The Political Economy of China’s Rising Role in Regional International Organizations: Are There Strategies and Policies of the Chinese Way Considered and Applied?

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Table 1. Economic statistics of China and international organizations.

	APEC	G20	OBOR	BRICs	RCEP	SCO	BFA
Population (billion)	2.9	4.5	4.4	3.2	2.2	3.0	4.2
China’s Population	44.8%	28.8%	29.5%	40.6%	59%	43.3%	30.9%
% of global population	38.1%	59.2%	57.8%	42.1%	28.9%	39.4%	55.2%
Total GDP (trillion US$)	48.5	66.1	34.9	21.1	26.2	19.4	30.6
China GDP (%)	23.7%	22.2%	39.9%	67.8%	56.5%	73.6%	46.6%
% of Global GDP	57.1%	75.6%	40%	24.1%	30%	21.8%	34.8%
Export Volume (trillion US$)	11.9	4.02	0.7743^a	1.7047	5.5	0.4573^b
Import Volume (trillion US$)	11.7	3.97	0.6661^a	1.5343
No. of members	21	19 + EU	140 plus 31 IOs	5	15	8	29

Notes: ^aThe China’s trade with OBOR countries in 2018.

^bTrade volume for G20 is only for 2021 Q1 and for the whole year will be around US$1.9 trillion.

Sources: 1. APEC from http://statistics.apec.org/; 2. G20: https://www.g20.org/; G20 GDP: https://countryeconomy.com/countries/groups/g20 and https://news.cnstock.com/news.yw-202105-4708318.htm; 3. OBOR: https://www.thenewslens.com/article/15329; “Projects worth $1 trillion fall under China’s One Belt, One Road initiative,” International Finance, from https://internationalfinance.com/projects-worth-1-trillion- fall-under-chinas-one-belt-one-road-initiative/; http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/202009/07/ t2020090735691674.shtml; https://www.yidaiyilu.gov.cn/gbjg/gbgk/77073.htm; http://www.sic.gov.cn/News/553/9207.htm; 4. BRICs GDP: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/ Basic; https://www.sohu.com/a/248830915_100110525; 5. RCEP: https://www.trade.gov.tw/Pages/List.aspx? nodeID = 1399; https://rcepsec.org/2020/11/26/asean-hits-historic-milestone-with-signing-of-rcep/; 6. SCO: http://finance.sina.com.cn/roll/2021-04-28/doc-ikmyaawc2397597.shtml?cref=cj; http://chn.sectsco.org/for_ media/20180606/441026.html; 7. BFA GDP: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Basic; http://www.bfa-istif.cn/ Default.aspx?lang = CN.

Figure 1. Major Research Design and Framework.

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Figure 2. China’s Politics and Economy with Internal and External Purposes.

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Figure 3. Dynamic Analysis of Interaction and Relation between Political Economy and Internal/External Influences.

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Figure 4. The Fundamental Structure of Special Issue for the Chinese Economy.

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