Unpopular opinion:
China's poverty level should be at $7.20/day at 2019 UMIC-standards (PPP-inflation adjusted from $5.50/day in 2011) rather than the current level of ~$1.90/day of extreme poverty. China's poverty line is way too low for a country of its development state (i.e. an upper-middle-income country that will likely ascend to developed country status sometime mid-decade).
What is China's UMIC ($5.50/day PPP, 2011) poverty rate? Next year, World Bank projects it to be below 15%, and probably below 10% by 2024-2025. For context, Greece, a developed country, has a UMIC poverty rate of 5+%
Analysis:
Our call:
Key assumptions:
- By 2025, Beijing will have had little choice but to reform its way out of challenges that result in a Chinese economy that will likely become more open, balanced, and efficient.
- China faces one of the most daunting external environments in decades, which ironically will likely push Beijing to further embrace foreign direct investment (FDI) and improve the business environment.
- On the domestic front, China’s “internal circulation” agenda will be less about self-reliance but focus on improving productivity and inducing more local competition, while keeping a lid on financial risk.
- The pursuit of reform priorities means that at the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP, 2020-2025), China will likely have eluded the “middle-income trap” and become a near-majority middle-class country.
Leading indicators:
- Beijing will relearn some of the lessons from Deng Xiaoping by moderating its approach that balances improving its economic relationships abroad while improving its business and investment climate at home.
- Beijing will continue to be hawkish on local finances as its main tool to induce reforms and local competition by forcing them to operate in a resource-constrained environment.
- Sustained increases in FDI flows and portfolio investment for consecutive years, while annual surveys of foreign businesses in China show continued improvement and confidence in the business climate.
- Local debt/GDP ratio stabilizes over the next few years.
- Surpassing the high-income country threshold as defined by
the World Bank (~$13,000 GNI per capita).
Agree, poverty level should be adjusted from $1.90/day, although whether to $7.20 a day is still debateable. China isn't a developed country yet though. Is there a mid-tier?
Foxconn is not happy with Apple.
Foxconn is not happy with Apple going to Luxshare.
I guess the USA isn’t going to be too happy there racism and hate has once again screwed them over. I wonder how the European nations are doing now that there biggest economies are going into lockdown again. Will they further piss of the Chinese with there whole Xinjiang crap and are they willing to endanger what little of there economy is left because listening to the HK rioters/Pompeo is a thing. Really these idiots love to shoot themselves in the foot since South America and Africa are really enjoying the opportunity to grow since they have the decent to mind there own business. In fact almost all the usa’s problem with China is because they still want China to bend over the the whim of the USA with nothing in return. They will only get destruction and ruin in return for there pride and arrogance