The Footwear Industry In Wenling Attracts Foreign Shoe Makers With Mature Industrial Chains.

April 15th hearing

Closing the shoe factory to earn rent is no risk and easier.

In recent years, many local shoe bosses in Hengfeng have stopped the pace of running factories.

"No, I stopped in 2008."

This year, Mr. Kim, 55, told reporters that the size of his shoe factory in Hengfeng can also be done, and the annual output value of foreign shoes is over 5 million yuan.

But as he grew older, his son did not take over. He happened to have encountered the financial crisis in 2008, and the loan was owed about 1000000 yuan. So Mr. Kim simply gave up the factory's equipment and rented two of his own houses.

Mr. Kim said there were many reasons for closing the factory.

However, Mr. Kim not only relied on rent, but also invested part of his money in entertainment and cultural industry, bringing him some dividends every year. Besides, he also worked as a financial secretary.

"In the past few years, the income has been good and much easier than before."

During the interview, the reporter learned that in fact, in the Hengfeng area, like Mr. Kim, there are a few examples from his own shoe making workshop to the closing of the premises.

In recent years, most of the profits of shoe factories are only around 1.2 million yuan, and now the rent of houses is high, so many people choose to rent houses.

Persisting in shoe business and taking account of other investments

There are also many shoemaking enterprises, especially those with a certain scale, in Hengfeng shoemaking enterprises. They are firmly committed to the shoes industry. However, the investment of these shoe makers is not only on shoemaking, but also in education, real estate and other fields, and has achieved good returns.

Cai Yiqin, the head of Zhejiang Tianyi shoes industry Co., Ltd., aimed at the education market four or five years ago, opened a kindergarten in Chengdong street, and has a reputation in the industry.

For investing in education, Cai Yiqin said that because he likes children, and as a businessman, he is optimistic about the prospects of the education market, but also can enhance the overall image of the enterprise.

Although the scope of business extends to other fields, some owners still have a tendency to be bigger but not to get bigger.

"Making shoes is my profession. I will insist on doing it."

Cai Yiqin told reporters firmly that he had his own goals for shoe factories. He hoped to make the enterprises bigger and stronger, and enable them to go to a higher level through pformation and upgrading.

But he has no choice but to say that the shoe industry is going to be big and difficult, especially now that the raw materials are rising and the wages of workers are rising. The manufacturing efficiency of shoemaking labor-intensive industries is also low. There are still difficulties in recruiting workers, and the pressure of survival is increasing.

Mature industry chain attracts foreign shoe traders.

Although many local shoe factories have been closed, Wenling is a treasure in the eyes of many foreign shoemaker.

In the thousands of shoemaking enterprises gathered at Heng Shi Road in Hengfeng street, there are local operators, including Xianju, Wenzhou and Henan, Hubei and Jiangxi.

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Zhang education from Henan is the one who got gold.

Zhang boss, with a strong Henan accent, told reporters that he had run a shoe factory in Henan's hometown before coming to Hengfeng. After seeing it in Hengfeng, she found it more suitable for shoes factories.

"The shoe factory here has a good atmosphere, shoe material can be delivered to the door, easy to recruit, no matter how much the volume of goods, no matter what time, logistics can be pported, and the customers who place orders here are relatively concentrated."

In 2006, Zhang education abandoned the factory in his hometown and hired a house with a yearly rent of more than 30 thousand yuan to run a shoe factory.

At first, because of unfamiliar life, raw materials no one willing to credit him, and other reasons led to poor capital turnover, but he firmly believes that we can ambush gold here.

Slowly, from every cash paction to half a year, he gradually established credibility in the supplier, and with his keen insight, his family shoes began to be sold to all parts of the country, and more and more customers. In recent years, Zhang education has gained a foothold on Heng Shi Road.

But not all the shoe makers in Hengfeng can make money, and Mr. Yang, who is also from Henan, has lost about 100000 yuan in the first year when he started a shoe factory here. Everyone said that if he could earn tens of thousands of dollars in 2006, he would lose money on the rent.

"Now it's getting worse and worse. The rent, wages and raw materials are not rising."

Zhang Education said frankly, the rent of seventeen yuan eighty thousand yuan is too high now, and recruitment is becoming more and more difficult.

Reporters learned in the interview that Hengfeng's raw materials are concentrated, logistics is convenient and customers have a high popularity. But now, with the rising cost, the footwear industry is faced with a lot of challenges.

"Every year, 50% of the gold diggers are losing money, 20% are guaranteed capital, only 30% are making money."

This is a summary of many businessmen in the industry on the shoes of Heng Shi Road. Even so, there are still many shoe manufacturers in the area still struggling in the vicinity of Heng Shi Road. According to incomplete statistics, there are about 300 Henan shoe making bosses in the same area, and 300 in Xianju.

It is more difficult for local shoe dealers to run out of debt.

Because there are many shoe enterprises, the shoe material market in the road near Ping Shi Road is booming, but there is also a lot of risk. Shoe suppliers are deeply aware of this.

"A lot of money owed, the year before, a Henan shoe maker owed thirty thousand or forty thousand yuan, and ran away overnight."

Mr. Fang, who sells leather at Bu Yun Road, told reporters that he owed some money to his family, including local and foreign, but he could find at least some people in the loco. If the money went out in the field, there would be nothing left.

Lin Wei, a shop owner who sells leather accessories on step Cloud Road, also has experience of being owed.

The year before last, a foreign shoe dealer came to the house of Ms. Lin for the purchase. At the very beginning, the payment was relatively timely. But as more and more goods came in, and more and more frequently, the man proposed to settle accounts every once in a while. Ms. Lin agreed, but not long after that, the man ran away all night, and tens of thousands of dollars were paid for the money. Fortunately, Ms. Lin's nephew got the news in time, and found some of her own leather goods in the shoe factory, which saved a little loss.

In the area of Bu Yun Road, many shops have the experience of being owed. However, some people in charge of the shop say that when the number of businesses is too many, it is unavoidable for a vendor to default.

Some shopkeepers analyzed that most of their business dealings were small workshop type shoemaking plants, and the funds themselves were not abundant, and not every customer was cash pactions. If cash was settled at the time of feeding, it would also lead to capital turnover, so it could only be settled for about one quarter or half a year.

It is suggested that relevant departments should intervene to solve the problem of arrears of wages and escape.

For the influx of foreign shoemaker, it is only one of the problems that the arrears of money are escaping. For the relevant government departments, it is more serious that the "three in one" enterprises' safety problems, arrears of wages and escape, and so on, have caused a difficult problem to the relevant local departments.

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Xu Huajun, deputy director of Hengfeng Subdistrict Office, told reporters that the government departments have continuously increased the supervision over the safety production of enterprises, but with little effect. The "three in one" enterprises and Some unlicensed production enterprises will play "cat and mouse game" with the government departments. The inspection of the enterprises in the west side of the street and the closure of the eastern enterprises will make them reopen.

In addition, the problem of arrears of wages escapes can not be eradicated. Xu Huajun said that many foreign manufacturers fled because of the loss of their businesses, and the suppliers owed their wages and wages, leaving behind a mess.

They have done a lot of work, often carry out publicity activities, let workers pay settlement monthly or according to pieces and hours, let the landlord pay attention to the owners of the trend, but little effect, has not been able to effectively solve these problems.

Xu Huajun believes that the most effective way for the problem of arrears of wages escapes is to resort to law. After the escape of wages, the public security organs can quickly intervene in the investigation, and then they are wanted on the Internet, or even through the freezing of these funds by means of accounts to solve this problem thoroughly.

Reporter's notes

Footwear industry in Wenling needs more regulation

For many small local shoe factories in Wenling, it is quite safe to choose to rent a house from the increasingly competitive market.

After all, the risk of renting is small. The income of about 100000 yuan a year is very stable, and there is no pressure of artificial rise or material increase.

And for those who are stationed in the field, even if there is pressure of rising costs, the complete industrial chain here has great attraction for the purchasers from all over the place.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the phenomenon of "returning to the outside world" has emerged.

But the negative phenomena that follow will not be underestimated, for example, "three in one" security problem, arrears and escape.

In particular, the problem of arrears of wages escapes not only makes the relevant personnel suffer economic losses, but also becomes a social problem.

The key to solve these problems is not only to do well the management work in the earlier stage, but also to restrict the legal system.

Of course, as shoemaker, we should consciously abide by the relevant regulations, operate legally, gain economic benefits personally, and at the same time, have certain social benefits.

I believe that through multiple efforts, we will make shoemaking industry develop in a more standardized and mature direction.

The footwear industry in Wenling is not only the footwear industry of local shoemaker, but also the footwear industry from all over the world that regulate the operation and make contributions to Wenling's tax revenue. They also contribute to the shoe industry of Wenling, one of the eight pillar industries.

Therefore, the relevant departments should actively respond to several problems that exist in the "withdrawal and exit", and establish a trade standard with the shoemaker, and formulate relevant measures to make Wenling's footwear industry move towards a healthier tomorrow.