The Dongguan Model Must Seek Transformation

According to the voice of the economy, "the central financial observation" reported that it was in midsummer, and it was like a severe winter for businessmen and factory owners living in the southern town of Dongguan, known as the "world factory". After the impact of the financial crisis, they could not see the light for many years. In the past one or two months, two Dongguan manufacturers with thousands of employees have been successively. Bankruptcy There are still more obscure small businesses quietly shutting down. For Dongguan enterprises to reproduce the "closure tide" in 2008, the discussion is quietly proceeding.

　　 Dongguan The industrial form is both export oriented and small and medium sized enterprises as the main force, and the change of external environment is the most sensitive. In China, this export-oriented economic mode is also known as the "Dongguan model". According to the Dongguan foreign trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, Dongguan's total export volume was 22 billion 600 million US dollars in the 1-4 months of this year, an increase of 19.5% over the same period last year. Now the difficulties faced by Dongguan enterprises are directly due to the deterioration of the external market and the rise in domestic costs. According to the survey, over 30% of enterprises in the two quarter of this year indicated that orders declined because of the European and American market. market The inventory of dealers is squeezing heavily, and it is in the state of de stocking.

The continuous rise of operating costs has led some enterprises to have orders and dare not receive. This year, the operating cost of enterprises has generally risen by about 30%, and the profit of Dongguan's manufacturing industry is also about 5%. The cost is rising. Most enterprises are basically zero profits or losses, even if orders are just to survive, the rise of costs can be evade by way of raising prices. However, since Dongguan enterprises are mainly materials processing enterprises, Dongguan enterprises do not have premium power at all.

Has the "Dongguan model" come to an end? In such a situation, enterprises choose to die or to rebirth in Nirvana? What can we do in the face of such a situation? Sang Bai Chun, President of the International Economic Research Institute of the University of foreign trade and economics, commented on the voice of the economy.