Foxconn Chairman Guo’s shocking remarks: What’s wrong with sweatshops?

2012-05-04 08:54 From the Internet

The 7-day "Foxconn Star" trip to Taiwan for outstanding mainland employees of Hon Hai Group came to an end yesterday. Group Chairman Terry Gou personally arrived at Hon Hai Tucheng Dingpu Factory, the last stop of the journey, to see off the 126 Foxconn Stars, showing the importance he attached to the trip and actively refuting rumors that the trip was to wash away Foxconn's reputation as a sweatshop. Wrong, he said bluntly, "What's wrong with sweatshops? Which farmer doesn't have a good harvest only after he bleeds and sweats."

Foxconn Star's visit to Taiwan came to an end yesterday, and Hon Hai directors were too late to pick up the plane. Chief Terry Gou, who accompanied the entire audience yesterday afternoon, mentioned market rumors that Foxconn’s bid to host Foxconn Star was to wash away its reputation as a sweatshop. Gou disapprovingly pointed out that the selection of Foxconn Star had been started 2 or 3 years ago. As for the visit to Taiwan The itinerary was finalized a year ago. It has nothing to do with the reputation of sweatshops. Besides, there is nothing wrong with sweatshops. As long as everything complies with the law, it is only natural that no pain will be reaped.

In order to prove that Foxconn Star’s visit to Taiwan is not a measure adapted to the current situation, Terry Gou personally promised that it will be held every year in the future, and factories in each province will follow up. Maybe it will come 2 or 3 times a year. maybe.

Terry Gou also emphasized that this time Foxconn Star is planned to come from 22 Foxconn factories and 17 provinces. Foxconn will add new factories in more provinces this year, with the purpose of allowing all employees to They can all go home and implement their ideas of taking root on the ground. According to Hon Hai Group’s internal planning, in the future, Foxconn will set up factories, R&D centers, and sales bases in cities with a population of more than 5 million people.

Terry Gou emphasized that after the one-child policy in mainland China, the manpower structure has changed. One young person may have to bear the livelihood of four people in the future, which puts great pressure on young people. At this time, the only way to rely on Technology and efficiency can solve problems. With this in mind, after the inland relocation has come to an end, the Shenzhen Longhua factory will be transformed into a high-level R&D park. In the future, Foxconn will move from pure manufacturing to product design and R&D, and even further to technology design and R&D.

Terry Gou pointed out that in the first three months of this year, Hon Hai Group’s proportion of mainland China’s import and export volume had reached 6.7, an increase of nearly one percentage point from 5.8 in the same period last year. This proportion will continue to grow in the future.

In the future, Hon Hai Group also plans to set up a large hospital and a trilingual (English, Japanese, Chinese) school in Shenzhen. As for the location, it is still being selected. Terry Gou revealed that the medical team will meet next week. When we go to the mainland for inspection, the group will invest all its resources, hoping to make medical treatment, medical treatment, and medicine as affordable and convenient for local residents in mainland China as in Taiwan. As for the medical institutions to cooperate with, Terry Gou did not mention it, but according to side information, in addition to the National Taiwan University Hospital, which has had previous cooperation experience, Hon Hai Group will also contact other medical institutions to explore the possibility of cooperation.