Bai Ming: Six Problems in the Shift of China's Manufacturing Industry Chain to Southeast Asia

Release time:2022-07-19Author: Bai Ming

Editor's note


Under the superposition of multiple factors such as the game between China and the United States, the epidemic, and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the United States and its allies are seeking to restructure their supply chains, and have obvious intentions to shift from offshore outsourcing to friendly shore outsourcing with the help of the India Pacific strategy. Preventing decoupling and opposing the construction of small courtyards and high walls are important parts in building a new development pattern in China. On June 30, the Yangtze IDEI held a bimonthly forum to discuss the theme of Trends and Influences of Global Industrial Chain Restructuring.


This article is a research sharing on the shift of China's industrial chain to Southeast Asia by researcher Bai Ming of the Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce. His sharing focuses on how to view the rise of made in Vietnam; what is the motive force for Chinese enterprises to shift toward Southeast Asia; two tendencies should be prevented for China's manufacturing industry to move out to Southeast Asia; difficulties encountered by foreign manufacturing in Southeast Asia; how China will strive for advantages in the competition with Southeast Asia in the future; whether China's industry will turn to the central and western regions or Northeast China or Southeast Asia. The following is the full text of his speech: