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Investing in China Frederick Jiang, CFA
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Ways to Play China ADRs Local Shares in Hong Kong Index ETF Mutual Funds (Asia, China, Emerging Market) Multi-National Companies with Big China Exposure
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Not for Faint Heart Volatility Can be Very High in Down Turn Less Transparency and Different Accouting Stick to Mid to Large Cap Names Be Patient
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High Return, High Volatility
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Consistent Earnings Growth Hang Seng China Enterprises Index - EPS
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Buy Low, Sell High Hang Seng China Index – Price/Earnings Multiple
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Opinions Diverged China will overtake the U.S. to become the world’s largest economy. ---- Jim O’Neil, Goldman Sachs
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Opinions Diverged The real estate bubble in China, looks like Dubai times 1000 – or worse. ---- Jim Chanos
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Looking Back – GDP in US$ CAGR 10.2% CAGR 2.9%
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Looking Back – Stock Market
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What drives China’s Growth? Reform and Restructuring Urbanization and Industrialization Demography Dividend and Education Savings and Capital Formation Globalization
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Reform and Restructuring From Communist to Socialist with Chinese Characteristics From Central Planning to Market Driven Economy From Closed-Door policy to Open-Door Policy From Dictatorship to “Centralized Democratic” Decision Making Privatization
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What Drives China’s Growth? Reform and Restructuring Urbanization and Industrialization Demography Dividend and Education Savings and Capital Formation Globalization
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What Drive China’s Growth? Urbanization -- 1.5 million per month Industrialization -- Raise productivity -- Monetize economic activities
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Urban / Total Population (%) 2000200520102015202020252030 Australia87.288.289.189.990.691.391.9 China35.840.444.949.253.256.960.3 Hong Kong100 India27.728.730.131.934.337.240.6 Indonesia42.048.153.758.562.665.968.9 Japan65.266.066.868.069.471.173 Korea79.680.881.983.184.285.286.3 Malaysia62.067.672.275.778.580.582.2 Pakistan33.234.937.039.742.846.349.8 Philippines58.562.766.469.672.374.676.7 Singapore100 Thailand31.132.334.036.238.942.245.8 Vietnam24.326.428.831.634.738.141.8 Asia37.139.742.545.348.151.154.1 US79.180.882.383.784.986.087.0 Latin America75.377.579.480.982.383.584.6 Western Europe75.376.177.078.079.180.481.7 Source: United Nations, CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets
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What Drives China’s Growth? Reform and Restructuring Urbanization and Industrialization Demography Dividend and Education Savings and Capital Formation Globalization
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Demography and Education Demography Dividend China’s Baby-boomer Generation Young and Educated With money, Will spend College Enrollment
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Brain power: US vs China Science and engineering PhDs Source: National Science Foundation, China National Bureau of Statistics, CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets
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What Drives China’s Growth? Reform and Restructuring Urbanization and Industrialization Demography Dividend and Education Savings and Capital Formation Globalization
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Saving is Virtue! Waiting to make deposit Total Deposit Total Household Deposit in China US$5.13 Trillion
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Household Savings / Disposable Income Source: Euromonitor, CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets Higher Savings Ratio, Higher Capital Formation, Higher Growth Rate
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What Drives China’s Growth? Reform and Restructuring Urbanization and Industrialization Demography Dividend and Education Savings and Capital Formation Globalization
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China Accounts for 10% of Global Trade
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Drivers for the Growth in Next Decade? Reform and Restructuring should continue, but no more low hanging fruits Urbanization and Industrialization another two decades to go Demography Dividend and Education no more labor growth, productivity to go higher Savings and Capital Formation need less savings to drive domestic consumption Globalization slower export growth, trade balance
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No More Double Digit Growth
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Power of Compounding Key Assumption China India U.S. Real GDP7%6%2% Inflation3%4%2% Currency Appreciation2%1%
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Myth 1: Massive Real Estate Bubble “A reported 64 million empty apartments in China’s Ghost Towns” – Financial Times Blog “30 billion sf of office under construction, a 5-foot by 5-foot cubicle for every Chinese” – Jim Chanos “It costs you $1 million to buy an apartment in Beijing or Shanghai”
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“Housing Bubble” in China Supply and Demand in Last 10 Years (in millions) Empty Complex
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“Housing Bubble” in China Source: National Statistic Bureau
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“Office Bubble” in China Myth: “30 billion square feet of office under-construction” Facts: 18 billion square feet all together, residential, office, commercial. Facts: office under-construction is 1.3 billion square feet, not 30 billion.
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“Housing Price Bubble” in China Source: Merrill Lynch Economic Research Myth: $1 million apartment in Shanghai and Beijing Fact: Average price is 300K-400K in BJ and SH, and nation wide average price is less than $80,000 in urban area.
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Chinese Cities are Quite “Small”
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Another Angle: Mortgage Loan Size Mortgage to GDP: China 15%, US 82% Source: Merrill Lynch Economic Research
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Myth 2: China is Export Driven
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Gross Export vs. Net Value-Added Average Selling Price $400 Ex-Factory Cost: $200 (reported in China’s export) Value added in China: $6 (reported in GDP)
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True Export Share Source: UBS Economic Research and Waddell & Reed Estimate
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GDP Composition Source: Waddell & Reed Estimate
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Myth 3: China is Investing Too Much Chinese Consumption as % of World Total - 2010 Source: BNP Paribas Research
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China’s Capital Stock Total Length of RailwayTotal Number of Airports Total Length of Paved Roads Number of Vehicles per 1000 People
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Per Capita Steel Production
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Capital Formation as % of GDP Source: CEIC
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Where does the investment go? Manufacturing/Mining Infrastructure Build-out Property Development Other Services Source: China National Bureau of Statistic
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What support investment growth? Source: CEIC
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Myth 4: China’s Debt Bomb “As the world watches the Greek credit crisis unfold, a Sino-debt disaster is brewing halfway around the world.” Fortune Magazine, June 2011
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Real Picture Estimated Government Liability and Asset (% of 2010 GDP) Assets Liabilities Market Value of Listed SOEs35% Central Government Debt17% Value of Other SOE Assets15% Local Government Debt27% Land Use Rights30% Legacy Bad Loans7% Total Gross Public Debt51% Under-funded Pension/Healthcare25% New Social Security Coverage5% Total Saleable Assets80% Total Liabilities81% Source: CEIC, UBS and Waddell & Reed Estimates
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Public Debt -- U.S. vs China
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Public Debt – U.S. vs China U.S.China Federal Government 93% 24% (17%+7%) State Government 7% 10% Local Government 11% 17% Gross Public Debt 111% 51% Medicare Shortfall 166% 25% Social Security shortfall 37% 5% Total Government Liabilities 314% 81% Note: Chinese data does not include debt owned by State Owned Enterprises. U.S. data does not include agency bonds.
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Private Debt – China vs U.S. Mortgage to GDP: China 15%, US 82%
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Not Without Road Blocks Less Favorable Demography Structural Inflation High Environment Protection Cost Imbalanced Economic Structure Widening Wealth Gap Difficulties in Political Reform Wide-Spread Corruption Instable Corporate Profit Margin No Equity Culture Many More…
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Less Favorable Demography Aging Population Less number of young workers
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Structure Inflation Food Price Inflation: the side-effect of urbanization Major driving force behind high CPI inflation Lack of Natural Resources: 60% of Oil Imported 50% of Iron Ore Imported 60% of Copper Concentrate 30% Soy Bean 5% of Corn ………
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High Environmental Cost Pollutions Cost China as Much as 2-3% of GDP
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Imbalanced Economic Structure U.S.China Personal Consumption70%34% Government Spending19%21% Investment15%33% Net Export-3%12% Total100%100%
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Investment Implication China Offers Long Term Growth Opportunities Different Ways to Play China Not for Faint Heart
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Investment Implication Key Assumption China India U.S. Real GDP7%6%2% Inflation3%4%2% Currency Appreciation2%1%
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$10,000 Growth at Different Rate Assuming: 1. Chinese EPS grows at nominal GDP rate, US grows at 1.5X of GDP rate; 2. PE multiple and profit margin Stay the Same Over 10 Years.
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