Global competitiveness ranking top in China continued to hold down two U.S..

Lausanne, Switzerland, Institute of Management (IMD) 14 issued in 2008, "the international competitiveness of the annual report", the top three and last year the same, followed by the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong. .China last year were down to ten seven fifteenth, eighteenth name of Taiwan recovery from last year to thirteen. .<P 0px> "the annual report of international competitiveness," covers 55 economies to assess the project up to 331 items, is considered the national and regional competitiveness of the best information. .IMD competitiveness mainly attributed to four factors: government efficiency, business efficiency, infrastructure and economic performance. .</ P> <P 0px> </ P> <P 0px> (http://finance.) Overall performance of the top three and the same year, the fourth to tenth are Switzerland, Luxembourg, Denmark, Australia ., Canada, Sweden, the Netherlands. .In addition Australia is substantially from last year's twelve into the seventh, the other almost all of the previous year or the same rank. .</ P> <P 0px> </ P> <P 0px> but last year ranked seventh in Iceland, but not included in this year, the compilation of the report of the IMD World Competitiveness Center deputy director of the Luo Silei (Suzanne Rosselet) said that this .cooperation because of the lack of data provided by this unit. .She admitted this would affect the ranking figures in many countries, but the order remains the same, so the overall statistically meaningful. .</ P> <P 0px> </ P> <P align=center 0px> U.S. repeating mistakes of Japan </ P> <P 0px> </ P> <P 0px> IMD said in a report, although the U.S. economy may .will fall into recession, but still the world's most competitive. .The United States has ranked first for 15 years. .</ P> <P 0px> </ P> <P 0px> But the report's main leader, Switzerland, IMD World Competitiveness Center Grenada Manager (Stéphane Garelli) professor stressed that the U.S. is increasingly bogged down in .morass of financial crisis, similar to the Japanese of the 20th century 90's economic crisis may be reproduced in the United States. .</ P> <P> "When we first published in 1989, this time when the world competitiveness rankings, Japan is also firmly sit tight in the first chair, the United States is third." But since then has undergone enormous changes. .Grenada Li said that the Japanese stock market began to reverse in 1989, after which the crisis spread from the stock market to real estate, and then developed into a credit crunch, and finally become a major financial system crisis. .With whom the United States is somewhat similar to the current turmoil. .</ P> <P 0px> In addition, the International Monetary Fund, the 1% decline in U.S. economic growth will reduce the growth of 0.5% in Europe, with raw materials and food prices caused by imported inflation, Grenada reasonable warning, .In 2008 the economy will be very difficult. .</ P> <P 0px> </ P> <P align=center 0px> decline in ranking in China: the price of success </ P> <P 0px> </ P> <P 0px> China's overall performance in five years .Ranking is: XXII, twenty-nine, eighth, fifth, seventh. .Indicators in four categories this year, the second in China to maintain economic performance, government efficiency dropped from eighth to twelfth, twenty-sixth business efficiency decreased from thirty-third, infrastructure fell from the twenty-eighth to .thirty. .</ P> <P> reason for this competitive position in China declined, Grenada manager attribute them to "the price of success", mainly reflected in two aspects: the soft environment still need to improve and increase the cost. .</ P> <P> according to Chinese government statistics, international and "hard data", China's economic development performance is outstanding, which accounts for competition posed by 2 / 3. .But the boom reflected the effect of more "soft data", including environmental impact, quality of life. .</ P> <P> Grenada reason that these factors are not without taking into account previously, but the content is difficult to find data to reflect these. .Tsinghua University this year, a study of entrepreneurs in the opinion polls, to provide them with good material. .Survey, the business community on the environment, education, corporate governance, transparency, scientific and technological level and senior executives ability to deep concern. .</ P> <P> the other hand, China is moving towards a more mature economy, such as tax reform, addressing the pension problem and other measures to improve the investment costs. .All these measures aimed at ensuring the sustainability of future growth, but will affect this year's rankings. .</ P> <P 0px> "2007 年 11.9% growth rate that China's economy has hovered at the edge of overheating, inflation rate is high, energy consumption and food prices, tight. The international financial market uncertainty has also affected .local capital and securities markets. "Li said of Grenada. .He said that many economists believe that more than 11% economic growth rate is not sustainable, the Chinese construction slowdown is more conducive to a harmonious and efficient economy. .</ P> <P 0px> </ P> <P align=center 0px> Taiwan ranked rebound </ P> <P> Since 2004, Taiwan has ranked the overall performance of twelve, eleven, seventeen ., eighteen, thirteen, this is the first two years of recovery from the poor. .In addition to the four categories of indicators of economic performance in the undulating, the other three are roughly the trend. .Specifically, the government efficiency improvement from twenty to sixteen; business performance from seventeen into the tenth; infrastructure from the twenty-one into seventeen; but the performance of the economy back from the sixteen .to twenty one. .</ P> <P> under the major categories of indicators and the indicators are divided into five sub-factors, Taiwan's international investment is significantly lower, in the fifty-five by the appraisal ranks economies xliv, than .the previous year and down two; international trade also slipped into the twenty-eight twelve. .</ P> <P> Taiwan among the best performing sub-factors, for the third fiscal policy, science infrastructure and technology infrastructure were the fourth and five. .</ P>.