On the other side of the earth, the United States is one of the most developed manufacturing countries on the planet. What are their mechanical engineers talking about when they talk about China and the Chinese people? This article from the American mechanical engineers online forum this small side, about what they are talking about about about our topic.
The whole topic of China. In the eyes of American mechanical engineers, China is a country with rapid development and strong competitiveness. It has both love and hate. It welcomes cheap Chinese goods and hates the impact on their market and employment. We will discuss topics like "how to make Chinese things more expensive". In some discussions and travel notes, they were surprised by the rapid development of China and the low price of China's labor force. They didn't understand why "an exquisite flashlight is only $20". Besides a large amount of cheap consumer goods, China also brought them a strong sense of crisis. And our neighbors - and China, too.
About the manufacturing industry. In the eyes of most people, China's manufacturing industry is still very backward; engineers who have visited some manufacturing factories in China will describe us with words like "unbelievably primitive" and "not paying attention to environmental protection". I'm attracted by cheap products in China, but I don't believe in the performance of the equipment. I hope people who go to China can confirm the equipment they like. Some independent well-known enterprises, such as Chery, are gradually getting to know and pay attention to them. They worry that in a few years, China's high-end products, such as cars, will flood their market.
About lifestyle. In their eyes, Chinese people don't care about leisure and workaholic, which makes them feel pressure.
China's problems. In terms of machinery industry, energy, environment and other issues were mentioned. For example, China's huge demand for oil and steel in the future, factories' extreme neglect of pollution treatment and poor working environment, etc. From their point of view, our employment problem is also a threat. Cheap foreign labor means the transfer of domestic capital.
On the whole, China is a fast developing country in their eyes, which makes them feel pressure, so there are some unfriendly remarks. Looking at their understanding of China, we can see that there are still many opportunities for our industry. It will be a different scene to take our competition out of the country!