Supply And Demand Of Quanzhou Shoes And Clothing Enterprises Flourishing

Quanzhou Jinjiang Chen Dai Town, the edge of the river to recruit workers at the scene, migrant workers looking at recruitment information.

Under the background of financial crisis, there is no "unemployment tide" among farmers in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, which has developed rapidly in the private economy and has more than 30000 registered enterprises. By the end of 2008, more than 150 million migrant workers had been steadily employed, and the number of new businesses has increased to more than 3000.

Reporters learned from local interviews that the overwhelming majority of domestic brand oriented enterprises achieved growth in counter trend in 2008, and the new year continued to show good development momentum. The industrial clusters formed by the core of these brand enterprises maintained the stability of the local labor market.

According to the Quanzhou Federation of trade unions, labor gap in the labor market is estimated to be around 150 thousand at the beginning of this year.

The labor market of supply and demand is booming. In Jinjiang, Chen Tai town, Wu Qiao outdoor labor market is crowded. Thousands of job seekers have gathered on the streets of over 50 meters, and those who have stayed there for the Spring Festival, skilled workers who seek higher pay and job hopping workers have become the main force in the job market.

Tian Ruian, from Huaihua, Hunan, has worked in Jinjiang for more than five years. "She has been packing and delivering work in local shoe factories, and has changed several factories, and wages are generally around 1400 yuan."

Tian Ruian told reporters that he wanted to find a job of around 1800 yuan a month.

"In Quanzhou, skilled workers do not worry about not finding jobs. Many shoe and clothing factories employ more than 1000 people at a time. The old staff who help skilled workers can also get the introduction fees from the company. When the highest level is introduced, a skilled worker can get a $500 introduction fee."

There are many job seekers, and the amount of employment is large.

Many enterprises employ thousands of people, and shoes and hats, clothing, bags, food and other labor-intensive industries have become the main force in the recruitment market.

Xiao Huagang, executive director of Jinjiang Yuantong Shoes Co., Ltd., told reporters that the company's products were sold domestically, which was not affected by the financial crisis. In 2008, the sales revenue of the company reached about 60000000 yuan, an increase of 30% over the same period last year.

He said that this year the company has built a new factory with an area of 130 mu, preparing more than 1400 new recruits and expanding production.

Zhuang Jianhong, director of the Jinjiang talent center, told reporters that the labor market in spring has registered more than 20000 jobs, and the domestic sales enterprises have become the main force in the labor market. Recruitment accounts for 70% of the total recruitment market, and the amount of labor employed by the export enterprises has dropped from 30% to 30% in the previous year. The labor-intensive enterprises such as shoes, clothing, bags and so on are the main labor force, skilled workers and technical workers are still favored by enterprises, and the supply exceeds demand.

Zhang Hui, vice chairman of the Quanzhou Federation of trade unions, commented: "under the background of the international financial crisis, there has been no large-scale collapse of enterprises, large-scale layoffs, and the massive unemployment of migrant workers returning home in Quanzhou."

According to the data provided by the Quanzhou Federation of trade unions, the Municipal Economic and Trade Bureau and the Municipal Bureau of industry and commerce, by the end of 2008, more than 2000 enterprises were closed down and closed down, and the number of enterprises closed down increased by nearly 400%, while the total number of newly established enterprises increased by more than 3000, and the total number of enterprises increased by more than 3000. The number of migrant workers' registration was 1 million 970 thousand, the number of migrant workers who had studied outside 245 thousand, the number of migrant workers who were mainly employed by casual workers, and the number of migrant workers who had been working as a part-time laborer were steadily increased. At the end of 2008, there were no migrant workers returning to the countryside in the end of 2008.

Since February 1st this year, a number of recruitment fairs in Quanzhou have been showing the phenomenon of "supply and demand boom". In Quanzhou, Donghai Town, Qing Meng Economic Development Zone, Jinjiang, Shishi and other private enterprises, recruitment advertisements can be seen everywhere. Skilled workers, general workers and technical personnel have become the favored objects of enterprises.

A lot of enterprise recruitment officials said that in 2008, the domestic sales enterprises were not affected by the financial crisis. The prosperous domestic market provided ample space for the development of enterprises. With the increasing number of job seekers in the labor market, the problem of recruitment difficulties which had plagued the enterprises for many years will be alleviated.

Xu Zhihua, executive director of Peak Sport Products Co Limited, located in the East China Sea Economic Development Zone, said that the company adheres to the brand development strategy, and there are 6000 stores in the country. This year, 1000 new stores will be added, and two new production bases will be put into operation in Quanzhou.

Xu Zhihua said that with the expansion of production scale and the increase in employment, the company will recruit more than 2000 new workers this year. Through the introduction of old employees, the company has recruited thousands of workers.

Analyzing the reasons for the stability of labor market, Zhang Huiping believes that there are four reasons for the persistent stability of Quanzhou's labor market: Quanzhou's brand development strategy advantages in recent years.

Quanzhou has a total of more than 70 Chinese famous brands and well-known trademarks in China. Most of these well-known trademarks are concentrated in clothing, textile, luggage and other labor-intensive industries. Most of these brands have good sales performance in the domestic market, and a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises in the middle and lower reaches are revitalization around the industrial clusters formed by these brand enterprises. These enterprises have maintained a good growth trend through supporting production and OEM for the brand enterprises.

The family type enterprise is the main cultural characteristic of Minnan enterprise.

"Love to fight and win" is the personality of entrepreneurs in Southern Fujian. Many entrepreneurs start from family workshops, build factories and build companies to collectivize management, and businesses, entrepreneurs and local rural communities have merged into one. Local entrepreneurs will not easily divest and abandon enterprises when they are in trouble.

Zhang Huiping told reporters that in 2008, there were four large-scale wage arrears of migrant workers in Quanzhou, all of which were caused by the pfer of property and abandonship of debts by foreign investment enterprises.

Small and medium-sized enterprises are flexible in coping with the financial crisis.

The export oriented SMEs are the main body affected by the financial crisis. Small and medium-sized enterprises in Quanzhou have successfully solved their survival problems by exporting to the domestic market, opening up the domestic market, and doing foundry and supporting production for local brand enterprises. The local perfect industrial clusters also provide favorable conditions for enterprises to "survive the winter".

In the case of sluggish overseas markets and reduced orders, some export oriented enterprises with strong economic strength can resolve the adverse effects of the financial crisis by increasing their own R & D, innovation technology and upgrading the structure of export products.

Fujian Hongyuan Group Co., Ltd. is an exporters of textile fabrics. It was affected by the international financial crisis. In 2008, the export volume of enterprises was reduced by about 16000000 US dollars. The stock of stock was up to 1900 tons, two production lines were shut down and more than 400 workers were laid off.

In November 2008, the project "research and development of new solvent based regenerated bamboo fiber textile materials" undertaken by Hongyuan Group and the Institute of chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made great achievements. The new textile fabrics with independent intellectual property rights and international leading technology have been successfully developed.

In November 2008, new textile materials of regenerated bamboo fiber were attracted by more than 220 overseas customers at the second Asian sporting goods exhibition held in Hongkong, and overseas orders returned.

Chen Cangsong said that this year, the company opened a new production line around the new textile materials of regenerated bamboo fiber, and absorbed more than 500 workers. The laid-off workers got back to work after training, and more than 100 new recruited workers were also on duty.

Wang Xiaonan: editor in charge