6The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday, April 22, 1987
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Money wise
Opportunities for U.S. businesses
on the rise in China, speaker says
By BECKY RIDDICK
Staff Writer
Recent changes in China's eco
nomic situation make it an attractive
business partner for major American
corporations, said James E. Shapiro,
president of Xerox Corporation's
China Business Development and
South Pacific Operations, in a
speech to about 50 people in Carroll
Hall Tuesday.
Shapiro said that under the urban
economic reforms of 1984, the
Chinese government now taxes
factories rather than seizing their
profits. Bonuses are given to
employees of the factory with the
highest production, creating a com
petitive market.
"It is a product-oriented society,
not a profit-oriented society," he
said. The competition arises from
who can produce the most products,
not who can produce at the lowest
cost, he said.
"The factory in China is a business
and a social enterprise," Shapiro
said, explaining that workers are
assigned lifetime employment at a
factory, which is responsible for
providing them with housing, food
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Foreign corporations enter into
joint ventures with the Chinese by
selling parts for American products
to China to be assembled there. The
finished products are then marketed
domestically or exported from
China, he said.
According to Shapiro, the Chinese
do not participate in the production
of the parts because it would take
Chinese factories five years to
produce an optimum 75 percent of
the parts. "By this time the product
would be obsolete," he added.
Chinese production cost is mea
sured in terms of raw materials, labor
and overhead, which complicates
business transactions with U.S.
companies that measure production
cost in terms of cost per unit, Shapiro
said.
Although China is a major market
opportunity, companies planning to
enter into joint ventures should
consider it a long-term investment,
Shapiro said. In terms of product
development, it takes at least four
years for most companies to begin
to make a profit.
"From an investor's viewpoint,
youVe got to look at it as a long
term investment where you're going
to invest for a number of years,
eventually going to break even on
a cash basis, and then eventually
(going to) make a profit," Shapiro
said. "If you're looking to sell
something for next year's market,
forget it."
China is a competitive, product
oriented environment anxious to
move ahead, he said. Dealing with
China, however, requires a stable
financial commitment from the
corporation involved.
Chinese manufacturing has one of
the lowest production costs in the
world, Shapiro said. Mexico, Brazil
and China have the three largest
markets for manufacturing in the
world today, but China's social
structure is the most agreeable with
foreign corporations.
For the corporation interested in
very long-term business dealings
with China, it would be best to design
products with Chinese assembly
capability in mind, he said.
The Chinese usually are more
interested in doing business with
larger corporations that have the
technology and finances to back
their deals, Shapiro said.
Shapiro became manager of Xer
ox's New York operations in 1971
and corporate vice president in 198 1 .
His current responsibilities include
marketing Xerox products in China
and managing operations in Austra
lia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malay
sia and Hong Kong.
Shapiro's speech was sponsored
by the Master of Business Admin
istration Student Association.
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