Foxconn'S Salary Increase Event "Catalyzes" The Evolution Of Enterprises In The Pearl River Delta 2

　　 Guangzhou Tianchuang Shoes Co., Ltd., operated by Liang Yaohua from Hong Kong, has grown rapidly in recent years, but it is also facing the pressure of difficult recruitment. "Since the Spring Festival this year, 1200 new employees have been recruited, but 998 have left their jobs. We plan to increase the salary of employees by about 18% in the near future, and it is expected that there will be a substantial increase in the salary in the future," said Liang Yaohua.

Facing the challenge, more and more Hong Kong and Taiwan enterprises are accelerating Transformation and upgrading The pace of. According to the data from the Hong Kong Chinese Manufacturers Association, strengthening market expansion, improving product grade and added value, and developing a variety of new products are the most common coping strategies of the surveyed Hong Kong enterprises. Many enterprises improve their competitiveness by upgrading technology, improving processes and operating processes, adopting advanced machinery and equipment, and outsourcing some production processes.

In addition to taking the initiative to innovate and upgrade, we strive to extend to the upstream of the industrial chain through diversified operations manufacturing industry The transformation to the service industry has also become a trend for the development of Hong Kong and Taiwan enterprises in the Pearl River Delta. Cheng Fengyuan said that in addition to the main business of producing curtains, he has spent a lot of energy in recent years to expand into the sales service industry and become the general agent of Taiwan Beer in Guangdong, Fujian, Hainan, Hong Kong and Macao.

Feng Bangyan, a professor at the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Taiwan Regional Cooperation Research Center of Jinan University, said that facing the pressure, enterprises can only achieve several results: first, industrial transformation and upgrading, second, relocation, and finally, the fate of waiting to be eliminated. "The rise in wages brought about by the Foxconn incident seems accidental, but it is actually Pearl River Delta The inevitable result of changing the mode of economic development, the era of cheap and intensive labor supply is slowly coming to an end. " He said.

　　 In fact, the Guangdong Provincial Government has been vigorously promoting industrial upgrading and transformation in the past two years, but many Hong Kong and Taiwan enterprises still hope that these policies can be more targeted and operational. Liang Yaohua said that although we are a traditional shoemaking enterprise, we are also bringing together research and development, design, production, brand operation, etc., hoping to develop into a headquarters economy, but whether we can enjoy the relevant policy support and preferences is unknown. "I hope the government's transformation policy can be closer to enterprises and help enterprises overcome the current difficulties." He said.