Because China is a developing country when it comes to logistics, it opens up a lot of revenue and business to foreigners and is rapidly expanding its economic health because of trade. The Chinese government is investing strongly into logistics and is also urging investors to do the same to allow for more economic growth. China also has an issue with a corrupt government which could potentially deter potential investors from the country, however, besides the drawback mentioned above, there are many benefits to companies creating production facilities in China rather than export products from US to China. One of the biggest benefits to the US is the location. It will be cheaper for a US company to create a production facility in China than to export because of the distance in travel. Since China is a part of the WTO there are easier entries to barriers to US firms seeking to open production facilities in China. Through the creation of the special economic zones, in which there are no tariffs, substantial tax incentives and low prices for land and labor, government has attracted many foreign investors bringing in billions of dollars in new equipment, technology, and managerial know-how and have increased local economic prosperity. Since China has a big imbalance in trade deficit, meaning it exports more than it imports, many European and US companies are looking to set up production facilities in China for exporting and this may help with China’s imbalance. China also
Some costs are expensive: freight cost from China, inventory (lead-time increase because of shipping), and quality control (testing shipped products from China in the US require some cost; time and money)
Advantages of Doing Business in China: As mentioned previously, there are many organizations around the whole world that perform their business in China. They do business in China due to the fact that China has a reliable market. It is also expected that the organizations doing business in China will continue to grow. Some advantages of doing business in China are that it is a major emerging market around the world. Also there are a lot of opportunities for organizations to invest in China for a longer period of time due to expanding of technology and
For each item China produces for the United States, it helps China’s economy. China would definately not produce goods if it didn’t benefit them in some way. China’s economy continues to prosper everyday because they continue to produce and sell goods to other countries. Prices in China are a lot cheaper in comparison to the United States. Factory workers do not make a lot of money, but they make good money for the work they do. The average China factory worker makes $500 a month, but keep in mind that the prices in China are lower than the United States. These are the reasons that China chooses to produce goods for the United
As a result, their businesses may have a difficult time competing with those particular products made in China. If they match China’s prices, the domestic businesses may have minimal profit at best. Consumers would benefit from the import surplus due to having more choices in the market and allowing for a lower overhead by buying cheaper electrical machinery products.
Second, China is facing strong competition in low-end manufacturing, like Mexico, Cambodia, Laos, India and Vietnam. Asian countries like Cambodia, Laos, India and Vietnam have a lower living cost than China and Mexico has geographical advantage since it is closer to America. And fast-paced inflation, the increasing cost of raw materials, the rise of wages and other costs have pushed China to a less competitive position.
Traditionally, manufacturing in China (either direct or outsourced) has been seen as a way to cut costs and increase profits. Increasingly companies now see it as taking a strategic position that fits their global aspirations, including in China itself or further afield.
In the few recent years, China has replaced United State to become the world largest economy. This Economic situation has opened an enormous number of opportunities for most industries to expand their operation from domestic market to international market. Shanghai, which is the China’s largest commercial and industrial city, focuses on 6 major industries which are information technology, automobile, large-scale electromechanical equipment, petrochemicals, heavy manufacturing and biopharmaceutical products (http://en.people.cn/200207/20/eng20020720_100055.shtml). With the virtually unlimited well-educated labour resources and the unique international location, Shanghai is
China’s economical strength comes from its international trades as the economy has grown to a rate of 10.3% in 2010. It has become the world’s largest exporter in the global economy. In the
logistics, which is totally different from what we’ve heard of. That is, the rise of China benefits
Chinese trade is important to the United States in that we receive most of our imports from China.
Based on the population issue, the Chinese government enforced the birth control policy from the late twentieth century until now, so the total fertility rate of China is lower than the total fertility rate of the U.S. In the labor market, China plays an important role of the labor export. Large population emerges more workers, so the labors are cheaper in China. After the cold war in the 1990s, the global economic cooperation made the connection between countries was more close and complex. Many international companies invent and possess their core technologies in the U.S or other developed countries, but they found their manufacturing factories in China. They already aimed at the Chinese large cheap labor market could reduce the cost in their entire business. Consequently, people can find different kind of stuff labeled as “made in China” easily and frequently—it is a good explanation for the fact of half of my clothes were “made in China”. Many small factories which produce clothes and accessories are located in small towns in southeast of China, especially Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong Provinces. Most of workers in those factories are wide range-age women who from rural areas with lower level education. Their working conditions are depended on the conditions of the factories.
3.4 Political Factors: Politian’s in China are attempting to avoid any acceptance on a leadership role in the world economy. They claim that China is still behind other countries in technology and has much lower power per capita GDP compared the world’s leaders; US. (Leo, 2010). Due to these 2 factors, lack of technology and economic developments, this presents more opportunities for international businesses. The reason being why China maintains to be an eye-catching destination for international markets.
The Chinese are an emerging economy that has taken over the world's production in recent years. In fact China is now considered to be the world's factory, as all the major players in the world outsource all or some of their manufacturing activities to the country. All this would not have been possible without the help of technology and with the state of globalization being such, that logistics and distances are becoming shorter and shorter.
Another challenge is that despite the ability to manufacture products cheaper in China, there is a flip side to this situation and that is that sometimes, that “made in America” sign on the back of a product could mean more than the few dollars more it costs to buy that product. Some Americans, in their spirit of patriotism, care more about supporting the American economy than saving a little bit here and there buying products that were manufactured outside of the United States. Balancing the stigma sometimes associated with making a product in a foreign country with the lower costs that usually comes along with that is important in doing business in China as well.
Growth in exports and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) was extremely important to China’s economic success. During Mao’s last years in power, China was inaccessible to the outside world and this was costing the country growth-wise. Other countries such as Japan and Hong Kong were experiencing rapid growth from exports as shown in Exhibit 6, and China wanted to follow in their footsteps. The country has hard-working and educated people who could help make this a reality and Deng knew this was the next step in helping the country to be among the most advanced and most improved4. The United States has always been a wise contender and is always looking for ways to better its