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Viewing cable 07GUANGZHOU1231, Pearl River Delta Flotsam and Jetsam, November 19, 2007

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07GUANGZHOU1231 2007-11-20 08:33 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Guangzhou
VZCZCXRO0834
RR RUEHCN RUEHGH RUEHVC
DE RUEHGZ #1231/01 3240833
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 200833Z NOV 07
FM AMCONSUL GUANGZHOU
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6682
INFO RUEHOO/CHINA POSTS COLLECTIVE
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RUEKJCS/DIA WASHDC
RHHMUNA/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 GUANGZHOU 001231 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SENV ELAB ECON ETRD KHIV CH
SUBJECT: Pearl River Delta Flotsam and Jetsam, November 19, 2007 
 
1. (U) SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of periodic cables 
that will feature snapshots of the Guangzhou consular district. 
Highlights of this installment include: advanced television 
flat-panel manufacturing; a HIV/AIDS treatment facility; enforcement 
of air pollution laws; and PRD labor trends. 
 
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TCL to Build Advanced Flat-Panel Factory 
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2. (SBU) TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Ltd. will soon build 
China's most advanced TFT-LCD panel manufacturing facility in 
Guangdong, according to TCL Vice President Morgan Chen.  There are 
already 6th generation fabs (fabricating facilities) in China 
(producing 1500mm x 1850mm glass substrates), but TCL plans to build 
a 7.5 generation one (1950mm x 2250mm) or 8th generation (2160mm x 
2460mm) facility.  Chen indicated that the firm would be seeking 
assistance from foreign partners and possibly from the Chinese 
government in financing the capital-intensive project.  He estimated 
the new facility would take approximately 18 months to build. 
Flat-panel sets currently account for 30 percent of the firm's 
television sales, but it has no panel manufacturing facilities of 
its own.  TCL purchases all of its panels from overseas suppliers, 
mainly in Taiwan and Korea, and assembles them into televisions sets 
in its factories in China.  TCL is one of the world's largest 
television manufacturers, claiming 9.2 percent of the global market. 
 
 
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New HIV/AIDS Center - Largest District CDC Facility 
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3. (U) Downtown Guangzhou's Yuexiu District opened a new CDC 
HIV/AIDS services facility, the largest district-level CDC facility 
in China.  The center, which began operations October 16, will 
provide HIV/AIDS consultation services, free HIV testing, and a 
methadone treatment center.  AIDS Care China, a leading HIV/AIDS NGO 
in Guangzhou, provided training for the center's staff.  Guangdong 
province ranks fifth in China for HIV/AIDS cases, with an estimated 
total of 17,505 carriers in 2006.  Some experts believe these 
figures dramatically understate the total number of cases, which 
could be as high 40,000. 
 
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Foshan and Shenzhen Try to Clear the Air 
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4. (U) South China's Regional Air Quality Management Network, a 
cooperative entity formed by Guangdong and Hong Kong environmental 
agencies, ranked Foshan as the "dirtiest" city for air quality in 
the Pearl River Delta.  Much of Foshan's air pollution has been 
blamed on the ceramics industry, which is heavily concentrated 
there.  In an effort to clean up its act, Foshan's Environmental 
Protection Bureau complied a list of ceramics factories for closure 
or relocation to special zones where factories can be grouped 
together and more closely supervised.   Facing the threat of 
restrictions imposed by the central government, the Foshan municipal 
government has set a goal of reducing sulfur dioxide emissions by 43 
percent by 2010. 
 
5. (U) Shenzhen has also taken some innovative steps to improve air 
quality.  The Shenzhen Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) 
recently submitted to local banks a list of 114 companies that have 
violated air pollution regulations.  Banks have been instructed to 
stop distributing loans to the violators.  Media reports indicate 
that the move will result in the suspension of RMB 110 million 
(nearly US$15 million) in loans. 
 
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Foxconn Will Move Production Out of PRD 
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6. (SBU) Foxconn, China's largest exporter, will reduce staffing at 
its massive Shenzhen campus; operations there will be focused on 
research and development, design, product testing, marketing, and 
other non-production processes.  A Foxconn human resources executive 
told econoff that the firm would reduce employment at the site from 
its current level of approximately 270,000 employees down to about 
200,000 (a year ago at this time, Foxconn was planning to build the 
workforce level up to 300,000).  He said rising wages in the 
Shenzhen were an important factor in the decision to move out 
production processes but not the only one.  Production will move to 
various other sites in China depending on advantages offered by 
different locations.  For example, production for the Japanese and 
Korean markets will be moved to facilities in Shandong Province, 
 
GUANGZHOU 00001231  002 OF 002 
 
 
closer to those markets.  Manufacturing of products that require 
large amounts magnesium or iron will move closer to production 
centers of those inputs in Shanxi and Wuhan, respectively.  Foxconn, 
which is a subsidiary of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industries, 
makes electronic components and a wide variety of consumer 
electronic goods (as OEM) under contract for other companies, 
including Apple, Microsoft, Motorola, Nintendo, Nokia and Sony. 
 
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Revolving Door at Shenzhen Factories 
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7. (U) Shenzhen firms have much higher turnover rates than companies 
in other "first-tier" Chinese cities, according to the latest survey 
by Hewitt Associates LLC, a human resources consulting firm.  The 
survey of Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen showed that 
voluntary labor turnover rates in Shenzhen were 17.4 percent for 
non-manufacturing firms and 31.3 percent for manufacturing firms. 
Guangzhou had the second highest rates in the survey at 15.5 percent 
for non-manufacturing firms and 14.8 percent for manufacturing.  One 
of the Hewitt Associates who presented the survey results at an 
American Chamber of Commerce of South China briefing told econoff 
that a 2006 survey had indicated that turnover exceeded 50 percent 
for unskilled workers in Shenzhen manufacturing firms.  The Hewitt 
Associate explained that turnover rates in Shenzhen were 
particularly high because high-tech industries, which are 
concentrated in the area, experience higher turnover rates overall. 
 
GOLDBERG