The Difference between China and India's economies

The main difference between China and India's economies is that one is export driven, and the other demand driven. China, a well known country for it's exports focuses it's economy to produce goods to sell to the world market. This differs from the Indian economy which is demand driven, because it runs on the basis of demand and to fulfill the needs of people.

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Here is an interesting table containing the facts about both India and China. 

Facts	India	China
GDP	around $1.3123 trillion	around 4909.28 billion
GDP growth	8.90%	9.60%
Per capital GDP	$1124	$7,518
Inflation	7.48 %	5.1%
Labor Force	467 million	813.5 million
Unemployment	9.4 %	4.20 %
Fiscal Deficit	5.5%	21.5%
Foreign Direct Investment	$5.47 billion	$9.7 billion
Gold Reserves	15%	11%
Foreign Exchange Reserves	$2.41 billion	$2.65 trillion
World Prosperity Index	88Th Position	58th Position
Mobile Users	842 million	687.71 million
Internet Users	123.16 million	81 million.

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Industrialization:


China:

• China adopted Soviet Russia's economic policies of five year plans. 
• The first five year plan lasted from 1953-57. 
• Because China was an agricultural driven economy with the majority of it's workforce in the agricultural sector. 
• China wanted to industrialize hence the 5 year plans. 
• In 1985 China's industrial sector employed about 17 percent of the labour force, but due to higher productivity than the agricultural sector, accounted for over 46 percent of national income. 
• The chinese made remarkable technological progress in some areas, including nuclear weaponry, satellites, and computers; but overall the industrial sector lagged far behind that of developed countries. 
• Industrialization has benefitted the Chinese economy as it has prompted an exponential increase in infastructure, as steel from heavy industry has helped with the building of houses, towns and cities.  

India:

• Indian Industry accounts for 28% of the GDP and employs 14% of the total workforce. 
• India is 12th in the world in terms of nominal factory output. 

Other Interesting facts:

China:

• Facts about China 
• There is 1.3 Billion people in China.
• China is the oldest civilisation on Earth.
• Currently the second largest economy behind the United States.
• It will take 30 years before we need a new planet Earth to satify China's economic consumption of raw materials.
• Until 1978, the Communist party controlled all of China's land.
• There was a 1500% increase in peasant income when the land was privatised.
• The GDP of the country is $4.99 Trillion.
• There is roughly 10 billion dollars being poured into Shanghai each year.

India:

• The population of India is 1,210,193,422.
• India's capital is New Delhi.
• It is the seventh largest country in the world.
• India is mainly an agricultural country, though it also has a large iron and steel industry and produces every type of manufactured goods.
• The GDP of the country is  $1.38 Trillion.