CEO KT PACIFIC - 太平洋CEO

Countries all over the world compete to leap on the bandwagon of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) growth. In 2013, the ASEAN surpassed China as the world’s most substantial foreign direct investment (FDI) region for the first time. By the end of 2015, the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) was officially established, with a total population following China and India. It has become the third-largest market in the world, more significant than NAFTA and EU combined, with GDP (Gross Domestic Product) pegged at US$2.5 trillion and accounting the world's sixth-largest economy. The AEC is at its high economic growth stage with an economic growth rate reaching 5~7% per year and has an abundance of young workforce exceeding 50% total population of ASEAN. The results are a gradual increase in middle-class income and a strong purchasing power of young people. No doubt, the British “The Economist” forecasts that ASEAN is full of development potential, expecting to leap as the world's fourth-largest economy by 2030.