The Current Situation And Future Of Dongguan Shoe Industry And Taiwan Shoe Industry

After more than 20 years of development, Taiwanese investment in the mainland has sprout up everywhere and has yielded fruitful results. Today, Taiwanese businessmen are faced with many challenges despite their investment and development in the mainland, but they are still full of unlimited business opportunities.

Looking at the development and changes of Taiwanese investment over the past 20 years, Taiwanese investment in mainland China has gradually diversified and investment levels have been continuously improved. In the early years, the traditional industries and labor-intensive industries such as shoemaking, plastic, textile, metal and so on were the main industries. In the 80s of last century, Taiwan businessmen invested mainly in Fujian province which was more closely related to geography and culture. After the 90s of last century, investment in the Pearl River Delta region increased significantly, and Taiwanese footwear industry entered the Dongguan area and gradually became a main force in China's footwear industry.

On the "world shoe industry forum" held recently, the reporter interviewed Mr. Lin Zhao Jie, chairman of Taiwan footwear industry association, and discussed the development status and future trend of Taiwan footwear industry.

What is the status of China's footwear industry in the world?

The demand for shoes worldwide is about 13000000000 pairs per year, while the number of shoes produced in mainland China is about 10 billion. The 10 billion of these products are only 2 billion 100 million pairs sold in the mainland of China. Where is the 13 billion consumption?

The first one in the United States is almost 2 billion 100 million pairs, the European Union has 2 billion 100 million pairs, and the mainland has 2 billion pairs. In addition, India also occupies 2 billion pairs, and the four plates account for 8 billion pairs.

Whether it is production or consumption, the importance of China's footwear industry in the world is unquestionable.

Taiwan footwear industry compared with the mainland shoe industry?

In the late 90s of last century, Taiwan exported shoes from 800 million pairs began to fall, at that time, Taiwan's exports accounted for 90% of the world, and now China's exports 90% is a bit similar, Taiwan from export oriented to import oriented, import also reached 90%.

The footwear industry in Taiwan has a history of 16 years on the mainland.

Is the mainland China from an export oriented to an import oriented country?

This is also possible.

Taiwan came to mainland China 15 or 16 years ago because of the rising labor cost and the rapid appreciation of Taiwan NT at 1:40.

Now the problems facing the mainland are almost the same as those in Taiwan 16 years ago, but the potential of the Chinese market is very large. Now, 2 billion pairs of people have only 1.7 pairs per capita according to the proportion of population. Now the United States has absorbed and absorbed the growth. China has risen from 1.7 to 4 and 5 pairs. I think 3 or 5 years have arrived. It accounts for almost 2 billion of the global consumption of shoes.

Taiwan businessmen's shoe industry moved to Southeast Asia?

With the continued appreciation of the renminbi, it may one day rise to 1:6, which will be cheaper to import from abroad than to make shoes on the mainland.

From this point of view, the Chinese market must be pformed into a middle and high price shoe production base, and cheap shoes must be pferred to the mainland.

Unless Taiwanese businessmen are ready to actively pform into the domestic market, they must lift their quality because the high and middle price can survive in the market.

Although Taiwan businessmen specializes in making foreign trade shoes, the first condition for making shoes is that which country has a large population and good conditions, and can produce cheap shoes. It seems that the whole world is looking at China, which can do well and cheap shoes. But 16 years passed quickly, we must find satisfactory places.

How to lower the cost of Southeast Asia is a good place to attract Taiwanese investment.

How will Taiwanese footwear manufacturers go next?

Dongguan Houjie is no longer the most suitable place to make factories, so Italians are emphasizing their designs. But in China and the surrounding countries, the mainland has already made 80% of the world's shoes. The production environment in mainland China is not a problem, and the technology has already reached the world's first-class standard. Now the market environment is changing, so our shoe industry must keep up with the market changes so that we can continue to go on.

Taiwanese businessmen must consider this angle.

We must consider India and Indonesia as we continue to do foreign trade because Vietnam and Mainland China are moving too fast.

In the countries I have traveled, 1 billion 300 million of India is coming at the present speed of population growth. By that time, they have sufficient conditions to make cheap shoes. Indonesia is also good. Indonesia has a population of 240 million.

Why is Dongguan Houjie the center of shoe industry?

Now that India imports 80% of its shoes from China, Indonesia must also rely on China's shoe making equipment.

The early Chinese footwear industry was developed by Taiwan shoe makers to open factories in the mainland. Therefore, we should be glad that Dongguan Houjie can become the center of the world footwear industry because it is closest to the market demand of the global footwear industry, because China has the potential to consume 6 billion 100 million pairs of shoes. At the present economic development rate, each pair of shoes has risen from 300 yuan to 1 thousand yuan, 2 thousand yuan to 3 thousand yuan.