Defense
The Chinese Defense Industry –
Market Opportunities, Entry
Strategies, Analyses and Forecasts
to 2016
Reference code: DF0068MR
Published: November 2011
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 12
1.1 What is this Report About? ..............................................................................................................12
1.2 Definitions .......................................................................................................................................12
1.3 Methodology ...................................................................................................................................14
1.3.1 Secondary research............................................................................................................................. 14
1.3.2 Primary research ................................................................................................................................. 14
1.3.3 Conventions ........................................................................................................................................ 14
1.4 ICD Research Intelligence Terrorism Index .....................................................................................14
1.5 About ICD Research .......................................................................................................................15
1.6 About Strategic Defence Intelligence (www.strategicdefenceintelligence.com)................................15
2 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................ 16
3 Market Attractiveness and Emerging Opportunities ........................................................ 18
3.1 Defense Market Size Historical and Forecast ..................................................................................19
3.1.1 Chinese defense expenditure to grow at a CAGR of 9.90% during the forecast period ......................... 19
3.1.2 Desire to emerge as a global superpower drives China‟s defense expenditure ..................................... 21
3.1.3 Chinese defense expenditure driven by economic growth .................................................................... 22
3.2 Analysis of Defense Budget Allocation ............................................................................................24
3.2.1 Capital expenditure allocation expected to remain at an average of 38% during the forecast period ..... 24
3.2.2 China will spend US$269.8 billion over the forecast period on military hardware .................................. 26
3.3 Homeland Security Market Size and Forecast .................................................................................28
3.3.1 Chinese homeland security market worth US$95 billion in 2011 ........................................................... 28
3.3.2 Political instability will drive the Chinese homeland security spending .................................................. 29
3.3.3 China falls under “low risk” of terrorism category .................................................................................. 30
3.3.4 China faces minimal terrorist threat ...................................................................................................... 31
3.4 Benchmarking with Key Global Markets ..........................................................................................32
3.4.1 China‟s defense budget expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.90%, making it the second-fastest-growing
defense budget among the large defense spenders globally ............................................................................ 32
3.4.2 The China has the second-largest defense budget in the world ............................................................ 34
3.4.3 China allocates a lower share of GDP for defense compared to US and other European countries....... 35
3.4.4 China faces minimal threat from foreign terrorist organizations ............................................................. 36
3.5 Market Opportunities: Key Trends and Drivers ................................................................................38
3.5.1 Demand for missiles expected to increase ........................................................................................... 38
3.5.2 Increased demand for helicopters and aircraft ...................................................................................... 38
3.5.3 Naval modernization to drive the demand for maritime weaponry ......................................................... 38
3.5.4 China plans to upgrade its command, control and intelligence capabilities............................................ 39
3.5.5 Modernization of existing defense equipment will create demand for personnel training ....................... 39
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3.5.6 Authoritarian regime will drive the surveillance technology market in China .......................................... 39
3.5.7 Transformation of defense companies into an industrial base dependent on foreign technology ........... 40
4 Defense Procurement Market Dynamics ........................................................................... 41
4.1 Import Market Dynamics .................................................................................................................41
4.1.1 China acquires civilian technologies from foreign OEMs which could be used to improve its defense
systems ........................................................................................................................................................... 41
4.1.2 Russia dominates Chinese arms market .............................................................................................. 42
4.2 Export Market Dynamics .................................................................................................................43
4.2.1 Chinese arms sales continue to rise..................................................................................................... 43
4.2.2 China strengthens its hold in emerging markets by offering low-cost defense equipment ...................... 44
5 Industry Dynamics .............................................................................................................. 45
5.1 Five Forces Anlysis .........................................................................................................................45
5.1.1 Bargaining power of supplier: low to high ............................................................................................. 46
5.1.2 Bargaining power of buyer: medium to high ......................................................................................... 46
5.1.3 Barrier to entry: high ............................................................................................................................ 46
5.1.4 Intensity of rivalry: low ...............................