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The Future And The Past For China Manufacturing

By Dan Harris and Steve Dickinson

Joe Nocera of the New York Times just did an article, entitled, "Seeing the Sights of Industrial China: 2 Factories, 2 Futures," contrasting a textile factory with a manufacturer of silicon wafers for use in solar panels. The textile manufacturer is sinking fast due to the rising Yuan, rising labor costs, and China's policy of "moving up the value chain. This is in direct contrast to the silicon wafer manufacturer for whom these factors either do not much matter or are actually a plus. I do not see China just deciding to "move up the value chain" and then getting there six months from now, but this article does on a micro level nicely describe what is happening in China manufacturing.

Full post as published by China Law Blog on April 05, 2008 (boomark / email).