70 % farmers covered by cooperative medical insurance
93% population literate
ECONOMIC
av annual GDP growth 10%
$100 billion FDI per year
MMCC
Manufacturing led
economy: value added to products
IMPORT SUBSTITUTION ECONOMY
global GDP:
1995 5%
2011 14%
POLITICAL
influence in UN increasing
As of August 2013, the People's Republic of China has used its veto seven times; observers have
noted a preference for China to abstain rather than veto on resolutions not directly related to
Chinese interests
Previously used VETO power only once
2nd largest defence budget
and government spending
ENVIRONMENTAL
$175 billion spent on environmental protection
China’s Conversion of Cropland to Forests Program
(CCFP) is the world’s largest Payments for Ecosystem
Services (PES) afforestation program.
Since its inception, it has engaged 32 million rural households to
afforest over 24 million hectares of land. The program has both rural
welfare and ecological goals.