From the above, we can see that China, as one of the emerging markets, is gradually changing its role in the international trade from “world factory” of manufactured goods for export to an important import country in the world.
It was announced in a recent international forum that in the next five years, China would import goods valued at about USD10 trillion, while overseas investment would amount to USD500 billion. Outbound visitors from China would reach 400 million. On the other hand, trade between China and Latin America reached USD241.5 billion in 2011, twenty times that of the year 2000.