New Bureau and industry across the Straits: three waves of Taiwanese business to build Guangdong industry cluster

Introduction: Taiwan's economic and trade cooperation has been greatly developed since the Taiwan authorities banned Taiwan compatriots from returning to the mainland to visit their families and relaxed their policies towards the mainland in November 1987 Taiwanese investment in Guangdong can be divided into three stages: the first stage is from 1982 to 1993, from exploratory investment to initial formation of investment boom; the second stage is from 1994 to 1997, Taiwanese investment in Guangdong is in a wandering stage; the third stage is from 1998 to now, Taiwanese investment in Guangdong has entered a accelerating development trend, and every year Guangdong introduces more than 1200 Taiwanese enterprises Growth Relevant people from Guangdong Provincial Department of foreign trade and economic cooperation concluded that Taiwan's investment in Guangdong has shown the following six new trends: (1) investment has changed from exploratory type to rooted type, and the number and scale of investment has gradually expanded Before 1988, most Taiwanese came to Guangdong as Hong Kong businessmen to invest, and most of the projects were based on "three for one compensation" and small-scale investment With the improvement of cross-strait relations and investment environment in Guangdong Province, the identity of Taiwan businessmen has been gradually opened and investment projects have been gradually expanded It has developed more rapidly since 1993 Many enterprises increased investment and expanded production scale The investment period of new Taiwan funded enterprises is generally 20 to 30 years, or even 50 years As of June this year, 148 Taiwan funded enterprises invested more than US $10 million in Guangdong Province (2) the number of capital and technology intensive projects is increasing In the 1990s, Taiwan's capital and technology intensive projects successively entered Guangdong, including petrochemical, steel, plastic, engineering plastics, textile, bioengineering, computer and supporting equipment, machinery manufacturing, etc Among the large projects with a total investment of more than US $10 million, electronics account for about 18.5%, machinery and equipment account for 13%, and metal products account for 13% In recent years, Taiwan's development of electronic information industry in Guangdong Province is particularly rapid Taiwan's major computer manufacturers, such as Acer, Guangda, Dazhong and Shentong, have basically set up factories in Guangdong Province, forming a high-tech industrial belt dominated by IT industry In Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Huizhou and other cities, there are also high-tech parks (zones) in Taiwan The number of high-tech projects is increasing, and the industrial concentration and radiation power of Taiwanese investment enterprises are increasing At the same time, Taiwan invested enterprises in Guangdong Province have begun to attach importance to and strengthen R & D work, such as Foxconn and other companies which have set up R & D centers or research institutions in Shenzhen (3) the investment area is relatively concentrated, and a group of industry groups with different characteristics are formed Taiwan funded enterprises in Guangdong are all over the province, but they are still relatively concentrated in the Pearl River Delta More concentrated are Shenzhen, Dongguan, Guangzhou and Huizhou Taiwan funded enterprises in four cities account for more than 60% of the total number of the province Among them, only Taiwanese enterprises in Dongguan usually form a complete set of upstream, middle and downstream related industries, with obvious industrial clusters, forming a group of distinctive industrial groups or industrial bases At present, the Pearl River Delta has formed a high-tech industrial belt dominated by IT industry, as well as a number of industrial supporting groups such as CNC machine tools, optical instruments, petrochemical, hardware, electrical appliances, shoemaking, machinery manufacturing, three high agriculture, etc For example, there are more than 1300 manufacturing bases of electronic information products in Dongguan, and Zhongshan has formed the world's largest production base of baby buggies and golf balls (4) Taiwan's large enterprises and consortia have successively entered Guangdong, and the investment momentum continues to be positive Among the 100 major enterprises in Taiwan, dozens of large enterprises and consortiums, such as uni president, Shengbao, China Japan group, Chunyuan steel, yongfengyu, Formosa Plastics Group, Hongpei computer and Volkswagen computer, have successively invested in Guangdong Huatong computer Investment Co., Ltd., the world's largest computer manufacturer with a share of 15% in the world market, also invested $300 million to produce computer circuit boards in Huizhou 5 The investment field has been expanding, and the tertiary industry and agricultural development projects have been increasing year by year In recent years, Taiwan merchants have made new breakthroughs in the tertiary industry in Guangdong, such as the transportation of EVA and Lirong by sea, the retail industry of good and many volume traders, and the securities industry of Beijing Sany securities There are many "three high" agricultural projects invested by Taiwan businessmen in Guangdong, such as planting, breeding and processing In Dongguan, Huizhou, Jiangmen, Zhanjiang, Meizhou, Chaozhou and other places, there are also Taiwan funded afforestation, fruit planting, continuous development and breeding projects At present, Taiwan's agricultural projects in Guangdong involve agriculture, forestry planting, animal husbandry, aquaculture, agricultural product processing, storage and packaging, feed production, ocean fishing and sightseeing agriculture (6) there are more and more enterprises aiming at opening up the mainland market Most of the Taiwan funded enterprises invested in Guangdong in the early stage are processing with supplied materials and wholly-owned enterprises, and the products are basically all exported In recent years, the number of Taiwan funded enterprises aiming to expand the mainland market is increasing, and the sales of finished products, semi-finished products and spare parts of Taiwan funded enterprises are gradually turning to the mainland market Reporter Xiao Manping (Suifeng / compiled) (source: jinyang.com)