China’s economy is built on an extraordinary savings surplus:
China’s gross national savings rate stands at ~43% of GDP, the highest among the world’s largest economic blocs.
This is more than double the US' rate of ~18%.
China’s savings rate has remained above 40% for nearly the entire century while the US has not exceeded 20% over the same period.
Meanwhile, Japan’s savings rate is ~32% of GDP, while the Eurozone’s is ~24%, both well below China.
A high savings rate provides a larger pool of domestic capital that can be used to finance investment, expand manufacturing capacity, and strengthen its industrial base.
China’s savings surplus is a powerful source of investment capacity.
If you ever wonder why Chinese love the CPC one major reason is the policy of real wage increases. Real wages TRIPLED in the decade 2015 to 2025. Spending and savings both increased as wages rose.
In UK we haven’t had real wage growth for 30 years, just more taxes, higher utility bills, higher rents, more financialisation of former public goods.
One government serves its citizens, the other impoverishes and immiserates them.