BBC Chinese, Sept 15, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/09/110915_china_manufacture.shtml
(毕马威会计师事务所发表的一份最新报告说,中国目前的最低工资水平已经比南亚和东南亚地区高出四倍,而印度尼西亚和孟加拉国正成为中国劳动力成本上升的最大受益者)
Note:
(a) The report is
Product Sourcing in Asia Pacific: New Locations, Extended Value Chains. KPMG, Sept 6, 2011.
(b) Press release for the report:
Consumer Companies Look Beyond China for Sourcing as China’s Low-cost Advantage Diminishes. KPMG, Sept 15, 2011.
http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Press-releases/Pages/china-beyond-sourcing.aspx
Quote:
"“Sourcing goods in China purely because of ultra-low costs is a thing of the past,” said Nick Debnam, KPMG’s Asia Pacific chair, Consumer Markets and a partner in the China firm.
"Cost alone is not the only factor driving some companies to source elsewhere. An aging population and labor shortages in some regions in China are important factors for securing other sourcing destinations.
"China Keeps an Edge but Southeast Asia to Advance