| Strengths | Weaknesses |
| Scientific and technical potential and existing cooperation in this field Highly qualified staff Cooperation in mechanical engineering and transport services Conditions creation for the development of innovations Functioning of a sufficient number of scientific institutions Availability of a suitable base for research and development of new technologies and equipment Ecology Culture | Legislation of Ukraine Fulfillment of laws of Ukraine in the field of foreign investment and protection of the rights of private property and rights to it Low population solvency Unstable economic situation Lack of well-established trade and economic policy Lack of favourable investment climate Unregulated conditions for simplifying trade procedures with the PRC Ukraine is perceived as a supplier of raw materials |
| Opportunities | Threats |
| Possibility for Ukraine to become a transit country Attracting direct investment Expanding mutual Investment Activation of trade and economic cooperation Deepening cooperation in high technology Technology development Creation of new and modernization of existing transport communications Removing barriers Restoration of Ukraine’s position in world technology markets Realization of large projects New products Delivery terms reduction Ability to build infrastructure Growth of currency circulation Growth of tourist flows Expansion of cultural interaction | Possible change in investment purposiveness Negative balance of foreign trade with the PRC Outstanding growth rates of Chinese imports Non-rational changes in the commodity structure of foreign trade Excessively high share of high-tech products in imports Narrow nomenclature and raw material nature of Ukraine’s exports Soil depletion in Ukraine Degeneration of Ukrainian agricultural products Illegal labour migration Use of Ukrainian technologies for creation of Chinese samples |