Xu Sheng's statement is too alarmist, the current industrial output value of the whole Xiangjiang is not lower than the global average, but last year's growth rate was as high as 12%, this data is second to none in the world. MacLehose shook his head and said.

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "In terms of data, this is indeed true, but this is only the general data, if you carefully analyze it, you will find that over the years, Xiangjiang's electronics industry has developed extremely rapidly, and the scale of exports has almost doubled."

At present, Heung Kong's industrial products are mainly exported, and the five main pillar industries are electronics, garment, textiles, toys and plastics.

In addition to the electronics industry, the other four are actually in a state of declining exports, just because the decline is not comparable to the increase in the electronics industry, so if you only look at the total data, the total industrial output value is still in a rising state, but in fact, many small factories have been defeated by the housing prices in Xiangjiang and moved to the mainland and some countries in Southeast Asia. ”

MacLehose said: "Xu Sheng, although I am not a businessman, nor am I an expert in economics, but industrial transfer seems to be a normal phenomenon, once in the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, including Japan 20 years ago, this phenomenon has occurred, economic development to a certain extent, low output value industries will be transferred to developing countries."

Garment and textile industries are already sunset industries in developed countries, and Xiangjiang was able to take over these industries in the past, but now after economic development, the departure of these labor-intensive industries should be considered normal!

Midea Electronics has also provided a large number of jobs for the people of Xiangjiang over the years, and the electronics industry is also a key area for the development of developed countries in the West.

"There is nothing wrong with industrial upgrading, but I don't think that the current situation of Hong Kong can successfully take this step. Xu Zhi said: "If it fails, a large number of factories in other industries move away, but the electronics industry does not develop successfully, then the hundreds of thousands of workers currently working in the factories will be unemployed, and the whole of Xiangjiang may be able to develop other industries, such as real estate and finance, to make up for the losses in this area, but for these hundreds of thousands of workers' families, they will fall into the brink of poverty." ”

"Xu Sheng, your Midea Electronics Company is one of the largest electronics companies in the world, how can you conclude that Xiangjiang cannot develop the electronics industry?" asked MacLehose curiously.

Xu Zhi said: "Midea's headquarters is in Xiangjiang, but it does not mean that Xiangjiang can develop the electronics industry.

The electronics industry consists of two branches, the first is the simplest assembly plant, including a variety of televisions, monitors, personal computers, game consoles, radios, etc., although this industry belongs to the electronics industry, but it is not a high-tech industry, and textile and clothing, are human resource intensive industries, the factory location of the labor cost is extremely sensitive.

At present, the entire electronics industry in Xiangjiang is actually based on this extensive assembly type, including a large number of downstream companies serving Midea, and also undertaking Midea's production orders.

However, according to our company's supplier management data, in order to reduce costs, many foundries have moved their factories to the mainland or other Southeast Asian countries, where labor costs are extremely low, and Xiangjiang's competitiveness in this area has become weaker and weaker.

It's just that because of the explosive growth of Midea Electronics' overseas orders, the foundry in Xiangjiang can still get a large number of orders, but the international market is also limited, as long as it stabilizes, then our company will inevitably focus on managing the cost of suppliers, and at that time, according to the laws of the market, Xiangjiang will naturally not be the best electronic production base, which will not be the decision of Midea, but the choice of all suppliers. ”

Xu Sheng has a point, but the rapid rise in per capita income is a natural choice of the market, and the government cannot forcibly intervene in the market. MacLehose shook his head and said.

"Of course. Xu Zhi smiled and said that the fundamental reason for the rise in per capita income is the substantial increase in housing prices, which reversely stimulates the increase in per capita income, but the increase is not as good as the former, but it is a fatal blow to the industrial system.

Xu Zhi continued: "Some industrial upgrades in developed countries are dominated by the electronics industry, but they will not be the lowest assembly and foundry industries, but cutting-edge semiconductor manufacturing, electronic terminal product development, information transmission technology, etc.

Midea is also interested in entering these industries, and at the same time, it is also very willing to place the R&D department and even these production plants in Xiangjiang, but there is a big problem that we can't solve. ”

"What's the problem?" asked MacLehose curiously.

"Talent!" Xu Zhi said: "The research and development of these core technologies requires a large number of talents, and the production of these products also requires corresponding senior engineers. ”

"What does Xu Sheng mean?" MacLehose nodded and asked, he naturally knew that Xu Zhi had said so much to him, just for the foreshadowing of one thing.

"I hope to set up a new department in the Hong Kong Polytechnic to specialize in the high-tech research of the electronics industry. Xu Zhi put forward his own suggestion.

Heung Kong Institute of Technology, the first as a senior industrial college established in 1937, after decades of development, and in 1972 changed to Heung Kong Institute of Technology.

Constrained by the needs of Hong Kong's own economic development, the main faculties of the Institute of Science and Engineering are mainly in business and commerce, architecture and design.

"Add another department!" MacLehose didn't answer directly, but pondered.

Xu Zhi continued: "Since Xiangjiang wants to implement industrial upgrading, then education must keep up with the pace, Midea company was founded in Xiangjiang, so it will take root here, but local universities and colleges do not have large electronic departments, which has caused great trouble to our company, in order to develop, we have to place a large number of research institutions in Europe and the United States." ”

In the early days of the development of Midea Electronics, Xu Zhi relied on the gold finger to cheat, and had a good start in the game field, but with the development of these years, it is no longer enough to rely on the gold finger alone.

Let's talk about a game, Xu Zhi can provide creativity, but to run perfectly on an arcade or home console, it requires the cooperation of a team, and in a few years, the improvement of the hardware level and the increasing taste of customers will only force the game to carry out a lot of visual processing, which requires a large number of electronic professionals.

Not to mention that in other fields, many of Xu Zhi's founders are blinded, and the bigger the company develops, the smaller the personal power will be, similar to IBM, HP, Motorola, Texas Instruments and other giant companies, none of which are supported by a few technologies or ideas.

Just like the later Apple company, although the original idea of the iPhone came from Steve Jobs, the foundation of the iOS system is the accumulation of technology of tens of thousands of engineers in Apple for decades.

Therefore, it is very important that Hong Kong can provide a steady stream of technical personnel.