China is the world’s larges♎t producer of paper and paperboard, with a production volume of 123.2mn tonnes in 2016. The sector accounts for 0.5% of China’s total fi🍷xed asset investment and 1.4% of its industrial employment. The paper ...

With a population of some 258.7 million, Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous country and the largest economy among the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The Indonesian transportation sector employed some ꧙5 ...

The Philippine economy has expanded rapidly in recent years, with GDP growth reaching 6.9% y/y in 2016. The country’s banking sector is at an early stage of development, with consumer saving and bo♎rrowing still laไrgely conducted through the ...

At the end of 2016 there were 163 insurance institutions operating in the People’s Republic of China, of which ༒roughly 30% were forei🧸gn-funded or joint ventures. Traditional insurance subsectors such as life insurance and property insurance are ...

Malaysia’s insurance sector comprises both conventional insurers and “takaful” operators, who provide insurance products consistent with Islamic Shariah principles. Insurance penetration in Malaysia is low relative♏ to that in many ...

Hydropower made up 20.2% of the country’s total power generating capacity as of end-2016. China had♍ 332 GW of hydropower capacity as at end-2016, up 3.9% y/y. New investment in the subsector reached RMB 61mn in 2016, d🐽own by 22% y/y, ...

The banking sector in Malaysia accounted for 4.7% of GDP in 2016, boasting assets worth 198.8% of GDP and a workforce equivalent to 3% of the total employed workers in the country in 2016ಞ. The sector was home to 27 commercial, 11 investment, and 18 ...

China is the world’s second largest pharmaceutical market after the US and the largest producer and exporter of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) globally. Since it is the wཧorld’s most populous country, with a large ageing ...

As the world’s second-largest economy, China relies heavily on natural resources, which are essential for the country’s sustainable development. Rising energy consumption has already made China the world&rs♍quo;s largest producer and ...