As a direct response to suicides and other labour issues, large manufacturers sucvh as Fozconn, one of the world’s largest contract manufacturers of electronic devices, employing nearly half a million workers in Shenzhen have started to open plants in inner provinces where the labour costs are 2/3 of that of coastal cities.
This will be good for the companies, good for workers of the local province who will not have to travel as far, and good for China who would prefer to reduce the immigrant worker population to more manageable levels, add economic stimulus to interior provinces as well as spreading the industries across China and reducing security risks.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/31/content_14513647.htm
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