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Published On: Mar 16, 2007 11:12 AM
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Published On: Mar 16, 2007 11:12 AM
In A Land Full of People, Not Enough People
Snow Desk in the
Hutong
One thing we're hearing more and more of
in the Hutong is how China is still not turning out enough people with the right
kinds of skills to support high-tech industries. Most recent example of this was
in today's Wall Street Journal, in
a big page one article about how Baguio, in northern Luzon in the
Philippines, is somehow a better place to assemble and test semiconductors than
China.
Of course, Intel would probably beg to differ, given that they are well along the way in building their second assemble and test facility in China.
I'd have to agree that the toughest damned thing to find in China today is good local managerial talent. Oh, sure, you can find folks from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and a host of returnees. But for a whole lot of reasons these guys aren't the best solution to the management problem.
This issue also plagues China on the outsourcing and offshoring front. The country is finding it increasingly difficult to compete with other Asian nations when the need is for quality - not quantity - human resources. And if China is going to capitalize on its huge population, the nation needs to be able to field a growing skilled workforce, rather than try to keep winning investment and business on the basis of cheap labor.
Of course, Intel would probably beg to differ, given that they are well along the way in building their second assemble and test facility in China.
I'd have to agree that the toughest damned thing to find in China today is good local managerial talent. Oh, sure, you can find folks from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and a host of returnees. But for a whole lot of reasons these guys aren't the best solution to the management problem.
This issue also plagues China on the outsourcing and offshoring front. The country is finding it increasingly difficult to compete with other Asian nations when the need is for quality - not quantity - human resources. And if China is going to capitalize on its huge population, the nation needs to be able to field a growing skilled workforce, rather than try to keep winning investment and business on the basis of cheap labor.
Posted: Tue - February 15, 2005 at 11:50 PM