The Manufacturing Industry in Shenzhen The growing integration of global trade markets has brought about the fragmentation of production activities, namely in manufacturing, with companies trending towards outsourcing to overseas counterparts due to the profitable benefits (Feenstra, 1998 p.31). This modern model of production characterizes the breakdown of the “vertically-integrated mode of production” also known as the “Fordist” mode specifically relating to Ford cars’ manufacturing process (Feenstra
In January of 2010, the Legislative Council have eventually approved the funding for the construction of Guandzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL), which costs $66.9 billion. This astronomical cost raised a lot of discussions that whether the railway worthed it or not. The whole alignment of the XRL railway is about 140 kilometres with its intermediate stations in Humen, Longhua and Futian. Some have argued that the new railway could contribute to Hong Kong's short-term and long-term development
Wetlands are defined as areas of land that are saturated with water year round and take on characteristics of a distinct ecosystem. In China, northwest of Hong Kong, lies the Mai Po Nature Reserve (22°30′ N and 114°02 E′) (Cheung and Wong 2006). The entire Mai Po Nature Reserve (MPNR) encompasses about 2,700 hectares or about 6700 acres. It is home to some of the world’s most endangered water birds. The wetlands support a large number of migratory water birds every year. During the spring thousands
In 1978 Deng Xiaoping became the leader of China and began an ambitious program of economic reform. Under Deng Xiaoping’s modernization policies, the country was opened to the outside world that foreigners were encouraged to bring technical information and managerial knowledge to China. The new policies encouraged private and collective business, so that higher skill levels of workers were needed to develop the new China. My grandfather, Shidao Liu, is an exemplar of rural people who obtained opportunity
Cheap labor U.S.《 Forbes》 on January 17 published an article ,and its original question : the end of cheap labor in China , jobs are gone ? Globalization makes Apple , GM and other large companies have chosen to set up factories in countries with lower labor costs the most . In the past , China has always been their first choice . But now , the Central Kingdom is losing dominance , because labor costs can not be as cheap as before . Since 2010 , China's manufacturing costs rose an average of about
Abstract With increasing population the quality of life in the city started to degrade and air pollution increased. Increased population gave rise to urban sprawl i.e. wide decentralization of the city outwards. The factors that responsible for bad shape of cities are excessive dependency on cars, the poorer public transport, lack of walking and cycling pathways and the excessive growth of built-up areas. The main concern how the cities should be developed in future into sustainable model, the
Cosmic Girls are group in Hangul, Wu Ju So Nyeo, pinyin, also known as WJSN, there is a South Korean-Chinese girl group formed by Starship Entertainment and Yuehua Entertainment in 2015 and there are also debuted in 2016. Cosmic Girls released their debut mini album Would You Like with double title tracks “Mo Mo Mo” and “Catch Me” on February 25, 2016. Cosmic Girls’ first member to be revealed to the public was SeolA, who, in 2012, made a cameo in Boyfriend’s “Janus” music video. Cosmic Girls’
The Open Door Policy is a term in outside issues at first used to allude to the United States strategy in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century sketched out in Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door Note, dispatched in 1899 to his European partners. The arrangement proposed to keep China open to exchange with all nations on an equivalent premise; hence, no global force might have aggregate control of the nation. The strategy called upon outside forces, inside their effective reaches
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd is a Taiwan-based manufacturer and distributor of electronic products. Hon Hai Precision is also known as Foxconn, which is a trade name registered under the company. Terry Gou is the CEO of the company and he believes that Hon Hai Precision can produce their electronic product as part of the daily life of every mankind in the world. Hon Hai Precision is one of the primary players within the global computer, communication, and consumer-electronics (3C) product
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a nonprofit focused on the protection of species and habitats from the threats facing them, namely climate change and development. With a stated mission to "conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends," TNC has five major areas of interest: protecting non-ocean water, action on climate change, saving oceans, conserving land, and transforming cities. TNC accomplishes its goals through a variety of actions, such as conservation science research, financing
large cities from rural areas in China. This migration was considered the largest migration in human history. To compare this migration to western cities, the example of Shenzhen is used. For a Western city to have a population of three million to increase to ten million, it takes about a hundred years. 30-year old city, Shenzhen on the other hand made this population increase in just a decade (qtd. Caughey and Dawn). Today, over 53.7% of its population lives in cities; by 2020 it is projected that
Human resource – Foxconn case Policy choices Employee influence The workers that assembled Ipads and Iphones were working in a dangerous environment with terrible labor conditions, the accidents in the plants occurred because of the lack of safety conditions. The workers involved in an accident were often injured because of an explosion or sometimes it will cost their lives, they were working 7 days a week and often working overtime that they could hardly walk. The explosion that occurred in 2010
in the U.S. Apple receives the final products from a manufacturing plant owned by Foxconn, a company that specializes in the assembly of electronics that are mainly shipped to Northern America, whose headquarters are located in Longhua, Shenzhen, China. Shenzhen is recognized as one of China’s most economically sound cities because it is the hub of industrial factories and the location of many company’s headquarters. Foxconn is notorious for scandals involving unsuitable environments for their factory
cope with the heavy demand amounting to over 1000 tons per month, it utilizes a purpose-built factory in Songgang, Shenzhen which features 25,000 sq m of land, 24,000 sq m of floor space and a work force of over 600 to provide efficient service to its customers. The company is well known for adopting best practices in production. It is planning for rapid expansions in Shenzhen, Tianjin and Shanghai in the coming years. Its customers appreciate that the products and service enhances their
Customer Capital Wal-mart is a giant in the retail market. This retail company operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores and grocery stores. The company successful growth has expanded internationally. Wal-mart operates successfully in Canada, Latin America, the United Kingdom (ASDA), China, India and Japan. Wal-mart also owns and operates Sam's Club retail warehouses. To date Wal-mart has 11,527 stores and clubs in 27 countries. (Walmart, Walmart 2105 annual report, 2015) Wal-Mart
TOP 10 TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT COMPANIES IN THE WORLD 2014 Telecommunication equipments industry is a highly dynamic industry, which is growing at a rapid rate. Different players in this industry are trying to focus and invest largely in R&D. Deregulation, technological convergence and globalization are the three major underlying factors that affected the dynamics of the telecommunication industry during the 1990s. This highly affected the telecommunication industry also. This character led to
As progress of the society, knowledge standard of people are constantly increased. People no longer blindly obey the government when they are dissatisfied with the policies and exercising different channels to express their views, it reflects the raise of civic participation and political awareness. This essay is purported to discuss the statement – “The power of pressure groups to influence government is, in reality, limited.” with examples of Hong Kong. Green Sense (2004), The Hong Kong Federation
I read this story a few times, to truly grasp an understanding of what the main conflict presented—as the prompt mentioned. I could choose multiple main points depending on how I interpreted the story. Initially I wanted to state that the main conflict I found was on how the half sisters of Jing-Mei would find out about their mother’s recent death in conjunction with the meeting of Jing-Mei for the first time. Each time I read the passage, I followed a different issue that I could assume to be the
Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications equipment and services company established in 1987 in Shenzhen, China, has drawn worldwide attention in the recent years. Although many people have not heard of it or even pronounce its name right, the fact that Huawei has become the largest telecommunications equipment maker in the world cannot be overlooked. Benefiting from the Chinese economic reform led by Deng Xiaoping, Huawei gained the opportunity to develop its overseas markets; however, it was not enough
There is a wide range of young female factory workers in China. These employees work tremendously hard to receive their earnings. No more than to send it to family members or for savings, then they must go back to their home town. Young female workers get paid very little for all the effort and time spent, including over time and being mistreated. In China, there are floating workers and migrants that come to the city seeking a job. Floating workers refer to the young Chinese women, who move from