KPMG has launched a new report: 13th Five-Year Plan – China’s transformation and integration with the world economy: Opportunities for Chinese and foreign businesses The report provides an in-depth analysis of the role that the 13th Five-Year Plan will play in China’s restructuring process, and the opportunities for Chinese and foreign businesses.

KPMG identifies potential investment opportunities under each of the following seven development priorities that underlie the Outline of the 13th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development:

1. Developing an innovative economic structure and accelerating industrial upgrading: Will bring opportunities for investment in emerging industries and advanced services

2. Promoting industrial transformation: Will bring opportunities for investment in the upgrade and transformation of traditional industrial and service sectors

3. Establishing a new model of coordinated regional development: Will bring opportunities for investment in and the operation and service of infrastructure in China

4. Advancing green development and putting ‘ecology first’: Will bring opportunities in environmental services, green finance and green technology

5. Building a more inclusive society and improving quality of life: Will bring opportunities in high-end, ‘safe’ consumption and in the provision of public services

6. Increasing openness and global integration: Will bring opportunities in traditional equipment manufacturing, natural resources, project contracting and cross-border agriculture investment

7. Deepening market-oriented reforms through progressive implementation of institutional reforms: Stands to bring opportunities in monopoly industries, strategic industries and the modern services sector, and create a more favourable institutional environment for both inbound and outbound investors.

To download the full report, please click here: English / Chinese.

Canada China Business Council (CCBC)