The Traditional Advantages Of Dongguan Shoes And Clothing Remain &Nbsp, Which Needs To Be Strengthened In The Short Term.

This fall, Frank Leung, the boss of a shoe making company in Hongkong, flew to a place he had never thought of visiting. He came to Dhaka and Addisababa to find new factories for the current factories in Dongguan, China. foothold 。 Despite his extensive search, he is still disappointed.

The pressure of factory migration is more and more obvious. Rising costs and appreciation of the renminbi forced Mr. Liang to reduce the number of workers employed in Dongguan factory from 8000 people 3 years ago to 3000 now. He said workers in Bangladesh earn only 20%-30% of China's wages, and they work 48 hours a week, more than 40 hours a day in China.

This sounds exciting, but Mr. Liang is not so optimistic. He said, "traffic congestion is serious here. The power supply is unstable, and everyone uses generators in the factory. logistics Problems greatly affect efficiency. "

After visiting Dhaka, Mr. Liang went to Addisababa again. The wage level here is even lower than that in Bangladesh, but he can't find supporting industries here. Now, Mr. Liang is not sure whether he will shift the production base from China. Although many factory owners are seeking to move to Vietnam and other countries, they eventually choose to stay at home because of the supply network, productivity of workers and unfamiliar with how to manage workers of different cultural backgrounds.

Longzhou economic research company found that although there are reports of textiles, clothing Labor-intensive industries such as shoes and so on have moved to Southeast Asian countries, but China's shoes and clothing manufacturers have raised their prices this year by 10%-20%. This shows that they have gained some pricing power.

Dong Tao, an economist at Credit Suisse, said the reason is simple: "any other developing country." efficiency Less than half of China. China has many advantages, such as huge workforce, high productivity, excellent ports and highway facilities, which makes it difficult to replace. Dong Tao said: "when China abandons these advantages because of its growth, it will not be possible for another China to emerge."