Why is there a shift of labour-intensive industries in China to South and Southeast Asia? Discuss the advantages and challenges for India in this context. (Answer in 250 words)
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Once China is known to 'global manufacturing hub' but recently there is strategic shift in labours intensive industries from China to south and south east asia, making them 'labour intensive hub'.
Factors for such shift:
(A) Demographic Factor:
(ex) Textile industry in Bangladesh, Vietnam and India
(A) Strategic shift in China's policy → more focus on technology industry and automation → act as labours displacement strategy
(B) Govt policy → in China is focusing more on Industrial 4.0 in South-SEA
More labour intensive industry and labour-intensive export strategy
(ex) Indonesia's Agro-BUSINESS 'India's toy industry, Bangladesh's state industry etc
(C) Industrial agglomerate → helped to develop labours intensive industry
(D) Regional collaboration - BIMSTEC and ASEAN - India group proceed on labours industrial industrial development.
— Vipul Bhai Karmanbhai Chaudhary · AIR 115
- Identifies key demographic factors
- Mentions specific country examples
- Discusses policy shift in China
- References regional organizations
Vipul Bhai Karmanbhai Chaudhary
International Relations and Global Economics
Labour-intensive Industries and Manufacturing Hub
Shift in Manufacturing from China to South/Southeast Asia
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