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Dino Patti Djalal has projected that Indonesia in 2040 will compete with Japan to become the 4th largest economy. But that depends on the quality of the government. Dino Patti Djalal said in his presentation in a discussion entitled "China After the 40 Years of Reformation: Impression from the Chinese Policy Group organized by Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia -FPCI in Jakarta recently.

“I’ll just share with you my conversation with the Japanese ambassador yesterday about where we will be in the world. The position of 4 and 5 will be contested between Indonesia and Japan. If we don’t do things right, if too much corruption, things are slow, political instability, bad leadership, slow reforms, we’ll be number 5. If we do things right, fast reforms, good government, right internationalism, right nationalism, we’ll beat Japan,” said Dino Patti Djalal.

Regarding Indonesia's development, Dino Patti Djalal said that China could be a "solution provider" for various fields of development for Indonesia and Asian countries, as a result of China's economic, infrastructure and technological growth, and the growing geopolitical influence of Beijing in the region. In this discussion, the former Indonesian ambassador to the US delivered the results of his trip to China at the end of last year. He conveyed how Indonesia would be diplomatically involved with the rise of China. (VOI/ Stephen/edit r/AHM)