Det er dog vigtigt at bemærke, at den nøjagtige sammenligning mellem BNP i et land uden markedsøkonomi (Kina) og BNP i en veletableret markedsøkonomi (Taiwan) ikke er en afgørende faktor, da et land uden markedsøkonomi ofte halter bagefter en fungerende markedsøkonomi for så vidt angår BNP.
However, it is important to note that the exact comparison made between the GDP of a non-market economy (the PRC) and the GDP of a well- established market economy (Taiwan) is not a decisive fact because it is normal for a non-market economy to lag behind a functioning market economy in terms of GDP.