AndrewJin
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The strategies in Hubei is different.My friend, that is Wuhan, which is a provincial large city, lol. I'm not here to dispute in the growth of the capacity and capability of Wuhan, there's no doubt in my part. I'm talking about province-wide, my friend. Hubei province alone has a population of over 58 million; the majority of those don't live in large cities, but in rural communities such as Shennongjia, Songluo , Yangri et al. In fact many of these county-level areas can easily host manufacturing.
I've been to Gansu, Guangxi, Anhui; these provinces are largely underdeveloped, and standard of living substantially lower than say the larger more successful coastal areas such as Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Ningbo etc.
Don't you agree that by bringing manufacturing into these less developed provinces will bring the basis for infrastructure development and overall uplift the people by providing well paying jobs? I think so. And at the same time, it will be leaner for the manufacturing facilities.
I'm an avid proponent of redistributing manufacturing facilities from Eastern China to the interior as well as the southern part of the country. Its a win win; for Japanese employers and for Chinese workers in these provinces.
Big cites like Wuhan/Yichang/Jingzhou/Xiangyang are responsible for most manufacturing.
O my, u mention Shenlongjia which is only for tourism.
Local manufacturing in small towns is mostly for domestic consumption, not competitive because of low-productivity.
I think u still miscalculate the tendency in the interior. Young People no longer want to work in labour-intensive industry, they'd rather set up a Taobao shops to sell local tea or build a guesthouse for tourist. If u travel in Yunnan/Guizhou, u will find that. Yes, labour cost in the interior is smaller, but local young people are trying to have a different road which is not the way their parents once walked.
The goal is very explicit, automatic factories with less workers and higher yield, and more people are into the booming tertiary sector which relies on a booming and highly efficient industry.