The government of Thailand is taking a number of measures to shift the country from a production-based to a service-based economy, moving from producing commodities to innovative products, emphasising on promoting technology, creativity, and innovation in the industries under focus. Moving to Thailand 4.0 could help the country escape the middle-income trap and growing disparities.
泰國人口在2016年約有6,800萬，是東盟第四大國家，排在印尼、菲律賓及越南之後。相對於區內大部分國家，泰國的消費市場較為成熟，但仍有很高的增長潛力。事實上，泰國城市化發展持續不斷，而且中產階層興起，未來5年，經濟將由生產力推動而持續增長。
泰國國家經濟及社會發展局(NESDB)預測，泰國今年出口將增長2.9%，高於之前預期的增長2.4%。該局並稱，目前預計今年泰國經濟將增長3%至4%，與3個月前的預期增幅一致。
中泰雙方正在推進的是一條僅有3.5公里的高鐵線路，位於泰國東部的呵叻府，從剛東到邦亞索。這是中泰鐵路項目一期工程的測試線路。按照兩國的最新協議，中泰鐵路項目一期工程將連接曼谷和呵叻府，全長252.5公里，設計時速250公里/小時。按照2014年的規劃，中泰鐵路全長約860公里，將一路延伸至泰國與老撾的邊境廊開，與正在建設中的中老鐵路相連後，可以抵達昆明。
In just a couple of years' time, you could be living and working in one of these suburbs. Today the Victorian Planning Authority announced that they will rezone more than 100,000 blocks to create 17 new suburbs, all of which will be located on the outskirts of Melbourne.
Following on a strong start to the year, the property market looked set to continue its run in February. The month began with Housing Industry Figures (HIA) capping off 2016. The HIA New Home Sales Report showed a 0.2% rise for seasonally adjusted new home sales in December, following on a 6.1% rise in November.
