Dynamics of Growth: India and China: Dr. Jayanta Roy Sr. Advisor, ID (Research) CII

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DYNAMICS OF GROWTH:

INDIA AND CHINA


Dr. Jayanta Roy
Sr. Advisor, ID ( Research)
CII
The Development Challenge

The two Asian giants need to….


Pull 403 million people out of poverty (number of people
living below US$1 per day).
Provide access to basic amenities (potable water, basic health
and education) to around 385 million people who are still
deprived of such fundamental rights.  
Face the specter of retraining and reemploying a large section
of their skilled work force that will be left jobless after PSU
restructuring.  
Deal with environment, AIDS, water scarcity, soil erosion and
threats to national security and ensure that they do not derail
the development process.
The Development Challenge

To do all this the Asian giants need to….


 
KEEP GROWING!!!
China has been a fast growth economy for sometime.
India has finally started showing the kind of growth
dynamism required to pull itself into the major
league of economic powers.  
For both India and China, a large part of this growth
will come through an outward oriented strategy, i.e.
integration into the world economy.
Economic growth and global
integration
The Four Noble Truths of the new Millennium.

Goods (Intra-Industry trade and Value added


agriculture)
Services and Knowledge Industries (IT, ITES,
Professional services, Biotech, Tourism) 
Foreign Direct Investment:  
Technology: Moving up the value chain in the
global production process.
Options for India and China:
Short-term
Concentrate on the North:
Goods: Strive to be a part of the global supply chain in
manufacturing and agriculture. 
Services and Knowledge Industry: Main markets will be in
the US and EU.  
Foreign Direct Investment: Main source of FDI will be high-
income OECD countries, especially the G-7 countries.  
Technology: Cutting edge will be in US and some extent
from EU and Japan. Need to build synergies with US and EU
to leverage vast pool of human resources in cutting edge
research.
Options for India and China:
medium and long-term
The Asian giants will need newer markets, and greater
economic integration.

ASEAN market is increasingly saturated.


 
Rapidly growing India and China are windows of
opportunity for each other.
 
Need to focus on India-China bilateral trade. Huge
potential, linking 1/3 of humanity.
India-China bilateral trade:
Current status
Abysmally small, given market size, diversity and
growth dynamics.  
Indian exports of goods account just about 1% of
China’s total imports, while Chinese exports of goods
account for just about 5% of India’s total imports. 
India-China bilateral trade is focused on a very narrow
range of goods. Both economies have comparative
advantage in similar sectors, i.e. chemicals, processed
metals and alloys, machinery and machine tools and
textiles.
India-China bilateral trade:
Future strategy
A pragmatic, yet proactive target will be to achieve
20 billion USD in bilateral trade of goods by 2009,
bilateral trade growing at 20% annual average.
 
A target of USD 5 billion in bilateral trade in
services and knowledge industries is possible,
given the rapid development and complimentarity
between India and China in this segment.
 
India-China bilateral trade:
Future strategy
Goods

Existing commodities in the trade: penetrate


regions in China; Continental sized economies
need regional market strategies.
 
New commodities: Intra-industry trade, business-
to-business relations need to be built. Feed into
each other’s supply chains.
India-China bilateral trade:
Future strategy
Services and Knowledge Industries
Holds great prospects for both countries:
India and China share complimentarity in many areas
of services like IT Enabled Services, IT, Biotech.  
India can be the lowest cost producer to China in
several areas like education, professional services
and financial services.  
Chinese location, culture and human resources can
provide India a springboard to enter the Japanese and
Korean market for services
India-China bilateral trade:
Future strategy
Investment
Invest in China to access the huge domestic market.  
Invest in China to access third country markets.
Leverage Indian technology and management in
conjunction with Chinese low cost labor and
excellent infrastructure.  
Use China as a platform for services exports into
Japan and Korea 
Invest in JV’s to built globally competitive Indo-
Chinese integrated supply chains.
India-China bilateral trade:
Future strategy
THE FIRST VITAL STEP

FACILITATE!!!

Hassle free and quick flow of goods,


services, capital, people and ideas across
borders is essential to building a successful
bilateral economic relation.
Trade Facilitation
Reduce shipping and container costs. 
Streamlining customs procedures, and moving towards
Electronic Data Interface (EDI) in customs administration. 
Having bilateral Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) agencies (and
agreements) to reduce time and cost of trading. 
MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS (MRA) ON
STANDARDS: For any meaningful bilateral trade relationship
to flourish, Non-Tariff Barriers (NTB’s) need to be removed. 
Bilateral Agreement on Investment with investor protection
and profit repatriation. Use MIGA best practices. Important to
note than both India and China are members of MIGA.
India AND China: Engines of
global growth
1/3 rd of humanity: Demanding goods and services
from the world 
1/4 th of high-skilled manpower: Providing goods
and services to the world 
In 2025, the combined GDP of India and China will
be roughly equal to that of G-7 minus US (i.e. Japan,
Germany, France, UK, Canada and Italy).

India and China cannot afford to ignore each other.


Thank You!

Comments and Observations are most


welcome.

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 24629536

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