The Chinese Investment In Laos(2000-2015)

Along the last 10 years,the GDP growth annual of the Lao People's Democratic Republic(Lao PDR)were between 7%and 8%,thanks,among others,to the Investments of the local enterprises and the Foreign Direct Investments.The foreign enterprises are playing an important role in Lao economy.One of the main investor countries in Lao PDR,between the 2000 and 2015,was The People's Republic of China,with the amount of US$ 5,484 billion.According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment,there are more than 50 countries investing in Laos.This paper wants to analyses the investment of China in Lao(PDR.)As we have seen,the Chinese Enterprises has contributed to the growth of economics in Laos in some extents.The major results seem to be the rapid development of the country economy and the livelihood of locals.Is important to analyze the role of the government institutions that are working to promoting and attract foreign direct investments to Laos,how are the policies and the benefits for the foreign enterprises in different sectors of the economy,among others.This paper is divided into seven chapters:The first chapter commence from the introduction part,this chapter mainly elaborates the research background,the significance,the mentality,the method use,the analysis of the domestic and foreign research review,the propose of the innovation and deficiency of the paper;The second chapter is the Literature Review,where we make a summary of the main sources of the theoretical basis of the international investment theory,the enterprise internationalization management theory and the enterprise cross cultural management theory for the theoretical basis for the empirical analysis;The third chapter,about the Methodology,we will use the SWOT analysis method.The strengths and weaknesses,the opportunities and threats on Chinese enterprises are studied from two aspects of the internal and external environment;The fourth chapter is related to the Presentation of Data,with sources from The Ministry of Planning and Investment of Laos-Investment Promotion Department;The World Bank Database;The Doing Business,etc.The fifth chapter analyzes the Data and Facts from the sources related with our subject of the research.The sixth chapter is the Discussion and Interpretation of Findings,using the theoretical basis versus our opinions.The last chapter are the conclusion,implications and Recommendations of the paper about the Chinese investments in Laos.