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4 January, 2016 - 11:40

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Manufacturing policy:

Privately owned production

Mainly state owned but gradually become privatized

Privately owned production

Mainly state owned

Automation:

Early adoption of modernized automation systems

Started adopting machinery from about 1980s and then encouraged full automation

Early adoption of modernized automation systems

Early use of automation systems

Type of industry:

High technology, IT, computers, electrical appliances, military weaponry

From 1949 to 1979 mainly light industry and collective farming; low quality heavy industry such as steel and vehicles, toys, telecommunications, food, aerospace, railway and energy, etc

Steel, vehicles, railway, energy, machinery and tools, electrical appliances

Heavy industry and specialized in military weaponry

Product:

High-tech products such as PCs, mobile phones, and military weaponry

Domestic electronics and electrical appliances, toys, textiles, food and beverage

Heavy industry , such as energy, construction machinery vehicles

Military weaponry

Development:

Decentralization in production highly improved the production rate and quality of products

Energy, transportation, telecommunications, finance, PCs, and food

Decentralization in production highly improved the production rate and quality of products

Slow progress

Trend:

Low end products and light industry are outsourced to countries with low labour cost

Full range from light to heavy industry with high technologies

Low end products and light industry are outsourced to countries with low labour cost

Slow progress