After inviting Zhou Sen to dinner, Mr. Ding took Zhou Sen to visit the economist Professor Manli, who analyzed the economic situation of Thailand from economics.

"Thailand is the only net exporter of grain in Asia, one of the world's top five exporters of agricultural products, the electronics industry and other manufacturing industries are developing rapidly, the industrial structure has changed significantly, the automobile industry is a pillar industry, is the automobile manufacturing center in Southeast Asia and the largest automobile market in ASEAN. ”

"From the perspective of Thailand's industrial structure, the layout is relatively reasonable, of which the proportion of the secondary and tertiary industries in the GDP has been rising in recent years. ”

"The primary industry, agriculture is the pillar industry of Thailand, and agricultural products are one of the main commodities exported by foreign trade, including rice, rubber, cassava, corn, sugarcane, tropical fruits, etc. ”

"Agriculture is Thailand's traditional economic industry, agricultural products are one of the main sources of Thailand's foreign exchange earnings, Thailand enjoys the reputation of 'Southeast Asia's breadbasket', and is the only net grain exporter in Asia. ”

"Thailand is a world-renowned producer and exporter of rice, and China also imports rice from Thailand. ”

"That's right!" Zhou Sen nodded, "We have eaten Thai rice, and the taste is still good, the grains are full, very glutinous, and delicious!"

"We are proud that Thailand has been ranked the world's largest rice exporter for many years, and the export volume is considerable, and the market share of our Thai rice is gradually rising.

"Crop and fishery, where the crop sector is dominated by tropical crops, such as oil palm, coconut and cashew nuts, and spice crops such as pepper, lemongrass and vetiver. ”

"In terms of fisheries, due to its long coastline and geographical advantages of the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea, it has become the third largest marine fishing country in Asia after China and Japan. ”

"There are others, aquaculture, animal husbandry, rough processing of agricultural products and agricultural services. ”

"Thailand's rubber production also accounts for one-third of the world's total rubber production, is the world's largest rubber producer and exporter, the vast majority of the rubber produced for export, engaged in rubber production of more than one million farmers, exports for these farmers to bring good economic income. ”

"Thailand is also the world's third-largest producer of cassava and the largest exporter, with the main producing areas in the Northeast, North and Central East, where the Northeast accounts for more than half of the country's total production. ”

"Industry is the secondary industry, mainly export-oriented industry, the main categories of manufacturing industry are mining, textiles, electronics, plastics, food processing, toys, automobile assembly, building materials, petrochemicals, furniture, etc. ”

"Thailand's manufacturing industry has a solid foundation, the textile and garment industry and the automobile industry are the pillar industries of the secondary industry, the textile and garment industry is the largest manufacturing industry in Thailand, there are many factories, employing more than one million employees, since 1985, Thailand has been one of the world's largest textile and garment exporters, at the same time, Thailand's automobile industry has developed rapidly, and has become the automobile manufacturing center in Southeast Asia and the largest automobile market in ASEAN. ”

"The service industry is the third largest industry in Thailand, Thailand is mainly based on tourism, tourism drives the development of the entire service industry, Thailand is rich in tourism resources, there are more than 500 scenic spots, the main tourist spots are Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya, Chiang Mai, Hua Hin, Koh Samui, etc. ”

Listening to Professor Manli's analysis of Thailand's industrial structure, Zhou Sen clearly understood the advantages of Thailand, and he interviewed Professor Manli: "People often compare Thailand with Indonesia and Singapore, what do you think?"

"Thailand is an emerging economy and is considered a newly industrialized country, Thailand is the second largest economy in Southeast Asia after Indonesia, and the country also ranks second in Southeast Asia in terms of foreign trade volume, after Singapore," said Professor Manli. ”

"Industry and services are the two main sectors of Thailand's GDP, with telecommunications and new services trading being the focus of industrial expansion and economic competitiveness. ”

"Although Singapore's economy has begun to take off since the 60s of the 20th century, with a high GDP and a per capita GDP much higher than that of developed Asian countries such as Japan and South Korea, it is not the largest economy in Southeast Asia. ”

"Singapore is very developed, but Singapore has a small land and few people, and the overall value created by Singapore is far less than that of Thailand and Indonesia, which is in fact the largest economy in Southeast Asia. ”

"The Asian Tigers refer to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea, and the Asian Tigers refer to Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia. ”

"It can be seen that Thailand is still very powerful, but we also objectively see the gap with the world, within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Indonesia is not able to become the leader, and in the world, the influence is not as good as India and Brazil. ”

"Of course, we also see the problems of Thailand, where the industrial policy is mainly focused on industrialization, and the economic development is relatively fast, but it has also caused an imbalance in its economic and social development, and the economic development gap between urban and rural areas and between regions has widened. ”

"In order to solve this problem, we have also put forward a lot of slogans, such as stabilizing production, promoting circulation, narrowing disparities, and balanced development. ”

"In recent years, the proportion of the three industries and the proportion of labor force in the industry have been continuously optimized, and the industrial structure has gradually moved towards rationalization, but at the same time, there is also an obvious imbalance in the evolution of Thailand's industrial structure, which restricts the development of Thailand's economy to a certain extent. ”

"From the perspective of Thailand's own development, according to the standards of the World Bank, Thailand is already an upper-middle-income developing country, Thailand implements a market economy, opens to the outside world, relies more on overseas markets, and pays attention to foreign trade. ”

"We have seen both our advantages and the gap between us and the developed countries in the world, so Thailand also needs to sum up its experience and develop diplomacy, especially after China's 'Belt and Road' initiative, China's economy has achieved global remarkable development achievements, and China's economy has achieved global remarkable development achievements, which has also strengthened the friendly relations between ASEAN and China and promoted the continuous expansion of mutual economic cooperation. ”

"Thailand is one of the countries along the Belt and Road, and for Thailand, this is a good opportunity for common development. ”

"From the perspective of trade between the two sides, Thailand's exports to China mainly include: integrated circuits, semiconductors and transistors, computers and parts, minerals, rubber, antennas, plastics, etc. ”

"Thailand's imports to China mainly include: mechanical and electrical products, wired telephone and fax equipment, semi-finished steel products, hot-rolled steel products, etc. ”

"In recent years, China has become more and more interested in ASEAN infrastructure investment, on the one hand, thanks to China's overcapacity and accelerating the strategy of going global, and on the other hand, it is related to the improvement of infrastructure conditions and the acceleration of investment attraction in the ASEAN region, among which Thailand is an important partner of China's investment in ASEAN, and Chinese enterprises occupy a large proportion in Thailand's oil exploration, water conservancy facilities construction and high-speed rail projects. ”

"Every year, a large number of Chinese citizens travel to Thailand, which is also a huge business opportunity for Chinese enterprises in Thailand, China is currently Thailand's largest tourist source country, Thailand has a lot of service personnel engaged in the tourism industry will carry out tour guide consultation and other related services for Chinese tourists, we also welcome Chinese tourists to our Thailand to travel, take a look at the scenery of Thailand, taste the food of Thailand. ”

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