In the past 2014, before the turning point of the transformation and upgrading, Dongguan's economy experienced an extraordinary year. On the one hand, the transformation and upgrading of labor pains continued, manufacturing enterprises faced difficulties; on the other hand, the development of cross-border electricity providers opened the first year, the exhibition economy flourished, the business structure matured, and the pockets of residents became more and more popular.

This year, faced with many difficulties, such as reduced orders, high labor costs and lack of jobs, Dongguan's manufacturing industry is developing in transition: developing cross-border electricity providers, promoting "machine substitution", and introducing a policy of talent entry into households.

This year is the first year of the cross-border electricity supplier in Dongguan. The electricity giants are scrambling for the opportunity. O2O and mobile e-commerce are breaking out. Cross-border electricity providers are advancing vigorously. The electricity supplier economy has become an indispensable new impetus for Dongguan's development.

Gabon, diffuse Expo, Taiwan Expo, Shanghai Expo. This year, Dongguan has held four major exhibitions and a series of influential exhibitions, bringing a steady stream of Commerce, logistics, people flow, capital flow and information flow. And every large-scale exhibition is successfully held, and it is also the best city image publicity film.

This year, a big mall tide swept over, and all kinds of commercial complexes began to rise. No matter the real estate leader or local enterprises, they all settled down in Dongguan to seize the market.

This year, the people's pocketbook has been improved. The "double 11" has just passed, and the amount of Dongguan online shopping has been ranked third in the whole province. In the first three quarters, the consumption and investment mode of deposit balance also had more choices.

In order to restore and record this extraordinary year, and look forward to the coming 2015, today, the newspaper will launch the 2014 year-end economic inventory report series to provide readers.

"Ah!" Mr. Ma sighed deeply. Now, he is worrying about how to give wages to the workers. Mr. Ma has a factory producing Christmas flowers in Dongguan, with more than 100 workers. In December of last year, a steady stream of orders from Europe and the United States sent Mr. Ma soft, but this year, orders for Mr Ma's factory dropped sharply, almost half. "Mainly because of the depressed market in Europe and America." Mr. Ma said.

Reporters learned that this year Dongguan Traditional industries such as luggage and electronics, which are mainly exported, have encountered problems of reduced orders and declining profits.

Kang Liangchun, a Hunan native, has been working in the shoe industry for nearly 20 years. At present, she has opened a small shoe factory in Houjie Town and opened a shoe store in Laos. "Profits are falling too fast." Kang Liangchun said, the former pair. shoes Maybe it can earn a few dollars, now only one or two yuan, sometimes even only a few cents. "But in order to manage it, we must do a lot of money, otherwise we will have to close the door."

Kang Liangchun thinks another problem of development is Labor cost In the continuous improvement, "an ordinary employee, Bao Bao, 3500 yuan per month." Kang Liangchun said that this wage is still low wage in the industry. If we fail to meet this standard, we can hardly recruit people unless it is 50 or 60 years old.

Mr. Ma also told reporters that the monthly wages of factory assembly line workers last year were generally around 2000 yuan, and this year generally rose to around 2500 yuan, an increase of about 25%.

Although factory wages have improved a lot, many factory owners have shouted "recruitment difficulties", especially skilled workers. Reporter survey found that the new generation of migrant workers prefer catering, retail and other relatively relaxed and free work, and jobs such as factory workers, even if attractive salary, they are also difficult to move.