Can the Textile Industry in Zhejiang Learn from Taiwan’s Post-1985 Experience

University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

Author: Jieru Liu; [2009]

Keywords: Taiwan; Textile industry; appreciation; labor cost; impact; Zhejiang; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia; History and Archaeology;

Abstract: In 2005-2008, the textile industry in Zhejiang has encountered the similar economic situation of currency appreciation and rising labor cost with the post-1985 Taiwanese textile industry. The output, exports and employment of them in each region has been impacted. This paper finds the similar type of SMEs in both textile industries. The textile enterprises in Zhejiang can learn the experience of more high-tech production or to relocate overseas like their Taiwanese equivalents.

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