What Does The Red Line Means In Mount And Blade

Lured by an ideal, nearly one thousand Chinese companies have relocated their production on the banks of the Nile. And this is just the beginning.

"Be an example, work your best. "The board is prominently displayed in Arabic and Chinese, in the main room of the factory Nile Textile Group. Egyptian workers, men and women, are bent over their sewing machines, while young Chinese control the quality of work over their shoulder. In the din of machinery, lack of common language makes communication a bit more difficult. But with a few Arabic words they learned, and lots of gestures, foremen Chinese manage to make themselves understood. "We also have a translator who just a few hours each day," Egypt provides the manager of the factory, Mansour al-Said.

Set ten years in the free zone of Port Said, the Chinese company Nile Textile Group is thriving. Its order book is full, applications from mainly American clients. Its six hundred employees, 20% are Chinese, are not close to being unemployed. While Beijing has announced during the China-Africa Forum, 8 and 9 November in Sharm el-Sheikh, a new crop of investment to the continent, this plant shows China's desire to relocate part of its industrial production in Africa North.

Premium productivity

The first story is individual: in 1999, Li Jinglin, a native of Jiangsu, one of the main textile regions of China, settled in Egypt and created the Nile Textile Group. At the time, the Chinese textile policy suffers from U.S. and European quotas. In Egypt, however, the new company has many advantages. "Energy is very cheap here, said Ahmed Zoheir, responsible for relations with foreign investors in the General Authority (Egypt) for investment. And do Only a few days to bring the goods to the United States, while it takes more than two weeks from China. "

Beyond the gains on the cost of transportation, the Chinese firm benefits from trade agreements concluded by Egypt with the United States or Europe. Even today, when the quota system was abolished, "it is much easier to export to western countries from Egypt," said Mohamed Abdul Samih, a lawyer in charge of administrative tasks of the Chinese company . On the other hand, the Nile Textile Group is located in a zone, he did not have to pay customs duties on the Egyptian state to export its goods or import of raw materials. The icing on the cake, the Egyptian labor is cheaper than in China.

In the region of Jiangsu, a worker affects around 1,500 yuan (153 euros) per month, while the average salary of employees of the Egyptian Port Said plant is 800 pounds (100 euros). These also seem to be somewhat satisfied with their lot and appreciate the bonus system introduced in productivity by the Chinese. "In this factory, if you work hard, you earn more, while in other textile factories, wages are fixed," said one employee, Oumaïma Shorbal, 17. As for the cultural divide, it seems less insurmountable than expected. "We became friends with the Chinese: they are invited to weddings, women talk about their life in China," says Leila Ali, in his forties, who works at the plant for eight years.

SEZ

plant in Port Said is by no means an exception: 953 Chinese companies are already present in the Egyptian free zones. A figure expected to increase rapidly at the forum in Sharm el-Sheikh, the two leaders announced the creation of a "special economic zone for Chinese companies to Ayn Sukhna on the Gulf of Suez, by 2011. "Some 180 Chinese companies, the textile, automobile and IT in particular, should settle and create as many as 40,000 jobs", says Ahmed Amin, vice chairman of General Authority for the economic zone of north- western Gulf of Suez. "Egypt is an important country for the Chinese, especially because it is an entry in the diplomatic game in the Middle East, which China is trying, slowly, to take part, "Michel Beuret analysis, co-authored with Paolo Woods and Serge Michel (photographer) in The Chinafrica (Grasset, June 2008 ). Trade between the two countries do so ancient culture just beginning.
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