India, a democratic nation with average performance, nonetheless relies heavily on agriculture for the bulk of its population. Infrastructure is poor in many sections of the country. More than one-fourth of its people, who are considered to be in poverty, still has not seen an improvement in their standard of living.
On the other side, China's lack of political freedom and its consequences has been a major source of worry over the past twenty years. Without compromising its political commitment, the nation made advantage of the market system to raise growth rates and reduce poverty. China expanded its social and economic potential by using the mechanism of the market.
The nation has also maintained the Commune System, a kind of communal farming that has provided social stability in rural regions. Prior to the implementation of economic reforms, public investment in social infrastructure had a favorable impact on China's human development metrics.