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1、双语对照-工资提高,是否该离开中国了?工资提高,是否该离开中国了?TherisingcostofmanufacturinginChinagivesmultinationalsararechancetorethinkglobalproductionplans,writeJoeMangetandPierreMercier中国制造业成本的增加给了跨国公司一个少有的机会来重新考虑其全球生产计划。ByJoeMangetandPierreMercier作者 JoeManget,PierreMercierRisingw
2、ages—togetherwithcurrencyfluctuationsandhighfuelcosts—areeatingawaytheonce-formidable"Chinaprice"advantage,promptingthousandsoffactoryownerstofleethePearlRiverDelta.MuchhasbeenwrittenaboutthemorethandoublingofwagesattheShenzhenfactoryofFoxconn(2317:TT),th
3、eworld'slargestelectronicscontractmanufacturer,whichproducesApple(AAPL)iPhonesandiPadsandemploys920,000peopleinChinaalone."Onecantalkaboutaworldpre-andpost-Foxconn,"saysVictorFung,chairmanofLi&Fung(494:HK),theworld'sbiggestsourcingcompanyandasupplierofWal
4、-Mart(WMT)."Foxconnisasimportantasthat."工资提高-连同汇率波动和高油价-正在蚕食着一度令人敬畏的“中国价格”优势,促使数千家厂主逃离珠江三角洲。关于富士康(2317:TT)深圳工厂加薪幅度超过一半已经有过很多报道,这家世界最大的电子代工厂商,生产了苹果(AAPL)iPhone和iPad,中国员工人数92万。世界最大的外包公司和沃尔玛(WMT)供应商,利丰集团(494:HK)主席冯国经说,“我们可以把世界分为前富士康时代和后富士康时代。富士康确实非常重要。”Foxco
5、nn'swageincreasesareonlythemostdramatic.Ouranalysissuggeststhat,sinceFebruary,minimumwageshaveclimbedmorethan20percentin20Chineseregionsandupto30percentinsome,includingSichuan.AtaGuangdongProvincefactorysupplyingHonda(HMC),wageshaverisenanastonishing47per
6、cent.Allthisisbadnewsforcompaniesoperatingintheworld'smanufacturinghub,andchiefexecutivesshouldassumethatdouble-digitannualrises—ifnotonthescalewitnessedthisyear—areheretostay.富士康提高工资只是最具戏剧性的个案。我们的分析表明,从二月以来,中国国内20个地区的最低工资已经攀升了超过20%,最多的甚至达到30%,其中就包括四川省。本田
7、(HMC)在广东的一个供应商的工资增幅甚至达到了惊人的47%。这一切对于在世界制造中心开办的企业来说是坏消息,即便今年没有达到这一规模,企业主管们仍应该警惕这一现象的存在。Lookedatanotherway,however,wageinflationprovidescompanieswithaonce-in-a-generationopportunitytorethinkradicallythewaytheyapproachglobalproduction—andtheyshoulddososooner
8、ratherthanlater.不过从另一方面来说,工资上涨给企业提供了一个前所未有的机会来从根本上重新考虑他们的全球生产方式,这种事情宜早不宜迟。Whytheurgency?Afterall,wagehikesinChinaarenothingnew.Since1990theyhaverisenbyanaverageof13percentayearinU.S.dollartermsand19percentannuallyin