The first thousand two hundred and eighth chapter transformation pains
While several parties were holding a press conference, Li Guangyu was visiting the Governor's Mansion and discussing with Wilson Wei.
With the continuous development of Xiangjiang's economy, Xiangjiang's labor costs are also rising, which has also led to the continuous migration of Xiangjiang's labor-intensive industries to the inland, especially to Guangdong Province.
This has also put great pressure on the employment situation in Xiangjiang. Although Li Guangyu has established many industries in Xiangjiang, it is now mainly used as a location for R&D and trial production, and the main production base is still in the mainland.
As the mainland's reform and opening up continues to deepen, the situation has become increasingly clear. Entrepreneurs who were previously hesitant are now investing and building factories in the mainland to reduce their cost pressure and improve the competitiveness of their products.
Now Xiangjiang needs to face a period of transformation. There are not many R&D-oriented industries, and the cultural level and skill level of many citizens cannot keep up with the rapid transformation of Xiangjiang's industries. Many intensive low-tech industries are gradually moving inland.
transfer, which has resulted in many citizens being unemployed.
Wei Yixin is now facing such a situation. The clock has started to turn in 1988. He hopes to find some solutions this year to reduce the unemployment rate and promote the sustained and rapid development of Hong Kong.
Wei Yixin has been in Hong Kong for many years, especially during the MacLehose era. He has witnessed the glory of the Hong Kong property market and watched the rise of Demand Real Estate Group. He is personally very worried about this. What he is most worried about is that the economy of Hong Kong is being destroyed.
Real estate kidnapping is very detrimental to the economic development of Hong Kong.
Fortunately, there is a monster like Li Guangyu in Xiangjiang. Under the control of him and his allies, the property market in Xiangjiang has been relatively stable in recent years since the collapse in 1982. The supply of the property market is very sufficient, and the price increase is within a reasonable range.
Not only did it not have a negative impact on Xiangjiang's economy, it actually promoted the development of Xiangjiang's economy.
Although housing prices are relatively stable, labor costs in Xiangjiang have been rising over the years. At the same time, the low-cost labor force in the mainland has also attracted Xiangjiang companies. This has caused Xiangjiang industry to face transformation and upgrading, and has also put forward higher requirements for Xiangjiang citizens.
When Wei Yixin asked about the future development direction of Xiangjiang, Li Guangyu said: "Xiangjiang's geographical location and economic development trend mean that there is not much room for the development of labor-intensive industries. The high labor costs are not conducive to the development of labor-intensive industries."
In the global competition of corporate products, the transfer of global manufacturing to the mainland is a major trend, and our company in Xiangjiang is a pioneer in this regard.
In my personal opinion, the focus of Xiangjiang is still on the development of the financial industry, trade industry, tourism, Internet industry, technology research and development bases, and the Asian headquarters bases of multinational companies. These aspects are more in line with the future of Xiangjiang."
Li Guangyu has never thought about building Xiangjiang into an industrial city, which is very unrealistic for Xiangjiang. He will not choose to develop against the current trend, which will only be in vain and delay the rapid development of Xiangjiang.
As for the current problem of many citizens being unemployed because many low-value-added industries have moved to the mainland, the government needs to guide them in this regard and support them in skills training, entrepreneurship training, and policy support to allow them to change careers.
Especially in the past year, the construction of Tian Shui Wai has been able to absorb the work of a large number of people. The two largest groups in Xiangjiang in the future are the financial sector and the service industry. The largest number of people will be engaged in these two industries.
Li Guangyu is also moving many production companies in the Tin Shui Wai Industrial Park to the mainland. When the printing company was moved to the mainland, thousands of employees had to change careers.
At the time, all Li Guangyu's arrangements were rejected by Le Yiling, because there would be countless companies moving to the mainland later, with tens of thousands of employees, and Li's consortium's enterprises in Hong Kong could not afford it.
In order to solve this problem, the senior management of Li's Consortium spent nearly a month conducting research and communicating with the company's employees. Finally, they came up with a more suitable plan to allow the Li's Consortium's industries to move to the mainland over the years.
After that, there were no major collective incidents among its employees.
Li Guangyu's original guidance plan was to support them in finding their own way out. If they want to start a business, Tianyu Bank will provide them with financial support and low-interest loans based on the actual situation, and if their industry is connected with the industry of Li's consortium,
, Lee's consortium has priority in purchasing.
If you are willing to work for other companies, you can go for the interview, and the group under the Li Group will give priority to admission.
For those who are willing to engage in the service industry, need store space, but have some financial difficulties, they will give priority to leasing stores of Wheelock Group and Starlight Real Estate Group, and they do not need to pay rent in advance. This aspect can be deferred for up to one year.
In addition, the Li Group also provides skills training and trains these personnel for free so that their abilities can keep up with the speed of Xiangjiang's development.
Now there are more small food production companies in Pengcheng Food and Beverage Industrial Park. Most of these are run by former employees of the Li Group. Their products are mainly sold to the three major retail groups: Hengyu, 7-11, and Xuelan.
, and they are still actively developing their own sales channels.
In Wheelock Plaza, Star City and other places, many store owners are also employees of the Li Group. They run small businesses such as clothing, beauty salons, snacks, restaurants, hardware, and lighting. There is no problem in supporting their own family.
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In recent years, many of the bus drivers of the Kowloon Bus Company are employees who previously worked in Lee's factories. After passing driving training, they transferred to this field of work.
Relying on his own strong strength, Li Guangyu has no problem solving the work of his own employees. However, after other entrepreneurs transfer industries, they do not have such strength to prepare a way out for the company's employees. The government still needs to do this.
Now Wei Yixin needs to find ways to solve these problems, especially after the global stock market crash in October last year, which strengthened the determination of many companies to move to the mainland. Only by reducing their production costs can their products win orders from the European and American markets.
Wei Yixin said: "I personally support Mr. Li's view that Hong Kong will definitely be a financial capital in the future. Our government will continue to increase support for Hong Kong's financial industry. At the same time, it will strengthen support for Hong Kong's high-tech industries and build Hong Kong into a financial capital."
It is the high ground for Asia headquarters.
It’s just that these are long-term plans and cannot be completed in a year or two, and there are still tens of thousands of employees who have just left the factory in Xiangjiang who need to find jobs, which may affect the production and life of tens of thousands of families.”
Don't think that these tens of thousands of employees are small. You must know that the total population of Xiangjiang is only over five million. These tens of thousands have just left the factory. Now it is quite difficult to add tens of thousands of jobs all of a sudden. After all, Xiangjiang originally had
There are some people who are looking for jobs, and this superposition is even more severe.
In addition, various industries in Hong Kong have relatively sufficient employees, so it is impossible to suddenly create so many positions.
Moreover, some companies that have high technical requirements and strong professional skills are simply unable to adapt. Therefore, it is very difficult to solve this problem. It is impossible to provide so many jobs just by relying on the Hong Kong government or one or two companies.