[Analytics] $6B Laos-China railway on track to somewhere
The US$6 billion Laos-China railway that starts operations on December 2 – marking the 46th…
China
The People’s Republic of China is an economy of 1.3 billion people. When it joined APEC in 1991, it had a real GDP of USD 906 billion and a per capita GDP of USD 788. Today it is the second-largest economy in the world. By 2016, its real GDP has risen to USD 9.5 trillion, while its per capita GDP increased nine-fold to USD 6,800.
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