China'S Textile And Garment Enterprises Are On The Defensive.

Since this year financial crisis Since then, the increasingly small, increasingly urgent and shorter international market orders have been echoing with the changing supply and demand situation in the domestic labor market, making our labor intensive enterprises feel uncomfortable, not only affecting the profit margins of enterprises, but also making it difficult for traditional employment patterns to continue. Some eastern regions also have a "labor market situation with increasing proportion of temporary workers and more and more active foreman".

For a long time, labor-intensive enterprises are an important channel for China to solve employment and increase exports. Some market participants believe that in the context of a fundamental change in the international market situation within a year or two, how to resolve the difficulties faced by labor-intensive enterprises and find ways for them in the industrial upgrading and transformation, especially for SMEs, is still waiting. Crack Important topic.

Chinese enterprises are on the defensive.

Shoes, bags, sewing machines... Counting the number of fingers, there are at least ten kinds of light industrial products and export volume ranking the first in the world. Taking shoes as an example, last year, about 8000000000 pairs of shoes exported to China were equivalent to producing a pair of shoes for everyone in the world.

Behind these industries is a large number of labor-intensive enterprises that are large and spread throughout China's eastern, central and western regions. Over the years, relying on low labor costs, complete industrial chain and other multiple production factors, these enterprises have long won stable large international. Order It has also formed a relatively stable mode of production and operation, which plays a decisive role in the global industrial chain.

However, this industry mode is suffering from a sharp change in the international market caused by the financial crisis, which is characterized by the sharp decrease, urgency and shortening of international orders.

Demand growth atrophy International orders are getting smaller and smaller. At the Canton Fair, the designer of Shandong Cao Pu craft co., Ltd., who exports wood products, rattan furniture and furniture, said that one European customer of the company had 100 containers and a total value of about 10000000 yuan last year. This year it turned into two containers, with a total value of less than 200 thousand yuan. Chen He, the Export Department of Shun Mei Refco Group Ltd, Quanzhou, said that nearly 70% orders received by enterprises this year were 20 thousand to 30 thousand dollars.

Affected by exchange rate fluctuations, international orders are getting shorter and shorter. The head of a daily porcelain enterprise said that the former customers could keep the order from February to July. "Now considering the appreciation of the renminbi, the list is only one or two months at most. In the past, the orders for the middle of the year have basically disappeared."

Affected by market fluctuations, international orders are becoming more and more urgent. Export enterprises generally reflect that this year, the European debt crisis and the US debt crisis are showing explosive characteristics. Many countries are in a state of unstable market, which leads to orders for developed countries to rush orders. Sometimes, they hate to give you the order today, and sell them quickly, so that the order will become more urgent. {page_break}

Changes in traditional employment

In the face of "short and urgent" orders, the impact of China's labor intensive enterprises is not only simply reduced profits, but also the traditional employment situation.

First, the contrast between the peak and high season of employment is getting larger and larger. Chen He said that due to the shrinkage of orders, the annual employment volume of enterprises decreased by 30% compared with last year. "In the past peak season, the proportion of labor consumption was 1 to 2, and this year it has dropped to 1 to 3. A metal toy product company in Zhejiang said that the number of workers employed by the company dropped from 1000 before the crisis to 300.

Two, the proportion of temporary workers in eastern parts of the country is increasing. Lin Yipeng, general manager of Minmei five Mine Co., Ltd., Fujian, said that for many labor-intensive enterprises, the employment of casual workers has changed because of the financial crisis. "But now" too short and urgent "orders are too many, the pressure of temporary adjustment of employment is increasing, and the temporary labor market has once again become active.

In addition, influenced by the order changes, some areas also appeared "employment with more and more busy foreman". Cao Jianhui, a Quanzhou Quangang craft company, said that with the active market of temporary workers, the "foreman industry" appeared in the area. "Foreman often takes a group of skilled workers to negotiate with employers everywhere to find job opportunities, which has formed industrial agglomeration." Zhao Jun, deputy general manager of Foshan Tian You Industrial Co., Ltd., said that in the Pearl River Delta region, furniture enterprises mainly obtain labor through the form of labor market and labor contractor. "Under the current order and production situation, the proportion of the latter is higher and higher," said Zhao Jun.

The industry should face up positively.

The relevant people believe that the "short and urgent" order caused employment shock wave, reflecting that China's traditional labor-intensive industries are facing a test of survival.

Liu Zhouqun said that from now on, the temporary employment and mobility of enterprises have not caused fatal impact on SMEs. However, from a global perspective, it is also reflected that these labor-intensive enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, lack the ability to stabilize volatility demand.

"Low - and middle - and low - end enterprises are weak in competitiveness, unable to afford or unwilling to open high wages. For a long time, orders remain in a" short rush "state, which is not necessarily conducive to their development, because the market favors large enterprises that can keep commodity prices stable. He said.

In view of the plight of labor-intensive enterprises, the head of China Light Industry Association held that the relatively low labor cost in China is an objective fact. It is a long-term policy to expand exports and promote economic growth through the development of exports.

To this end, the chamber of Commerce experts suggested that we should actively reduce the burden on enterprises, clean up disguised charges against enterprises and the rules and regulations that are not conducive to the export of enterprises, enhance the ability of enterprises to adjust their exchange rate policies, and actively promote the transformation and upgrading of industries, expand the domestic market, and establish a smooth market mechanism for the circulation of domestic and foreign trade.