Hon Hai Chairman Predicts Decentralized Production

SCATTERED: Production would be dispersed among a number of countries, which would bring an end to so-called world factories, Hon Hai chairman Young Liu said

Decentralized production would be the new focus in manufacturing, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) chairman Young Liu (劉揚偉) yesterday told an online forum held by the Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC, 產業情報研究所).

“The COVID-19 pandemic exerted a heavy impact on supply chains as well as production … [production] would no longer be concentrated in solely one country, this is the end of what we used to call world factories,” Liu said during a panel discussion hosted by MIC director Victor Tsan (詹文男).

As the US and China continue to dominate and sway international relations, the rest of the world is now more than ever focused on developing their economies, which would help to divide labor, Liu said.

“I think all countries have come to the realization following the coronavirus outbreak that manufacturing remains essential [to economic development],” Liu said.

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