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                    ChINa






          ECONOMIC COMPLEXITY INDEX [2008] ≥ 0.894 / (29/5)           EXPECTED GDPpc GROWTH * ≥ 4.32% / (1/1)  *Expected annual average for the 2009-2020 period.














           2008


           PRODUCT
           SPACE



            PRODUCT
            EXPORTED
            WITH RCA>1
            PRODUCT
            NOT EXPORTED
            WITH RCA>1
          NODE SIzE IS PROPORTIONAL
          TO WORLD TRADE











                   EXPORT OPPORTUNITY
          2008 SPECTRUM


                        FRACTION OF
                        PRODUCTS WITH      2                                              2
                        RCA > 1
                                       Average Complexity of Missing Products          Average Complexity of Missing Products
                        22% OF WT         1.5                                            1.5

                        6% OF WT           1                                              1
                        2% OF WT
                        0.8% OF WT        0.5                                            0.5
                        0.06% OF WT        0                                              0



                                         -0.5                                           -0.5
                                           0.54  0.56  0.58  0.6  0.62  0.64  0.66        -0.04  -0.03  -0.02  -0.01    0
                                                           Distance                                     Opportunity Gain

                   EvOLUTION OF
          2008 EXPORT COMPOSITION


          1.1 k
          880
          660
          440
          220
           0
           1968          1973           1978          1983          1988          1993           1998          2003          2008
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