Poor packaging in China

I remember when I first arrived in Maple Leaf Country Canada two years ago, I often saw articles in the local media about the “Made in Canada” issue. The content of the article was basically a criticism of the Canadian authorities’ ignorance of their own manufacturing industries. Made in Canada is becoming less and less. For an industrialized country, its own products are few in the shops, and it is indeed a very difficult thing for the people to accept emotionally. However, with the unstoppable economic globalization, Canadians probably have to calmly face this reality. "Made in Canada" skates In the winter of 2002, journalists who loved skating wanted to buy a pair of "Made in Canada" skates. Because Canada's ice and snow sports are very popular, the quality of winter sports equipment must be better than Chinese or American goods. However, the reporter ran many sporting goods stores in Ottawa and did not find "Made in Canada", not "Made in China" or "Made in the United States".

The work pays off, and finally one day, the reporter found a pair of “Made in Canada” skates in a relatively remote sports shop. However, after returning home and looking closely, it was found that this pair of skates was not entirely made of "Canada". The upper was made in China. Of course, the skates were made in Canada. From this pair of skates, the astuteness of businessmen can be seen. They have fully utilized China's cheap labor force. It is clear that the creation of shoes and ice-building tools is definitely more time consuming and time consuming.

In Canadian stores, there are too many "Made in China" goods. As long as you walk into some of Canada's larger chain stores, you can see "Made in China" goods. Recently, the reporter specially interviewed Wal-Mart and FUTURE SHOP, the two largest Canadian chain stores. In “Wal-Mart” stores, “Made in China” accounts for a large part of clothing, shoes and hats, small crafts, toys, bedding, and sporting goods. In "FUTURE SHOP," which specializes in electrical goods, "Made in China" cameras, mobile phones, DVD players, video recorders, music players, telephones, text messaging, microwave ovens and other goods also occupy a certain percentage.

Chinese goods are very promising

The reporter asked a duty manager if the “Made in China” products were welcomed by customers. The manager told me that usually Canadian customers only look at the trademark of the product, but seldom look at what country made it. In fact, many U.S. and Japanese brands are also manufactured in China or manufactured in Southeast Asian countries. He said that only a small number of Chinese customers often have to ask what they choose, especially for goods such as electric appliances and cameras. Talking about the quality of "Made in China" products, the manager said that the quality of "Made in China" products is very reliable. Because these products are manufactured strictly in accordance with the requirements of foreign companies, if quality is a problem, companies will not take them to the market. Of course, some unqualified products are also available, but shops will not blame the “Made in China” and always deal with companies with commodity brands. In general, most of the "Made in China" products are mid-range goods, which are regarded as cheap and good, and they have a good market in Canada.

Mr. Lifman, the boss of Montreal’s “MISTRAL ELECTRIC” company, told reporters about the sales of Chinese products in Canada. He said that his company had a large number of fans from Shunde, Guangdong, China last year, and they all sold well. This shows that Chinese goods are packaged To the quality is reliable, he believes that Chinese goods will have a higher market share in the Canadian market.

Packaging problems need to be solved

Mr. Lin Dasong, chairman of Montreal's "Credit" Import and Export Company, said that about 70% of his company's current imports are made in China. He told reporters that he once imported a batch of audio equipment from France, which he thought was French goods, and finally discovered that it was made in China. He said that from the perspective of the Chinese goods imported by his company, the quality is generally good. Both the craftsmanship and the packaging have little difference with the products of Western countries. He believes that this is because of the tremendous changes brought about by corporate competition after China's reform and opening up. Of course, the cheap labor in China makes Chinese-made goods show a huge price advantage compared with those of Western industrial countries, which is one of the important reasons. He believes that after China's accession to the World Trade Organization, the future of China-made commodity markets will be even broader.

Talking about where there is room for improvement in Chinese goods, he said that some Chinese companies still have some room for improvement in terms of packaging compared with Western goods. A small number of Chinese companies still did not get rid of the bad habits that they did not value packaging and were unwilling to invest in packaging. For example, he said that he had imported and approved arts and crafts last year. Due to packaging problems, some Canadian retailers demanded a return, resulting in some economic losses for his company. He said that some private enterprises in China should draw special attention in this regard. They should not be short-sighted but only take advantage of the moment. He believes that the commodities of certain Chinese companies also do not meet the requirements in terms of materials. Mr. Lin mentioned in particular that currently in the Canadian market, there are not many products that really belong to Chinese brands, and more than 90% of Chinese goods are brands of foreign companies. Therefore, China should attach importance to building its own brand. Although this is a long road, the Chinese must work very hard now.