand Compiled by Author from Sources: coface.com Images sourced from: Google images The economy is expected to continue to slow:
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Editor's Notes

  1. http://www.statista.com/statistics/263616/gross-domestic-product-gdp-growth-rate-in-china/
  2. http://www.tradingeconomics.com/china/employed-persons/forecast
  3. OECD (2016), Consumer confidence index (CCI) (indicator). doi: 10.1787/46434d78-en (Accessed on 12 May 2016) https://data.oecd.org/leadind/consumer-confidence-index-cci.htm http://www.statista.com/statistics/244993/projected-consumer-price-index-in-the-united-states/ http://www.statista.com/statistics/244993/projected-consumer-price-index-in-the-united-states/
  4. https://knoema.com/WBWDIGDF2016Apr/world-development-indicators-wdi-april-2016 http://ieconomics.com/china-interest-rate http://www.statista.com/statistics/270338/inflation-rate-in-china/
  5. http://ieconomics.com/china-foreign-direct-investment-forecast http://www.tradingeconomics.com/china/foreign-direct-investment/forecast http://www.economywatch.com/economic-statistics/economic-indicators/Investment_Percentage_of_GDP/2013/
  6. https://en.portal.santandertrade.com/establish-overseas/china/foreign-investment http://www.coface.com/Economic-Studies-and-Country-Risks/China
  7. https://en.portal.santandertrade.com/establish-overseas/china/foreign-investment
  8. https://en.portal.santandertrade.com/establish-overseas/china/foreign-investment
  9. https://en.portal.santandertrade.com/establish-overseas/china/foreign-investment
  10. http://www.best-cities-china.org/best-performing-cities-china-2015.pdf http://china-trade-research.hktdc.com/business-news/article/Fast-Facts/Chengdu-Sichuan-City-Information/ff/en/1/1X000000/1X0737OR.htm
  11. https://en.portal.santandertrade.com/establish-overseas/china/foreign-investment
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  16. http://www.coface.com/Economic-Studies-and-Country-Risks/China