Foxconn deep in Henan?

According to the report, Foxconn could produce touch panels for the iphone, with a profit of $45 to $52.5 for each handset, while the sapphire panels that are said to be used for IPhone7 will be priced higher. Since 2011, has been settled in Henan, Foxconn has been the iphone assembly generation, 2013 production of mobile phone 96.45 million, exported finished mobile phone 84.46 million, to achieve the value of 27.126 billion U.S. dollars imports and exports.

Foxconn's deep in Henan, is the news true?

Project landing a few no suspense

November 12, Zhengzhou municipal government officials told the "China Economic Weekly", "(relevant) recently signed an agreement, decided to jointly invest in the construction (Foxconn new Plant), the location of the Zhengzhou Airport Comprehensive economic test area north, near the Zhengzhou economic development Zone, covering about 2000 acres. According to its introduction, the new factory in 2014 to produce mobile phone panels, and IPhone6 production City Airport assembly plant for neighboring.

"The specific investment will increase or decrease according to customer demand." "November 13, in the face of the" China Economic Weekly "further confirmation, Foxconn Henan Region, a senior executive is not willing to disclose too much," currently only preparatory construction, not so fast. " Although Fuji Kang this urgency, but the completion of production to be integrated infrastructure facilities, the government's co-ordination and supporting policy conditions to consider. ”

In the interview, some people in the industry to the "foundry" known Foxconn, whether the breakthrough technical difficulties also expressed doubts: "Apple is a very demanding customer, the screen requirements, has exceeded the naked eye can perceive degree, even to enlarge to the microscope." ”

"Mainly independent research and development, technical problems are not big." The Foxconn Henan Regional executive said the research and Development Center has now decided to take the comprehensive economic test area of Zhengzhou airport, but is unwilling to disclose more details.

"Many people know that Foxconn is a foundry, but few know that it has been developing new technologies and has a huge patent portfolio," said Wen Yu, general manager of China Financial Management (Beijing) Limited, who has long been concerned with science and technology. By April 2014, Foxconn had sold a number of its communications technology patents to Google.

As early as August 26, 2013, Google purchased a patent for wearable technology equipment from Foxconn in an effort to strengthen its leadership in the market, according to the data. By April 2014, Foxconn had applied for 128,400 patents, with more than 64,300 patents worldwide.

Source: Zhengzhou Customs Editorial drawing: "China Economic Weekly" Mining center

Mobile phone has become the largest single export commodity in Henan

Henan provincial Government Research and Development Center Director Wang YONGSU in the "China Economic weekly" interview, said: "If Fuji Cannon in Henan Long-term development, and like Huawei Mobile phone to form their own product brand, for Henan's entire industrial structure upgrade, adjustment, will have great significance." ”

Wang Yongsu said that although Foxconn for Apple mobile phone foundry enterprises, but belong to High-tech products, raw materials need to import, finished products need to export, important is sold to the United States, Europe and other parts of the world, for the Zhengzhou airport, its significance is self-evident.

"China Economic Weekly" learned from the Zhengzhou customs, since the Foxconn Apple mobile phone project in Henan, mobile phone has become the most export of individual goods, has changed the province's foreign trade export commodity structure.

Zhengzhou Customs data show that 2013, Foxconn exported mobile phones 19.69 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 26.4%, accounting for 54.7% of Henan province's exports. Over the same period, Foxconn group under the jurisdiction of the company's import and export of 35.49 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 20.7%, accounting for the provincial import and export of 59.2%, of which imports 15.42 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for the province's imports of 64.4% U.S. dollars, accounting for 20.07 billion of the province's exports. The contribution rate of Foxconn's import and export trade to foreign trade in this province is 74.2%. 2013, the province's foreign trade and import and export growth of 15.8%, of which 11.8% by the Foxconn pull.

In addition, the social benefits of Foxconn can not be underestimated.

"According to estimates, Foxconn in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta led by 1:6 of the employment ratio." "Wang Yongsu analysis," because of the relative backwardness of industrial matching in Henan, the most conservative estimate of 1:3. In addition to Foxconn-led clothing, food, housing, line and other life support and cardboard boxes, parts production and construction and other industries employment, which means that Foxconn in Henan every recruit 1 workers, indirectly led to the employment of 3 people. ”

"China Economic Weekly" survey found that Foxconn currently has 3 factories in Zhengzhou, the integrated free trade zone has 320,000 workers, export processing zone 30,000 people, Jiyuan 35,000 people. Combined with Hebi, Zhongmu, Zhumadian, Kaifeng and other cities and counties, a rough calculation, Foxconn in Henan about 400,000 employees, if the proportion of 1:3 matching, Foxconn in Henan led direct and indirect employment in 1.6 million people.

"Quantitative change achieves certain index is qualitative change." "Executive deputy director of the MBA center of Zhengzhou University, Professor Liu Wei, a renowned scholar, analyzes the" Foxconn effect "from the perspective of" policy dividend ", saying that Zhengzhou Airport has been awarded the first National Airport economic comprehensive test area, as well as the comprehensive Free trade zone and export Processing Zone project bid, and the existence of Foxconn has a great relationship, There is also a bid for the E-trade pilot.

Data from the Zhengzhou Airport Economic Development Bureau show that, from 1 to August this year, the air port area produced 49.71 million mobile phones. Skyworth, ZTE, Tianyu and other 16 mobile phone machine manufacturers have entered. 2014, the total number of mobile phones in the region is expected to exceed 150 million. At present, the area has formed a freight logistics, manufacturing, service as one of the large-scale comprehensive economic pilot zone.

Foxconn to build a full industrial chain of intelligent terminals in Zhengzhou

Why does Fushu favor this land in Henan province?

"Hundreds of millions of people in the market, a rich and low-cost workforce, a wide range of transport hubs, high degree of co-ordination of local government, very preferential economic policies, should be Foxconn settled in Zhengzhou, the important reason." "But the survival and development of Foxconn is not without pressure," said Wen Yu, general manager of the China Financial Management (Beijing) Limited. ”

Wen Yu pointed out that at present, South Korea to the overwhelming advantage of leading the world's High-tech research and development, followed by Japan and China's Taiwan. Japan Sharp, for example, is the world's most liquid crystal display technology. Foxconn wants to break the barriers, overtaking predecessors, the current stage must be "joint Japan against South Korea." According to Wen Yu, Foxconn has introduced some high-end talent from South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, in addition to the annual salary "staggering", but also issued a "proportional allotment" and other favorable conditions.

At present, Foxconn is mainly composed of two major plates in the organization and assembly. In the future, Foxconn will build a whole industrial chain of intelligent terminals in Zhengzhou. Kim Ding (Beijing) Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd. CE0 Cheng in an interview with China Economic Weekly, the analysis, Foxconn will be involved in the future is not just Apple products, all intelligent terminals will be involved. "The next step is to make the most critical 0 components--panels." In the whole intelligent terminal, both technology and value occupy an important position. "Then come down will introduce a very key IC integrated circuit network," simply said, the panel is eyeball, integrated circuit network is the brain, coupled with mobile phone intelligent terminal research and development, this is the whole industry chain. ”

In the interview, Foxconn senior executives also Tan Chen, Foxconn in Henan has been seeking a positive transformation, that is, to increase the independent research and development, to the transformation of innovative enterprises. has developed a set of television, computers, games, monitoring and other high-end display, smart kitchen, intelligent monitoring, intelligent game system and other High-tech fields have also contributed to the achievements.

"Rome is not a day----the implementation of the entire industry chain of Foxconn distance intelligent terminals, there is still a long distance." Shangyuan, a visiting professor at Zhengzhou University and an independent director of Silver Pigeon Investment Co., said in an interview with China Economic Weekly that the difficulty of landing a "big project" should be viewed rationally-for example, the 35 billion-yuan fundraising by Foxconn is a difficult problem to be solved at the moment.

"Henan as a ' China granary ', in the maintenance of national food security has made a special contribution, but also sacrificed a lot of economic development opportunities." From this point of view, Henan now needs more Foxconn. Wang Yongsu admits.