Dr. Tomas Costa de Azevedo Marques

At the end of the 1970s, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) promoted policies to attract investments from the developed capitalist world, aiming for technological transfer and offering a profitable environment in exchange. This paper analysis focuses on the Five-Year Plans, and the regulation policy laws for inward investment.

During the first decade of the 2000s, Latin America experienced the so-called commodities boom mainly caused by the high Chinese demand for primary goods. This led the region to present high growth rates and it provided a surplus in the trade balance, strengthening the ties of these countries with the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

In view of the process of economic globalization and the resulting investments made in the creation of connection axes to meet the growing commercialization of products and services and the circulation of people, huge differences between developed and underdeveloped countries are evident.