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RESEARCHPAPERSOFWROCŁAWUNIVERSITYOFECONOMICS
No.192
CompetitivenessofEconomiesintheAsia-PacificRegion.SelectedProblems
2011
KatarzynaŻukrowska
WarsawSchoolofEconomics
WHYAREASIANECONOMIESCOMPETITIVE?
EXAMPLEOFJAPANANDCHINA
Summary:Thearticlepresentstheresultsofevaluationofthecompetitivenessofthetwo
economies:JapaneseandChinese,givingalistofcommonelementsanddifferencesdeciding
aboutthecompetitivenessofthetwoeconomies.Itindicateswhichpointsareweakandwhich
arestronginbothcases,pointingatareaswhichdecidethatincaseoftheanalysisofboth
economiestherearelonglastingpotentialsforkeepingorincreasingthepositionon
internationalrankinglists.Botheconomiesareconsideredtobeopeninlimitedwaytotrade
andFDIinflows.
Keywords:stageofdevelopment,drivingfactors,competitiveness,currentaccount,accumu-
lationofreserves.
1.Introduction
ThetwoeconomiesJapanandChinaareconsideredtobecompetitive.Japanleads
theglobalcompetitivenessrankingswithahighpositionamongthefirsttenofthe
beststates,whileChinaisplacedamongthefirstthirtyeconomies.Botheconomies
enjoyasurplusontheircurrentaccountandcumulatecurrencyreserves.Thearticle
isaimedatansweringthequestion:whatarecommonelementsintheeconomic
strategiesofthesetwoeconomies?Iscompetitivenessinbothcasesshapedbythe
sameorsimilarconditions?Whatarethedifferencesbetweenthem?
Thearticleiscomprisedofthreemeritpoints.Thefirststateswhatdecidesabout
competitivenessindifferentstagesofdevelopmentandshowsatwhichparticular
stagesourtwoeconomiesare,onwhichtheresearchisfocusedon.Thesecond
presentscloserthereasonsexplainingwhytheJapaneseeconomyiscompetitive.
ThenextpartpresentssimilarcharacteristicsforChinaasthosepresentedinthe
formersectionforJapan.Finally,therearesummaryandconclusions.
2.Whatdecidesaboutcompetitivenessindifferentstages
ofdevelopment?
JapanandChinarepresentdifferentstagesofdevelopment.Theanalysisoffeatures
decisiveoftheircompetitivenessindicatesthedifferencesaswellascommon
elementsinfluencingenhancementoftheircompetitiveness.Japanisahighly