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Q: Global manufacturin' hub - Can China’s leadin' position be dented by India ?
Undoubtedly China is a manufacturin’ powerhouse, rightly calld the ‘world’s factory’. the whole infrastructure, trade free zones etc r matured n unparalld providin’ able support to its industry to remain as the largest exportr to the world.
Of late, India is pushin’ its ‘Make in India’ campaign by invitin’ the world to setup plants there. do u think world will flock to India for manufacturin’ ? if u had to open a fty, wud u prefer the location in India or China ?
(My view: i don’t feel India can dent China in the ‘manufacturin’-for-the-world’ arena. its drawbacks far outweigh the strengths. the whole infrastructure is lagging, power shortages, bureaucracy bottlenecks, taxation regime, export policies etc. companies that go to make there, wil b mainly fr sellin’ in the local market, not fr the world.).
Your take ?
7 years 25 weeks ago in Business & Jobs - China
I'd agree with you. AFAIK India doesn't have the infrastructure at the moment to be an economic mass-producer of goods. China, I think, will keep this position until the SEA nations like India, Cambodia, Vietnam, etc strengthen their industrial infrastructure
I'd agree with you. AFAIK India doesn't have the infrastructure at the moment to be an economic mass-producer of goods. China, I think, will keep this position until the SEA nations like India, Cambodia, Vietnam, etc strengthen their industrial infrastructure
Why do you keep writing manufacturin' and not manufacturing?
Yut! We done got ourselves a manufacturin' hub!
haha trying to sound more colloquial?
expatlife26:
Manufacturin' & Sellin'! That's what we do here in good ol' china!
expatlife26:
where his character falls flat is that people who write and talk like that don't usually want to talk about trends in manufacturin'.
"Well I reckon India is 'bound to pass the chinees in the field of producin' and exportin' goods!"
"U shut ur mouth skeeter! U don't know a darn thing about exportin'!"
Englteachted:
EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or are so pro China with carefully punctuated statements
expatlife26:
U shut ur mouth, Ted! U do not know any more about punctuatin' then u do regarding manufacturin'!
Curiousdude:
pls feel free to get yr heads out of each others arse soon. bet u cant as thts where u both get yr inspiratn n knowledge frm.
expatlife26:
I thought you lived your life by the mantra of "get curious, not furious", what happened to you man? You used to be cool
YES it will be dented here in China,, big dent.... no doubt in my mind.
Curiousdude:
bhgal, thx.
wud u still feel india can catch up when china itself is upgradin' its capacity ?
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/chinese-cabinet-unveils-made-in-china-2025-master-plan-2015-05-20
Does anyone notice he's trying to modify is speech, text speak to like southerner? Why go to the trouble of dropping the 'g' and replacing it with ' ' '? You haven't shortened it. You forgot what character you're supposed to be?
China's manufacturing has been in decline for the last few years so other countries like India have, are and will continue to impact China's manufacturing. China makes this worse by attacking foreign companies like Apple who produce their goods in China.
China has built an extensive production network in the Southeast Asia, which is crucial for almost all of the ASEAN member countries, especially Malaysia and Indonesia and which it would be very difficult for any other potential competitor to dismantle even if benefits of investing in China decrease. The main strength of China lies in its infrastructure: extensive railway system, numerous airports, effective supply of electric energy: this is precisely what India lacks, to give one example even in India's capital there are regular breaks in supply of electric energy, how can you set up a factory if you can't even rely on supply of electricity?
On the other hand, India also enjoys numerous advantages namely: cheap workforce, relative abundance of people who can speak English and quite developed IT sector, but illiteracy is also quite high, (which means that some of your potential employees may not be able to distinguish a container with acid from the one with water), countryside extremely underdeveloped and legal obstacles (especially for foreign companies) still too much in evidence, add myriads of ethnic and religious conflicts and you are home. What is more, according to many international ranks like EASE OF DOING BUSINESS India fares a way worse than China in most of the categories under the scrutiny.
Maybe it would be possible for India to cut some part of the cake for itself in the long run , but it's a matter of the future. Most of the countries which rose to economical prominence have all followed similar pattern beginning with heavy/textile industry, and finally more sophisticated production-it doesn't seem likely that India would be able to escape this cycle. It takes years and loads of money to create the necessary infrastructure, so considering India an all out competitor to China in the existing circumstances is premature.
Can I buy a 'g' from anyone? How about a few vowels - where's the best place to buy them??
I suspect that there's one hole in the argument - the concept that there needs to be only one area that has everything.
The issues China will face won't be that there is one almighty manufacturing country that will out-compete it... it's that there will be a whole pile of different countries that will out-compete on specific individual manufacturing and production.
Take clothing and textiles for example. While China has been the powerhouse for this for quite a while, they're now importing from India and Bangladesh. So, those two countries are competing against China in the textile industry.
Electronics... you'd never buy from India, but you would buy from Taiwan, Malaysia, and even Puerto Rico!!
So, the various countries around the world don't need to be great at everything to beat China - they just need to focus on one area, and let other countries do the others...
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is called 'trade'.
Shining_brow:
ooops - I think I meant Costa Rica for electronics... at least, that's where some of the latest Intel chips have been manufactured.
Global manufacturin' hub - Can China’s leadin' position be dented by India ?
1.For near future,Maybe not.As China is far ahead when it comes to infrastructure,government policies for now
2.For the long run ,Yes it will be, As many Foreign big companies and even Chinese big companies have already shifted their manufacturing to India in last one year,And many other are going too !
It has started, But it will take Long !
I would agree with Shining that maybe it will be replaced by not any one single country but many different countries with their individual various strengths in particular area !
